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1972 Summer Paralympics

Multi-parasport event in Heidelberg, West Germany

Field	Value
image	1972_Paralympics_Poster.jpg
image_size	150
host_city	Heidelberg, West Germany
nations	43
athletes	984
opened_by	President Gustav Heinemann
opening	2 August 1972
closing	11 August 1972
events	187 in 10 sports
stadium	Heidelberg Thingstätte
summer_prev	[Tel Aviv 1968](1968-summer-paralympics)
summer_next	[Toronto 1976](1976-summer-paralympics)
winter_next	[Örnsköldsvik 1976](1976-winter-paralympics)

The 1972 Summer Paralympics (), the fourth edition of the Paralympic Games, were held in Heidelberg, West Germany, from 2 to 11 August 1972. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as the 21st International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time. The games ended 15 days before the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, also in West Germany.

Sports

As with previous Paralympics, the 1972 games were intended for wheelchair athletes only. However, demonstration events such as goalball and a 100 m sprint for the visually impaired allowed visually impaired competitors to participate for the first time.

Archery
Athletics
Dartchery
Goalball (demonstration sport)
Lawn bowls
Snooker
Swimming
Table tennis
Weightlifting
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing

Medal table

Main article: 1972 Summer Paralympics medal table

The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, West Germany, is highlighted.

Participating delegations

Forty-two delegations took part in the Heidelberg Paralympics. Bahamas, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Hong Kong, Hungary, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Romania, Uganda and Yugoslavia competed for the first time. Between 1964 and 1976, South Africa was competing at the Paralympics for the third time. Although banned from the Olympic Games due to its policy of apartheid, it was not banned from the Paralympics until 1980, and West Germany, as host country, did not object to its participation.

Rhodesia competed for the last time. Its invitation to take part in the 1972 Summer Olympics was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee four days before the opening ceremony, in response to African countries' protests against the Rhodesian government. But as the Paralympics that year were held before the Olympics (and between 1968 and 1984 organised independently ), Rhodesia was able to take part in the 1972 Paralympic Games.

References

Heidelberg

References

"SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES OVERVIEW". International Paralympic Committee.
[https://archive.today/20121216142613/http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/about-iwas/history/paralympic-games-1960-1992/ Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992]. International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
(2008). "Heidelberg 1972". [[International Paralympic Committee]].
"Medal Standings – Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". [[International Paralympic Committee]].
"Participation Numbers in 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee.
"1972 Heidelberg Paralympic Games Results Book". International Paralympic Committee.
[https://www.iisg.nl/collections/anti-apartheid/history/jaren70-5.php "'The Netherlands against Apartheid' – 1970s"], International Institute of Social History
[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=RSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all South Africa at the Paralympics], [[International Paralympic Committee]]
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/22/newsid_3549000/3549444.stm "1972: Rhodesia out of Olympics"], BBC
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19720823&id=FgsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1790,5361674 "Rhodesia expelled"], ''Montreal Gazette'', August 23, 1972
"Portugal nos Jogos Paralímpicos". Portugal Paralympic Committee.
"1972 Heidelberg Paralympic Games results - Wheelchair Basketball - Men's Tournament".

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