Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.

Medal summary

Medal table


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
10	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
14	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

Participating nations

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)

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle 1A details	Claude Raffin France	Alan West Great Britain	None
25 m freestyle 1B details	Daniel Jeannin France	Robert Ockvirk United States	David Holland Rhodesia
25 m freestyle 2 details	John Britton Kenya	Mohamed Benamar France	Gerrit Pomp Netherlands
50 m freestyle 3 details	Murlikant Petkar India	Andrzej Seremak Poland	Olbrich West Germany
50 m freestyle 4 details	M. Vanderriet South Africa	Beltrand de Five Pranger Spain	Foust United States
100 m freestyle 5 details	Bosch South Africa	Arieh Rubin Israel	Robert Morrison Australia
100 m freestyle 6 details	Harry Lamberts Netherlands	Francisco Benítez Spain	Zenon Sokol Poland
25 m backstroke 1A details	Alan West Great Britain	Matti Launonen Finland	Hans Lubbering West Germany
25 m backstroke 1B details	Daniel Jeannin France	Robert Ockvirk United States	Patrick Reid Jamaica
25 m backstroke 2 details	Eric Boulter Australia	Gerrit Pomp Netherlands	Risto Liuska Finland
50 m backstroke 3 details	Shlomo Finkelstein Israel	Andrzej Seremak Poland	Richard Bates Great Britain
50 m backstroke 4 details	Stanislaw Mosurek Poland	Andrew James Scott Rhodesia	Moshe Levy Israel
100 m backstroke 5 details	Ryszard Machowczyk Poland	Bosch South Africa	Kevin English Rhodesia
100 m backstroke 6 details	Nilsson Sweden	Francisco Benítez Spain	George Simpson Great Britain
25 m breaststroke 1A details	Claude Raffin France	Alan West Great Britain	None
25 m breaststroke 1B details	Patrick Reid Jamaica	Robert Ockvirk United States	R. Rosenbaum United States
25 m breaststroke 2 details	David Ellis Great Britain	Risto Liuska Finland	Gerrit Pomp Netherlands
50 m breaststroke 3 details	Andrzej Seremak Poland	William Thornton Great Britain	Griggs United States
50 m breaststroke 4 details	M. Vanderriet South Africa	Harald Gunnerup Norway	Andrew James Scott Rhodesia
100 m breaststroke 5 details	Arieh Rubin Israel	Ryszard Machowczyk Poland	Mieczyslaw Sobczak Poland
100 m breaststroke 6 details	Zenon Sokol Poland	Harry Lamberts Netherlands	George Simpson Great Britain
75 m individual medley 2 details	Wasnock Canada	Eric Boulter Australia	None
75 m individual medley 3 details	Shlomo Finkelstein Israel	Olbrich West Germany	W. Thornton Great Britain
75 m individual medley 4 details	Andrew James Scott Rhodesia	Beltrand de Five Pranger Spain	M. Vanderriet South Africa
150 m individual medley 5 details	Ryszard Machowczyk Poland	Arieh Rubin Israel	Robert Morrison Australia
150 m individual medley 6 details	Nilsson Sweden	Harry Lamberts Netherlands	Alcock South Africa
3×50 m medley relay 2-4 details	Israel (ISR)^[1] Moshe Levy Joseph Wengier Moshe Mousai	Poland (POL) Stanisław Mosurek Andrzej Seremak Mirosław Deręgowski	United States (USA)
3×100 m medley relay 5-6 details	Poland (POL) Ryszard Machowczyk Zenon Sokół Mieczysław Sobczak	South Africa (RSA)	Sweden (SWE)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle 1A details	Sandra James Rhodesia	None	None
25 m freestyle 1B details	Delphine van Opdorp-Ariens Kappers Netherlands	Eileen Robertson Rhodesia	Tina Morgan New Zealand
25 m freestyle 2 details	Schyff South Africa	Pam Foley Australia	Sharon Myers United States
50 m freestyle 3 details	Anna Pogorzelska Poland	Netty van der Krieke Netherlands	M. Schaefer South Africa
50 m freestyle 4 details	Alina Wojtowicz Poland	Bente Gronli Norway	Pauline English Australia
100 m freestyle 5 details	Grazyna Haffke Poland	Mary Kuivenhoven Netherlands	Rachel Tassa Israel
100 m freestyle 6 details	Ingrid van der Benden Netherlands	Barbara Kopycka Poland	Louw South Africa
25 m backstroke 1A details	Karen Donaldson United States	Mayerhofer West Germany	Demerakas Canada
25 m backstroke 1B details	Tournier France	Liebrecht West Germany	Delphine van Opdorp-Ariens Kappers Netherlands
25 m backstroke 2 details	Henny Hilberink Netherlands	Quirien Jonker Netherlands	D. Weber West Germany
50 m backstroke 3 details	Anna Pogorzelska Poland	Netty van der Krieke Netherlands	Nella McPherson Jamaica
50 m backstroke 4 details	Le Roux South Africa	M. Tufuesson Sweden	Bente Gronli Norway
100 m backstroke 5 details	Marijke Ruiter Netherlands	Grazyna Haffke Poland	de Baker Netherlands
100 m backstroke 6 details	Barbara Kopycka Poland	Leone Williams Jamaica	Kerstin Wiksén Sweden
25 m breaststroke 1A details	Mayerhofer West Germany	Sandra James Rhodesia	Richetti Argentina
25 m breaststroke 1B details	Delphine van Opdorp-Ariens Kappers Netherlands	Eileen Robertson Rhodesia	White Ireland
25 m breaststroke 2 details	Schyff South Africa	Mullings Jamaica	D. Weber West Germany
50 m breaststroke 3 details	Nella McPherson Jamaica	Anna Pogorzelska Poland	M. Schaefer South Africa
50 m breaststroke 4 details	M. Tufuesson Sweden	Ora Goldstein Israel	Sonja Graveland Netherlands
100 m breaststroke 5 details	Marijke Ruiter Netherlands	Mary Kuivenhoven Netherlands	Galeon France
100 m breaststroke 6 details	Ingrid van der Benden Netherlands	Louw South Africa	Kerstin Wiksén Sweden
75 m individual medley 2 details	Schyff South Africa	Pam Foley Australia	Mullings Jamaica
75 m individual medley 3 details	Nella McPherson Jamaica	Netty van der Krieke Netherlands	Dukelow Great Britain
75 m individual medley 4 details	M. Tufuesson Sweden	Bente Gronli Norway	Pauline English Australia
150 m individual medley 5 details	Marijke Ruiter Netherlands	Grazyna Haffke Poland	Mary Kuivenhoven Netherlands
150 m individual medley 6 details	Ingrid van der Benden Netherlands	Barbara Kopycka Poland	Louw South Africa
3×50 m medley relay 2-4 details	South Africa (RSA)	Netherlands (NED) Quirien Jonker Sonja Graveland Netty van der Krieke	Australia (AUS)
3×100 m medley relay 5-6 details	Netherlands (NED) Mary Kuivenhoven Ingrid van der Benden Marijke Ruiter	Poland (POL)	South Africa (RSA)

References

^ שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)

External links

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

[1] שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)

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