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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.
| Swimming at the IV Paralympic Games | |
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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL) | 11 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 3 |  South Africa (RSA) | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Israel (ISR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 |  Rhodesia (RHO) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 12 |  West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 56 | 55 | 52 | 163 | |
Argentina (7) Australia (7)
Austria (9)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (1) Canada (14)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (5) Finland (10) France (19) Great Britain (23)
Hong Kong (3) India (3) Ireland (4) Israel (15)
Italy (4) Jamaica (8)
Japan (1) Kenya (1)
Mexico (1) Netherlands (15) New Zealand (5) Norway (11)
Peru (1) Poland (14) Rhodesia (12) South Africa (9) Spain (14) Sweden (10)
Switzerland (6) United States (20) West Germany (19)
Yugoslavia (3)
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