1972 Summer Paralympics
Venue: | Heidelberg Germany |
Opening ceremony: | 2nd August 1972 |
Closing ceremony: | August 11, 1972 |
Opened by: |
Gustav Heinemann ( Federal President ) |
Olympic oath : | Marga Flor (athlete) |
Competitions: | 187 competitions in 10 sports |
Countries: | 41 |
Athletes: | 1.004 |
← Tel Aviv 1968 | |
Toronto 1976 → |
Medal table | |||||
space | country | total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BR Germany | 28 | 17th | 22nd | 67 |
2 | United States | 17th | 27 | 30th | 74 |
3 | United Kingdom | 16 | 15th | 21st | 52 |
4th | South Africa | 16 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
5 | Netherlands | 14th | 13 | 11 | 38 |
6th | Poland | 14th | 12 | 7th | 33 |
7th | France | 10 | 8th | 15th | 33 |
8th | Israel | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
9 | Italy | 8th | 4th | 5 | 17th |
10 | Jamaica | 8th | 3 | 4th | 15th |
... | ... | ||||
12 | Austria | 6th | 6th | 6th | 18th |
... | ... | ||||
19th | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 4th | 9 |
Complete medal table |
The 4th Summer Paralympics took place from August 1 to August 10, 1972 as XXI. World Games of the Paralyzed in Heidelberg . As in 1968, the Games were not held in the same city as the Summer Olympics. The competitions opened by Federal President Gustav Heinemann were held over a total of seven days.
Originally the Paralympics were supposed to take place in Munich as well as the Olympic Summer Games , but the renovation of the Olympic Village was planned immediately after the end of the Games, so that the participants of the Paralympics could not be accommodated there. That is why Heidelberg stepped in as the organizer. The beer tent set up as a communication center on the sports grounds met with great applause - this idea was adopted for the subsequent Paralympics.
The Paralympics were held on the sports facilities of the University of Heidelberg in Neuenheimer Feld and the new federal performance center . The German Disabled Sports Association took over the organization of the games. For the first time, visually impaired people from Germany took part in new sports and disciplines. A total of 1004 athletes from 41 participating countries competed for medals and places. Large military buses of the US Army brought the athletes and supervisors from the accommodations to the sports facilities.
Successes of the German team
In 1972, Germany won first place in the nation ranking for the first time. A total of 67 medals, including 28 gold medals, were won in front of the home crowd. Edmund Weber was the most successful German athlete with three wins (shot put, discus throw and javelin throw) and a third place in table tennis. A total of six other participants won three medals each.
Participating Nations
Germany provided the largest team with 80 athletes, followed by the United Kingdom and France . The following nations took part in the games:
sports
At the 4th Summer Paralympics, competitions were held in ten sports. Goalball and the 100-meter run for the blind were only scheduled as a demonstration competition.
- Archery
- darts
- Weightlifting
- athletics
- Lawn bowling
- Wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- swim
- snooker
- Table tennis
More than 4,000 spectators attended the wheelchair basketball final between Israel and the USA.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video on SWR.de
- ^ Stadtblatt Heidelberg: 30 years ago: Paralympics in Heidelberg . Retrieved September 18, 2008.
- ↑ Timeline of Heidelberg history from 1965 onwards, Heidelberg History Association. Heidelberger Geschichtsverein eV (HGV), accessed on March 31, 2020 (parts of the content are from cand. Phil. Katja Nagel (cf. Katja Nagel, Die Provinz inbewegung. Student riots in Heidelberg 1967 to 1973. Ubstadt-Weiher 2009)).
- ^ A b c International Paralympic Committee: Heidelberg 1972 . Retrieved September 18, 2008.
- ↑ International Paralympic Committee: Medal Standings Heidelberg 1972 . Retrieved September 18, 2008.
literature
- Daniel Westermann: The XXI. World Games of the Paralyzed in Heidelberg 1972. History and process. Volume 9 of the series of publications of the Heidelberg City Archives. Edited by the Heidelberg City Archives. Verlag Regionalkultur 2014. ISBN 978-3-89735-807-2