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.
Disability classifications Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair. 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. 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.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event B. Simpson Athletics Men's 100m wheelchair 5 Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's discus throw 4 Douglas Bovee Athletics Men's slalom 1A Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's pentathlon 4 Richard Wasnock Swimming Men's 75m individual medley 2 Douglas Bovee Athletics Men's 60m wheelchair 1A Walter Dann F. Henderson Eugene Reimer B. Simpson Athletics Men's 4x60m wheelchair relay open R. Muise Athletics Men's shot put 1B Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's 60m wheelchair 3 Joyce Murland Athletics Women's javelin throw 1A Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's slalom 3 Douglas Bovee Athletics Men's shot put 1A Joyce Murland Athletics Women's shot put 1A S. Long Athletics Women's slalom 1B Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's pentathlon 3 Demerakas Swimming Women's 25m backstroke 1A
Archery Canada entered six of its forty competitors, five male and one female in this event. They won no medals at all in this event.
Athletics Canada entered thirty five of its forty competitors, twenty three male and twelve female in this event. They won fourteen medals, four gold, six silver, four bronze in this event.
Swimming Canada entered fourteen of its forty competitors, nine male and five female in this event. They won two medals, one gold, and one bronze in this event. Demerakas got the bronze, while Wasnock won the gold medal.
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