Canada at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Canada at the
1972 Summer Paralympics

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IPC code| CAN
NPC| Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralympic.ca
in Heidelberg
Competitors| 40
Medals
Ranked 13th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Canada sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent forty competitors, twenty seven male and thirteen female.[1]

## Disability classifications

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Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[2] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[5]

## Medallists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | B. Simpson | Athletics | Men's 100m wheelchair 5
Gold | Eugene Reimer | Athletics | Men's discus throw 4
Gold | Douglas Bovee | Athletics | Men's slalom 1A
Gold | Eugene Reimer | Athletics | Men's pentathlon 4
Gold | Richard Wasnock | Swimming | Men's 75m individual medley 2
Silver | Douglas Bovee | Athletics | Men's 60m wheelchair 1A
Silver | Walter Dann
F. Henderson
Eugene Reimer
B. Simpson | Athletics | Men's 4x60m wheelchair relay open
Silver | R. Muise | Athletics | Men's shot put 1B
Silver | Hilda Mae Binns | Athletics | Women's 60m wheelchair 3
Silver | Joyce Murland | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 1A
Silver | Hilda Mae Binns | Athletics | Women's slalom 3
Bronze | Douglas Bovee | Athletics | Men's shot put 1A
Bronze | Joyce Murland | Athletics | Women's shot put 1A
Bronze | S. Long | Athletics | Women's slalom 1B
Bronze | Hilda Mae Binns | Athletics | Women's pentathlon 3
Bronze | Demerakas | Swimming | Women's 25m backstroke 1A

## Archery

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Canada entered six of its forty competitors, five male and one female in this event.[6] They won no medals at all in this event.[7]

## Athletics

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Canada entered thirty five of its forty competitors, twenty three male and twelve female in this event.[8] They won fourteen medals, four gold, six silver, four bronze in this event.[9]

## Swimming

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Canada entered fourteen of its forty competitors, nine male and five female in this event.[10] They won two medals, one gold, and one bronze in this event.[11] Demerakas got the bronze, while Wasnock won the gold medal.

## References

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1. ^ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
2. ^ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
3. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
4. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
5. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
6. ^ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
7. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".
8. ^ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
9. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".
10. ^ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
11. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".

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Nations at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany

Africa|

* Egypt
* Kenya
* Rhodesia
* South Africa
* Uganda

America|

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Brazil
* Canada
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Peru
* United States

Asia|

* Hong Kong
* India
* Japan
* Malaysia
* South Korea

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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