Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL) | 11 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 3 |  South Africa (RSA) | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Israel (ISR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 |  Rhodesia (RHO) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 12 |  West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 56 | 55 | 52 | 163 | |
Participating nations
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Argentina (7)
Australia (7)
Austria (9)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (1)
Canada (14)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (5)
Finland (10)
France (19)
Great Britain (23)
Hong Kong (3)
India (3)
Ireland (4)
Israel (15)
Italy (4)
Jamaica (8)
Japan (1)
Kenya (1)
Mexico (1)
Netherlands (15)
New Zealand (5)
Norway (11)
Peru (1)
Poland (14)
Rhodesia (12)
South Africa (9)
Spain (14)
Sweden (10)
Switzerland (6)
United States (20)
West Germany (19)
Yugoslavia (3)
Men's events
[edit]Women's events
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)
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