1972 Summer Paralympics / table tennis

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg , medals were awarded in a total of 19 table tennis competitions. As before at the Games in Tel Aviv in 1968 , singles and doubles competitions were held. For the first time, team competitions were also held at the Paralympics.

Classes

In the singles, the women and men played in classes 1A, 1B, 2, 3 and 4, in the team competition in classes 2, 3 and 4. In the women, a competition was held in doubles. For this purpose, classes 1A and 1B have been combined. The men played in doubles in classes 1A and 1B.

Medalists women

singles

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	de Vries-Noordam
2	Switzerland	Ursula treasure
3	Canada	Demerakas
	Israel	fishing rod

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	Italy	Rosa Sicari
2	United Kingdom	Jane Blackburn
3	Norway	Torah Lysoe
	France	Tournament

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Austria	Pink Swiss
2	Austria	Use Scharf
3	France	M. Ramousse
	United Kingdom	G. Matthews

Class 3

space	country	player
1	Austria	Voboril, Ingrid
2	United Kingdom	J. Swann
3	Israel	M. Escapa
	United Kingdom	Gwen Buck

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Carol Bryant
2	Belgium	L. Consum
3	Netherlands	I. Schmidt
	United Kingdom	O'Brien

Double

Class 1A - 1B

space	country	player
1	United Kingdom	Jane Blackburn Anderson
2	Norway	Torah Lysoe A. Klausen
3	Switzerland	Ursula Schatz Gilberte Brasey
	Canada	S. Long Demerakas

team

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	Austria	NN
2	Ireland	NN
3	United States	NN
	United Kingdom	NN

Class 3

space	country	player
1	Austria	NN
2	United Kingdom	NN
3	Canada	NN
	United States	NN

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	Netherlands	NN
2	Sweden	NN
3	Austria	NN

Medalists men

singles

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Hans Rosenast
2	Sweden	Nilsson
3	Switzerland	Rolf Zumkehr
	Switzerland	Rainer Kueschall

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Song Sin Nam
2	France	Daniel Jeannin
3	United Kingdom	S. Bradshaw
	Netherlands	P. Suijkerbuijk

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	South Korea	Choi Tae Am
2	Hong Kong	Lesli Lam
3	Italy	Giuseppe Trieste
	Norway	Henry Dahlgren

Class 3

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Fritz Krimmel
2	BR Germany	Heinz Simon
3	France	Andre Hennaert
	United Kingdom	G. Monoghan

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	Israel	Baruch Hagai
2	United States	Michael Dempsey
3	France	Triche
	United Kingdom	P. Lyall

Double

Class 1A

space	country	player
1	Switzerland	Hans Rosenast Rainer Kueschall
2	BR Germany	Sackerer Konkel
3	BR Germany	Hans Lubbering Ed and Weber
	United States	Nichol Rod Vleiger

Class 1B

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	B. Boerstler G. Laner
2	BR Germany	Wolfgang Koch Steiner
3	United Kingdom	S. Bradshaw T. Taylor
	Netherlands	P. Suijkerbuijk Pimmelar

team

2nd grade

space	country	player
1	?	NN
2	?	NN
3	?	NN

Class 3

space	country	player
1	BR Germany	Hartmut Klein N.N.
2	Italy	Giovanni Ferrari's Oliver Venturi
3	Sweden	NN
	Austria	NN

Grade 4

space	country	player
1	South Korea	NN
2	Sweden	NN
3	United States	NN
	United Kingdom	NN

Table tennis medal table

This is only the provisional table tennis medal table, as the results in the men's team competition in class 2 are not available.

Table tennis medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Austria	4th	1	2	7th
2	BR Germany	3	3	1	7th
3	South Korea	3	-	-	3
4th	United Kingdom	2	3	9	14th
5	Switzerland	2	1	3	6th
6th	Netherlands	2	-	3	5
7th	Italy	1	1	1	3
8th	Israel	1	-	2	3
9	Sweden	-	3	1	4th
10	France	-	1	4th	5
	United States	-	1	4th	5
12	Norway	-	1	2	3
13	Belgium	-	1	-	1
	Hong Kong	-	1	-	1
	Ireland	-	1	-	1
16	Canada	-	-	3	3

literature

• International Paralympic Committee: Selection fields under "General Search": Competition = "1972 Heidelberg", Sports = "Table Tennis", Event = select (accessed on January 17, 2016)