Canada at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Heidelberg
Competitors40
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
5
Total
16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent forty competitors, twenty seven male and thirteen female.[1]

Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[2] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[5]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldB. SimpsonAthleticsMen's 100m wheelchair 5
 GoldEugene ReimerAthleticsMen's discus throw 4
 GoldDouglas BoveeAthleticsMen's slalom 1A
 GoldEugene ReimerAthleticsMen's pentathlon 4
 GoldRichard WasnockSwimmingMen's 75m individual medley 2
 SilverDouglas BoveeAthleticsMen's 60m wheelchair 1A
 SilverWalter Dann
F. Henderson
Eugene Reimer
B. Simpson		AthleticsMen's 4x60m wheelchair relay open
 SilverR. MuiseAthleticsMen's shot put 1B
 SilverHilda Mae BinnsAthleticsWomen's 60m wheelchair 3
 SilverJoyce MurlandAthleticsWomen's javelin throw 1A
 SilverHilda Mae BinnsAthleticsWomen's slalom 3
 BronzeDouglas BoveeAthleticsMen's shot put 1A
 BronzeJoyce MurlandAthleticsWomen's shot put 1A
 BronzeS. LongAthleticsWomen's slalom 1B
 BronzeHilda Mae BinnsAthleticsWomen's pentathlon 3
 BronzeDemerakasSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke 1A

Archery

Canada entered six of its forty competitors, five male and one female in this event.[6] They won no medals at all in this event.[7]

Athletics

Canada entered thirty five of its forty competitors, twenty three male and twelve female in this event.[8] They won fourteen medals, four gold, six silver, four bronze in this event.[9]

Swimming

Canada entered fourteen of its forty competitors, nine male and five female in this event.[10] They won two medals, one gold, and one bronze in this event.[11] Demerakas got the bronze, while Wasnock won the gold medal.

References

  1. ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".
  8. ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".
  10. ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".
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