New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

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New Zealand at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeNZL
NPCParalympics New Zealand
Websiteparalympics.org.nz
in Heidelberg
Competitors10
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

New Zealand sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent ten competitors, seven male and three female.[1] The team consisted of Graham Condon, Leo Close, Neroli Fairhall, Graeme Marett, Keith McCormick, Dennis Miller, Tina Morgan, Chris Nicholls, Eve Rimmer, and Jim Savage.[2]

The New Zealand contingent brought back nine medals, with five of the ten competitors obtaining medals.[2]

Medallists

[3]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Graham Condon Athletics Men's Discus 3
 Gold Eve Rimmer Athletics Women's Pentathlon 3
 Gold Eve Rimmer Athletics Women's Shot Put 3
 Silver Graeme Marett Athletics Men's Discus 2
 Silver Eve Rimmer Athletics Women's Discus 3
 Silver Eve Rimmer Athletics Women's Javelin 3
 Bronze Graeme Marett Athletics Men's Pentathlon 2
 Bronze Jim Savage Athletics Men's Shot Put 3
 Bronze Tina Morgan Swimming Women's 25 m Freestyle 1B

Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1972 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b 1972 SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES: NEW ZEALAND TEAM
  3. ^ "IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete search by games - year (1972) medallists (all) and country (NZL)". paralympic.org. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  7. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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