Athletics at the IV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors	549 from 39 nations

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 73 events, 37 for men and 36 for women.

Participating nations

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	Jan Erik Stenberg  Norway	Douglas Bovee  Canada	Andras Fejes  Hungary
60 m wheelchair 1B	Baumgartner  West Germany	Kazumi Ohashi  Japan	R. Zeyher  West Germany
100 m wheelchair 2	Gary Kerr  United States	Goldmann  United States	Barrett  Australia
100 m wheelchair 3	Frank Jespers  Belgium	Josef Greil  Austria	Stuewe  United States
100 m wheelchair 4	Raymond Lewandowski  United States	Terry Giddy  Australia	Rolf Johansson  Sweden
100 m wheelchair 5	B. Simpson  Canada	Gillette  United States	Ebo Roek  Netherlands
4×60 m wheelchair relay open	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	Edund Weber  West Germany	Rod Vleiger  United States	McNichol  Norway
Discus throw 1B	Patrick Reid  Jamaica	Julius Duval  United States	Tullius  West Germany
Discus throw 2	van Rensburg  South Africa	Graeme Marett  New Zealand	Joze Okoren  Yugoslavia
Discus throw 3	Graham Condon  New Zealand	Vic Renalson  Australia	Josef Greil  Austria
Discus throw 4	Eugene Reimer  Canada	Schoosleitner  Austria	Remi van Ophem  Belgium
Discus throw 5	Ray Clark  United States	Jacek Kowalik  Poland	Chaim Fliter  Israel
Javelin throw 1A	Edund Weber  West Germany	McNichol  United States	Richard G Holmes  South Africa
Javelin throw 1B	Julius Duval  United States	Raúl Di Paolo  Argentina	Wolfgang Koch  West Germany
Javelin throw 2	van Rensburg  South Africa	Josef Jager  Austria	Ron Halsey  United States
Javelin throw 3	Kleinjans  West Germany	David Williamson  United States	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa
Javelin throw 4	W. Flach  West Germany	Reno Levis  United States	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany
Javelin throw 5	Rubén Ferrari  Argentina	Chaim Fliter  Israel	Ray Clark  United States
Precision javelin throw open	Ernst Michel  Switzerland	Reno Levis  United States	Vic Renalson  Australia
Shot put 1A	Edund Weber  West Germany	Hans Rosenast  Switzerland	Douglas Bovee  Canada
Shot put 1B	Julius Duval  United States	R. Muise  Canada	R. Zeyher  West Germany
Shot put 2	van Rensburg  South Africa	Ron Halsey  United States	Josef Jager  Austria
Shot put 3	David Williamson  United States	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	J. Savage  New Zealand
Shot put 4	Schoosleitner  Austria	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany	Dale Wiley  United States
Shot put 5	Horst Gotthelf  West Germany	Jacek Kowalik  Poland	Jerzy Skrzypek  Poland
Slalom 1A	Douglas Bovee  Canada	Rod Vleiger  United States	McNichol  United States
Slalom 1B	Rosenbaum  United States	Robert Ockvirk  United States	Daniel Jeannin  France
Slalom 2	Giuseppe Trieste  Italy	Goldmann  United States
		Schmicking  West Germany
Slalom 3	Lars Lofstrom  Sweden	Roman  United States	Carlo Jannucci  Italy
Slalom 4	M. Neikes  West Germany	Tetsuya Matuso  Japan	Yasuhiro Fujikawa  Japan
Slalom 5	Shuji Sakamoto  Japan	Hideshi Oba  Japan	Robert McIntyre  Australia
Pentathlon 1B	Patrick Reid  Jamaica	Julius Duval  United States	R. Zeyher  West Germany
Pentathlon 2	Josef Jager  Austria	Schmicking  West Germany	Graeme Marett  New Zealand
Pentathlon 3	David Williamson  United States	Heinz Simon  West Germany	Terry Mason  Australia
Pentathlon 4	Eugene Reimer  Canada	W. Flach  West Germany	Reno Levis  United States
Pentathlon 5	Ray Clark  United States	Ed Owen  United States	Moll  West Germany

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m wheelchair 1A	Mayer  West Germany	Aria de Vries-Noordam  Netherlands	Karen Donaldson  United States
60 m wheelchair 1B	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Andres  West Germany
60 m wheelchair 2	Sitar  Yugoslavia	Kathleen Fagan  Ireland	Krystyna Owczarczyk  Poland
60 m wheelchair 3	Barbara Howie  Great Britain	Binns  Canada	Emilie Schwarz  Austria
60 m wheelchair 4	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Milka Milinkovic  Yugoslavia	Keyser  United States
60 m wheelchair 5	Rohne  Jamaica	Wiksen  Sweden	Rita Laux  West Germany
4×40 m wheelchair relay open	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	Mayer  West Germany	Olga Ricchetti  Argentina	Sandra James  Rhodesia
Discus throw 1B	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Andres  West Germany	Broemmer  United States
Discus throw 2	Krystyna Owczarczyk  Poland	van der Schyff  South Africa	Kathleen Fagan  Ireland
Discus throw 3	Hattingh  South Africa	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Discus throw 4	Le Roux  South Africa	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Darleen Quinlan  United States
Discus throw 5	Leone Williams  Jamaica	Swanepoel  South Africa	Malka Potashnik  Israel
Javelin throw 1A	Sandra James  Rhodesia	Joyce Murland  Canada	Olga Ricchetti  Argentina
Javelin throw 1B	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland	Broemmer  United States
Javelin throw 2	Krystyna Owczarczyk  Poland	Slabbert  South Africa	van der Schyff  South Africa
Javelin throw 3	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Kirn  United States
Javelin throw 4	Darleen Quinlan  United States	Maria Schitter  Austria	Milka Milinkovic  Yugoslavia
Javelin throw 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Malka Potashnik  Israel	Swanepoel  South Africa
Precision javelin throw open	Megumi Kawakami  Japan	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Hermina Kraft  Austria
Shot put 1A	Aria de Vries-Noordam  Netherlands	Sandra James  Rhodesia	Joyce Murland  Canada
Shot put 1B	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Andres  West Germany	Chmelova  Czechoslovakia
Shot put 2	Krystyna Owczarczyk  Poland	van der Schyff  South Africa	Slabbert  South Africa
Shot put 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Emilie Schwarz  Austria	Helena Ciapala-Zdunek  Poland
Shot put 4	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Le Roux  South Africa	Darleen Quinlan  United States
Shot put 5	Malka Potashnik  Israel	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Swanepoel  South Africa
Slalom 1A	Mayer  West Germany	Olga Ricchetti  Argentina	None
Slalom 1B	Broemmer  United States	Tracey Freeman  Australia	S. Long  Canada
Slalom 2	Yamahata  Japan	Cristina Benedetti  Argentina	Sharon Myers  United States
Slalom 3	B. Howie  Great Britain	Binns  Canada	Helena Ciapala-Zdunek  Poland
Slalom 4	Keyser  United States	Kawakami  Japan	Darleen Quinlan  United States
Slalom 5	Michiko Tanaka  Japan	Marion O'Brien  Great Britain	Gisela Hermes  West Germany
Pentathlon 2	Ruth Lamsbach  West Germany	Fetter  United States	Sharon Myers  United States
Pentathlon 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Binns  Canada
Pentathlon 4	Marga Floer  West Germany	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Carol Bryant  Great Britain
Pentathlon 5	Marion O'Brien  Great Britain	None	None

References

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