1972 Summer Paralympics / medal table

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This table shows the medal table of the 4th Summer Paralympics , which took place in Heidelberg in 1972 . The placements are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank.

Medal table
space country gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal total
1 Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 28 17th 22nd 67
2 United StatesUnited States United States 17th 27 30th 74
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 16 15th 21st 52
4th South Africa 1961South Africa South Africa 16 12 13 41
5 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 14th 13 11 38
6th Poland 1944Poland Poland 14th 12 7th 33
7th FranceFrance France 10 8th 15th 33
8th IsraelIsrael Israel 9 10 9 28
9 ItalyItaly Italy 8th 4th 5 17th
10 JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 8th 3 4th 15th
11 AustraliaAustralia Australia 6th 9 10 25th
12 AustriaAustria Austria 6th 6th 6th 18th
13 CanadaCanada Canada 5 6th 8th 19th
14th SwedenSweden Sweden 5 6th 6th 17th
15th JapanJapan Japan 4th 5 3 12
16 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 4th 2 1 7th
17th RhodesiaRhodesia Rhodesia 3 5 4th 12
18th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 3 3 3 9
19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3 2 4th 9
20th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2 4th 3 9
21st IrelandIreland Ireland 2 4th 2 8th
22nd NorwayNorway Norway 1 5 5 11
23 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1 1 2 4th
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 1 2 4th
25th IndiaIndia India 1 - - 1
KenyaKenya Kenya 1 - - 1
27 Spain 1945Spain Spain - 4th - 4th
28 FinlandFinland Finland - 2 1 3
29 Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Hong Kong - 1 1 2
30th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - - 1 1
Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary - - 1 1
total 188 187 200 575

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Medal Standings Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games , International Paralympic Committee , accessed on April 4, 2020