Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the IV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Weightlifting
Competitors	46 from 18 nations
←1968 1976→

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.^[1]

Participating nations[]

There were 46 male competitors representing 18 nations.^[2]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

There were 18 medal winners representing 10 nations.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	1	2	5
2	United States (USA)	1	3	1	5
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	0	1
6	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
8	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		6	6	6	18

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's light featherweight	Dumont  France	Martin  United States	Poland
Men's featherweight	Pearson  Jamaica	Benny Nilsson  Sweden	Israel
Men's lightweight	France	Norway	Switzerland
Men's middleweight	Edward Coyle  United States	France	Richard Tauber  United States
Men's light heavyweight	Great Britain	Patton  United States	France
Men's heavyweight	Vic Renalson  Australia	United States	Gillet  France

References[]

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