1972 Summer Paralympics / medal table

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				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
11	Australia	6th	9	10	25th
12	Austria	6th	6th	6th	18th
13	Canada	5	6th	8th	19th
14th	Sweden	5	6th	6th	17th
15th	Japan	4th	5	3	12
16	South Korea	4th	2	1	7th
17th	Rhodesia	3	5	4th	12
18th	New Zealand	3	3	3	9
19th	Switzerland	3	2	4th	9
20th	Argentina	2	4th	3	9
21st	Ireland	2	4th	2	8th
22nd	Norway	1	5	5	11
23	Belgium	1	1	2	4th
	Yugoslavia	1	1	2	4th
25th	India	1	-	-	1
	Kenya	1	-	-	1
27	Spain	-	4th	-	4th
28	Finland	-	2	1	3
29	Hong Kong	-	1	1	2
30th	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	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