Canada at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

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Canada at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code CAN
NPC Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.ca
in Heidelberg
Competitors40
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
5
Total
16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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]

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Disability classifications

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

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg GoldB. Simpson Athletics Men's 100m wheelchair 5
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's discus throw 4
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Douglas Bovee Athletics Men's slalom 1A
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's pentathlon 4
Gold medal icon.svg GoldRichard Wasnock Swimming Men's 75m individual medley 2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Douglas Bovee Athletics Men's 60m wheelchair 1A
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Walter Dann
F. Henderson
Eugene Reimer
B. Simpson
Athletics Men's 4x60m wheelchair relay open
Silver medal icon.svg SilverR. Muise Athletics Men's shot put 1B
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's 60m wheelchair 3
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Joyce Murland Athletics Women's javelin throw 1A
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's slalom 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Douglas Bovee Athletics Men's shot put 1A
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joyce Murland Athletics Women's shot put 1A
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeS. Long Athletics Women's slalom 1B
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's pentathlon 3
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeDemerakas Swimming Women's 25m backstroke 1A

Archery

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

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

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

  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. Archived from the original on September 12, 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".