Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the IV Paralympic Games
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

•   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
		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)