Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. The team included 39 athletes, 26 men and 13 women. Competitors from Netherlands won 38 medals, including 14 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze to finish 5th in the medal table.
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.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Women's Shot Put 1A Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle 6 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke 5 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke 5 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke 6 Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle 6 Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke 2 Swimming Women's 25 m Breaststroke 1B Swimming Women's 25 m Freestyle 1BMary KuivenhovenIngrid van der BendenMarijke Ruiter Swimming Women's 3x100 m Medley Relay 5-6 Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley 5 Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley 6 Table tennis Women's Singles 1A Table tennis Women's Teams 4 Archery Men's FITA Round Team open Athletics Women's 60 m Wheelchair 1A Dartchery Men's Pairs open Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke 6 Swimming Men's 25 m Backstroke 2 Swimming Men's 3x50 m Medley 6 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke 5 Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle 5 Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke 2 Swimming Women's 3x25 m Medley 3Quirien JonkerSonja GravelandNetty van der Krieke Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley Relay 2-4 Swimming Women's 50 m Backstroke 3 Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle 3 Archery Men's FITA Round open Athletics Men's 100 m Wheelchair 5 Swimming Men's 25 m Breaststroke 2 Swimming Men's 25 m Freestyle 2 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke 5 Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke 1B Swimming Women's 3x50 m Medley 5 Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke 4 Table tennis Men's Doubles 1B Table tennis Men's Singles 1B Table tennis Women's Singles 4 Source: www.paralympic.org & www.olympischstadion.nl
See also Netherlands at the Paralympics Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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