Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.
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Medal summary
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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 |
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
edit- 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
editWomen's events
editReferences
edit- ^ שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)