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 | |||
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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
- ^ Medal Standings Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games , International Paralympic Committee , accessed on April 4, 2020