1972 Summer Paralympics

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic games The 1972 Summer Paralympics (Template:Langx), 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.<ref>Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992. International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.</ref> The games ended 15 days before the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, also in West Germany.

Sports

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Shot putter in 1972 Summer Paralympics

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

Medal table

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

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>"'The Netherlands against Apartheid' – 1970s", International Institute of Social History</ref><ref>South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee</ref>

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 Its invitation to take part in the 1972 Summer Olympics was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee four days before the opening ceremony, in response to African countries' protests against the Rhodesian government.<ref>"1972: Rhodesia out of Olympics", BBC</ref><ref>"Rhodesia expelled", Montreal Gazette, August 23, 1972</ref> 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.

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