Canada at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Canada sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent forty competitors, twenty seven male and thirteen female.[1]

Canada at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	CAN
NPC	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ca
in Heidelberg
Competitors	40
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[2] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	B. Simpson	Athletics	Men's 100m wheelchair 5
Gold	Eugene Reimer	Athletics	Men's discus throw 4
Gold	Douglas Bovee	Athletics	Men's slalom 1A
Gold	Eugene Reimer	Athletics	Men's pentathlon 4
Gold	Richard Wasnock	Swimming	Men's 75m individual medley 2
Silver	Douglas Bovee	Athletics	Men's 60m wheelchair 1A
Silver	Walter Dann F. Henderson Eugene Reimer B. Simpson	Athletics	Men's 4x60m wheelchair relay open
Silver	R. Muise	Athletics	Men's shot put 1B
Silver	Hilda Mae Binns	Athletics	Women's 60m wheelchair 3
Silver	Joyce Murland	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 1A
Silver	Hilda Mae Binns	Athletics	Women's slalom 3
Bronze	Douglas Bovee	Athletics	Men's shot put 1A
Bronze	Joyce Murland	Athletics	Women's shot put 1A
Bronze	S. Long	Athletics	Women's slalom 1B
Bronze	Hilda Mae Binns	Athletics	Women's pentathlon 3
Bronze	Demerakas	Swimming	Women's 25m backstroke 1A

Archery

Canada entered six of its forty competitors, five male and one female in this event.[6] They won no medals at all in this event.[7]

Athletics

Canada entered thirty five of its forty competitors, twenty three male and twelve female in this event.[8] They won fourteen medals, four gold, six silver, four bronze in this event.[9]

Swimming

Canada entered fourteen of its forty competitors, nine male and five female in this event.[10] They won two medals, one gold, and one bronze in this event.[11] Demerakas got the bronze, while Wasnock won the gold medal.

References

1. "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
2. "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
3. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
4. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
5. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
6. "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
7. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1972PG&sport=1
8. "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
9. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1972PG&sport=2
10. "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
11. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1972PG&sport=1