1962 European Games

The 1962 European Games were the first edition of the European Games. It took place in Moscow in August 1962, after Moscou was awarded the right to host the Games by agreement during a NOC meeting at Rome in 1960. European federation for athletics, swimming, volleyball and wrestling bringing together their championships while archery, cycling, fencing and shooting organize a specific competition during the European Games which are not considered as an European Championship

Participating Teams
31 national olympic committees participated in this European Games edition, including the Olympic Committee of Brittany in its first time at a wide multi-sport event.
 * 🇦🇱 Albania
 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium
 * Brittany
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus
 * Czechoslovakia
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark
 * East Germany
 * 🇫🇮 Finland
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * Great Britain
 * 🇬🇷 Greece
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland
 * 🇮🇹 Italy
 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
 * 🇲🇹 Malta
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands
 * 🇳🇴 Norway
 * 🇵🇱 Poland
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal
 * 🇷🇴 Romania
 * Soviet Union
 * 🇪🇸 Spain (only Field Hockey)
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * West Germany
 * Yugoslavia

Sports
European Championships Designating European Games winners
 * Aquatics (diving (4), swimming (23), waterpolo (1))
 * Athletics (36)
 * Field hockey (1)
 * Volleyball (2)
 * Wrestling (16)
 * Archery (4)
 * Cycling (9)
 * Fencing (8)
 * Shooting (13)