Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athletics
at the IV Paralympic Games

Competitors| 549 from 39 nations

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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 73 events, 37 for men and 36 for women.

## Participating nations

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* Argentina (19)
* Australia (21)
* Austria (27)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (10)
* Brazil (7)
* Canada (35)
* Czechoslovakia (19)
* Denmark (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Finland (15)
* France (11)
* Great Britain (33)
* Hong Kong (9)
* Hungary (4)
* India (9)
* Ireland (11)
* Israel (19)
* Italy (13)
* Jamaica (17)
* Japan (24)
* Kenya (3)
* Malaysia (3)
* Malta (8)
* Mexico (5)
* Netherlands (13)
* New Zealand (10)
* Norway (5)
* Poland (9)
* Rhodesia (4)
* South Africa (19)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (6)
* Sweden (14)
* Switzerland (28)
* Uganda (2)
* United States (43)
* West Germany (49)
* Yugoslavia (20)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 14| 18| 17| 49
2|  West Germany (FRG)| 13| 8| 11| 32
3|  South Africa (RSA)| 5| 6| 6| 17
4|  Great Britain (GBR)| 5| 1| 1| 7
5|  Canada (CAN)| 4| 6| 4| 14
6|  Japan (JPN)| 4| 4| 1| 9
7|  Jamaica (JAM)| 4| 0| 1| 5
8|  Israel (ISR)| 3| 5| 2| 10
9|  Australia (AUS)| 3| 4| 4| 11
10|  New Zealand (NZL)| 3| 3| 2| 8
11|  Poland (POL)| 3| 2| 4| 9
12|  Austria (AUT)| 2| 5| 4| 11
13|  Argentina (ARG)| 1| 4| 1| 6
14|  Ireland (IRL)| 1| 2| 1| 4
15|  Yugoslavia (YUG)| 1| 1| 2| 4
16|  Netherlands (NED)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Rhodesia (RHO)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Sweden (SWE)| 1| 1| 1| 3
19|  Switzerland (SUI)| 1| 1| 0| 2
20|  Belgium (BEL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Norway (NOR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
23|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (25 entries)| 73| 73| 70| 216

## Medal summary

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### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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60 m wheelchair 1A
details | Jan Erik Stenberg
Norway | Douglas Bovee
Canada | Andras Fejes
Hungary
60 m wheelchair 1B
details | Baumgartner
West Germany | Kazumi Ohashi
Japan | R. Zeyher
West Germany
100 m wheelchair 2
details | Gary Kerr
United States | Goldmann
United States | Barrett
Australia
100 m wheelchair 3
details | Frank Jespers
Belgium | Josef Greil
Austria | Stuewe
United States
100 m wheelchair 4
details | Raymond Lewandowski
United States | Terry Giddy
Australia | Rolf Johansson
Sweden
100 m wheelchair 5
details | B. Simpson
Canada | Gillette
United States | Ebo Roek
Netherlands
4×60 m wheelchair relay open
details |  United States (USA)
Gillette
Raymond Lewandowski
Stuewe
Donald Vandello |  Canada (CAN)
Walter Dann
F. Henderson
Eugene Reimer
B. Simpson |  West Germany (FRG)
W. Flach
M. Neikes
Schaupp
Johann Schuhbauer
Discus throw 1A
details | Edund Weber
West Germany | Rod Vleiger
United States | McNichol
Norway
Discus throw 1B
details | Patrick Reid
Jamaica | Julius Duval
United States | Tullius
West Germany
Discus throw 2
details | van Rensburg
South Africa | Graeme Marett
New Zealand | Joze Okoren
Yugoslavia
Discus throw 3
details | Graham Condon
New Zealand | Vic Renalson
Australia | Josef Greil
Austria
Discus throw 4
details | Eugene Reimer
Canada | Schoosleitner
Austria | Remi van Ophem
Belgium
Discus throw 5
details | Ray Clark
United States | Jacek Kowalik
Poland | Chaim Fliter
Israel
Javelin throw 1A
details | Edund Weber
West Germany | McNichol
United States | Richard G Holmes
South Africa
Javelin throw 1B
details | Julius Duval
United States | Raúl Di Paolo
Argentina | Wolfgang Koch
West Germany
Javelin throw 2
details | van Rensburg
South Africa | Josef Jager
Austria | Ron Halsey
United States
Javelin throw 3
details | Kleinjans
West Germany | David Williamson
United States | Daniel Erasmus
South Africa
Javelin throw 4
details | W. Flach
West Germany | Reno Levis
United States | Johann Schuhbauer
West Germany
Javelin throw 5
details | Rubén Ferrari
Argentina | Chaim Fliter
Israel | Ray Clark
United States
Precision javelin throw open
details | Ernst Michel
Switzerland | Reno Levis
United States | Vic Renalson
Australia
Shot put 1A
details | Edund Weber
West Germany | Hans Rosenast
Switzerland | Douglas Bovee
Canada
Shot put 1B
details | Julius Duval
United States | R. Muise
Canada | R. Zeyher
West Germany
Shot put 2
details | van Rensburg
South Africa | Ron Halsey
United States | Josef Jager
Austria
Shot put 3
details | David Williamson
United States | Daniel Erasmus
South Africa | J. Savage
New Zealand
Shot put 4
details | Schoosleitner
Austria | Johann Schuhbauer
West Germany | Dale Wiley
United States
Shot put 5
details | Horst Gotthelf
West Germany | Jacek Kowalik
Poland | Jerzy Skrzypek
Poland
Slalom 1A
details | Douglas Bovee
Canada | Rod Vleiger
United States | McNichol
United States
Slalom 1B
details | Rosenbaum
United States | Robert Ockvirk
United States | Daniel Jeannin
France
Slalom 2
details | Giuseppe Trieste
Italy | Goldmann
United States |
Schmicking
West Germany
Slalom 3
details | Lars Lofstrom
Sweden | Roman
United States | Carlo Jannucci
Italy
Slalom 4
details | M. Neikes
West Germany | Tetsuya Matuso
Japan | Yasuhiro Fujikawa
Japan
Slalom 5
details | Shuji Sakamoto
Japan | Hideshi Oba
Japan | Robert McIntyre
Australia
Pentathlon 1B
details | Patrick Reid
Jamaica | Julius Duval
United States | R. Zeyher
West Germany
Pentathlon 2
details | Josef Jager
Austria | Schmicking
West Germany | Graeme Marett
New Zealand
Pentathlon 3
details | David Williamson
United States | Heinz Simon
West Germany | Terry Mason
Australia
Pentathlon 4
details | Eugene Reimer
Canada | W. Flach
West Germany | Reno Levis
United States
Pentathlon 5
details | Ray Clark
United States | Ed Owen
United States | Moll
West Germany

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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60 m wheelchair 1A
details | Mayer
West Germany | Aria de Vries-Noordam
Netherlands | Karen Donaldson
United States
60 m wheelchair 1B
details | Rosaleen Gallagher
Ireland | Tracey Freeman
Australia | Andres
West Germany
60 m wheelchair 2
details | Sitar
Yugoslavia | Kathleen Fagan
Ireland | Krystyna Owczarczyk
Poland
60 m wheelchair 3
details | Barbara Howie
Great Britain | Binns
Canada | Emilie Schwarz
Austria
60 m wheelchair 4
details | Carol Bryant
Great Britain | Milka Milinkovic
Yugoslavia | Keyser
United States
60 m wheelchair 5
details | Rohne
Jamaica | Wiksen
Sweden | Rita Laux
West Germany
4×40 m wheelchair relay open
details |  Great Britain (GBR)
Carol Bryant
Pauline Dukelow
Barbara Howie
Marion O'Brien |  West Germany (FRG)
Waltraud Hagenlocher
Rita Laux
Martina Tschoetschel
Wenzel  |  Jamaica (JAM)
Lewis
Nella McPherson
Rhone
Leone Williams
Discus throw 1A
details | Mayer
West Germany | Olga Ricchetti
Argentina | Sandra James
Rhodesia
Discus throw 1B
details | Tracey Freeman
Australia | Andres
West Germany | Broemmer
United States
Discus throw 2
details | Krystyna Owczarczyk
Poland | van der Schyff
South Africa | Kathleen Fagan
Ireland
Discus throw 3
details | Hattingh
South Africa | Eve M. Rimmer
New Zealand | Rosalie Hixson
United States
Discus throw 4
details | Le Roux
South Africa | Ora Goldstein
Israel | Darleen Quinlan
United States
Discus throw 5
details | Leone Williams
Jamaica | Swanepoel
South Africa | Malka Potashnik
Israel
Javelin throw 1A
details | Sandra James
Rhodesia | Joyce Murland
Canada | Olga Ricchetti
Argentina
Javelin throw 1B
details | Tracey Freeman
Australia | Rosaleen Gallagher
Ireland | Broemmer
United States
Javelin throw 2
details | Krystyna Owczarczyk
Poland | Slabbert
South Africa | van der Schyff
South Africa
Javelin throw 3
details | Rosalie Hixson
United States | Eve M. Rimmer
New Zealand | Kirn
United States
Javelin throw 4
details | Darleen Quinlan
United States | Maria Schitter
Austria | Milka Milinkovic
Yugoslavia
Javelin throw 5
details | Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum
Israel | Malka Potashnik
Israel | Swanepoel
South Africa
Precision javelin throw open
details | Megumi Kawakami
Japan | Rosalie Hixson
United States | Hermina Kraft
Austria
Shot put 1A
details | Aria de Vries-Noordam
Netherlands | Sandra James
Rhodesia | Joyce Murland
Canada
Shot put 1B
details | Tracey Freeman
Australia | Andres
West Germany | Chmelova
Czechoslovakia
Shot put 2
details | Krystyna Owczarczyk
Poland | van der Schyff
South Africa | Slabbert
South Africa
Shot put 3
details | Eve M. Rimmer
New Zealand | Emilie Schwarz
Austria | Helena Ciapala-Zdunek
Poland
Shot put 4
details | Ora Goldstein
Israel | Le Roux
South Africa | Darleen Quinlan
United States
Shot put 5
details | Malka Potashnik
Israel | Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum
Israel | Swanepoel
South Africa
Slalom 1A
details | Mayer
West Germany | Olga Ricchetti
Argentina | None
Slalom 1B
details | Broemmer
United States | Tracey Freeman
Australia | S. Long
Canada
Slalom 2
details | Yamahata
Japan | Cristina Benedetti
Argentina | Sharon Myers
United States
Slalom 3
details | B. Howie
Great Britain | Binns
Canada | Helena Ciapala-Zdunek
Poland
Slalom 4
details | Keyser
United States | Kawakami
Japan | Darleen Quinlan
United States
Slalom 5
details | Michiko Tanaka
Japan | Marion O'Brien
Great Britain | Gisela Hermes
West Germany
Pentathlon 2
details | Ruth Lamsbach
West Germany | Fetter
United States | Sharon Myers
United States
Pentathlon 3
details | Eve M. Rimmer
New Zealand | Rosalie Hixson
United States | Binns
Canada
Pentathlon 4
details | Marga Floer
West Germany | Ora Goldstein
Israel | Carol Bryant
Great Britain
Pentathlon 5
details | Marion O'Brien
Great Britain | None | None

## References

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* Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (Heidelberg) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

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