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

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m wheelchair 1A details	Jan Erik Stenberg Norway	Douglas Bovee Canada	András 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
Slalom 2 details	Giuseppe Trieste Italy	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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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

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