Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the IV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors	549 from 39 nations
←1968 1976→

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

Participating nations[]

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 nations)		73	73	70	216

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m wheelchair 1A details	Norway	Canada	Andras Fejes  Hungary
60 m wheelchair 1B details	Baumgartner  West Germany	Japan	West Germany
100 m wheelchair 2 details	United States	Goldmann  United States	Barrett  Australia
100 m wheelchair 3	Belgium	Austria	Stuewe  United States
100 m wheelchair 4	United States	Terry Giddy  Australia	Rolf Johansson  Sweden
100 m wheelchair 5	Canada	Gillette  United States	Netherlands
4×60 m wheelchair relay open	United States (USA) Gillette Stuewe	Canada (CAN) Walter Dann Eugene Reimer	West Germany (FRG) M. Neikes Schaupp
Discus throw 1A	West Germany	United States	McNichol  Norway
Discus throw 1B	Jamaica	United States	Tullius  West Germany
Discus throw 2	van Rensburg  South Africa	Graeme Marett  New Zealand	Yugoslavia
Discus throw 3	Graham Condon  New Zealand	Vic Renalson  Australia	Austria
Discus throw 4	Eugene Reimer  Canada	Schoosleitner  Austria	Belgium
Discus throw 5	United States	Poland	Fliter  Israel
Javelin throw 1A	West Germany	McNichol  United States	Richard G Holmes  South Africa
Javelin throw 1B	United States	Argentina	West Germany
Javelin throw 2	van Rensburg  South Africa	Austria	United States
Javelin throw 3	Kleinjans  West Germany	United States	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa
Javelin throw 4	West Germany	United States	West Germany
Javelin throw 5	Argentina	Fliter  Israel	United States
Precision javelin throw open	Switzerland	United States	Vic Renalson  Australia
Shot put 1A	West Germany	Switzerland	Canada
Shot put 1B	United States	Canada	West Germany
Shot put 2	van Rensburg  South Africa	United States	Austria
Shot put 3	United States	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	J. Savage  New Zealand
Shot put 4	Schoosleitner  Austria	West Germany	United States
Shot put 5	West Germany	Poland	Poland
Slalom 1A	Canada	United States	McNichol  United States
Slalom 1B	Rosenbaum  United States	United States	France
Slalom 2	Italy	Goldmann  United States
		Schmicking  West Germany
Slalom 3	Sweden	Roman  United States	Italy
Slalom 4	M. Neikes  West Germany	Japan	Japan
Slalom 5	Japan	Japan	Robert McIntyre  Australia
Pentathlon 1B details	Jamaica	United States	West Germany
Pentathlon 2 details	Austria	Schmicking  West Germany	Graeme Marett  New Zealand
Pentathlon 3 details	United States	West Germany	Terry Mason  Australia
Pentathlon 4 details	Eugene Reimer  Canada	West Germany	United States
Pentathlon 5	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	United States
60 m wheelchair 1B details	Ireland	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Andres  West Germany
60 m wheelchair 2 details	Sitar  Yugoslavia	Ireland	Poland
60 m wheelchair 3	Great Britain	Binns  Canada	Austria
60 m wheelchair 4	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Milka Milinkovic  Yugoslavia	Keyser  United States
60 m wheelchair 5	Rohne  Jamaica	Wiksen  Sweden	West Germany
4×40 m wheelchair relay open	Great Britain (GBR) Carol Bryant Marion O'Brien	West Germany (FRG) Wenzel	Jamaica (JAM) Lewis Rhone
Discus throw 1A	Mayer  West Germany	Argentina	Sandra James  Rhodesia
Discus throw 1B	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Andres  West Germany	Broemmer  United States
Discus throw 2	Poland	van der Schyff  South Africa	Ireland
Discus throw 3	Hattingh  South Africa	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Discus throw 4	Le Roux  South Africa	Ora Goldstein  Israel	United States
Discus throw 5	Jamaica	Swanepoel  South Africa	Israel
Javelin throw 1A	Sandra James  Rhodesia	Joyce Murland  Canada	Argentina
Javelin throw 1B	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Ireland	Broemmer  United States
Javelin throw 2	Poland	Slabbert  South Africa	van der Schyff  South Africa
Javelin throw 3	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Kirn  United States
Javelin throw 4	United States	Austria	Milka Milinkovic  Yugoslavia
Javelin throw 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Israel	Swanepoel  South Africa
Precision javelin throw open	Japan	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Austria
Shot put 1A	Aria de Vries-Noordam  Netherlands	Sandra James  Rhodesia	Joyce Murland  Canada
Shot put 1B	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Andres  West Germany	Chmelova  Czechoslovakia
Shot put 2	Poland	van der Schyff  South Africa	Slabbert  South Africa
Shot put 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Austria	Poland
Shot put 4	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Le Roux  South Africa	United States
Shot put 5	Israel	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Swanepoel  South Africa
Slalom 1A	Mayer  West Germany	Argentina	None
Slalom 1B	Broemmer  United States	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Canada
Slalom 2	Yamahata  Japan	Argentina	United States
Slalom 3	Great Britain	Binns  Canada	Poland
Slalom 4	Keyser  United States	Kawakami  Japan	United States
Slalom 5	Michiko Tanaka  Japan	Marion O'Brien  Great Britain	West Germany
Pentathlon 2	West Germany	Fetter  United States	United States
Pentathlon 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Binns  Canada
Pentathlon 4 details	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)