Canada at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code | CAN | ||||||||
NPC | Canadian Paralympic Committee | ||||||||
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in Heidelberg | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 | ||||||||
Medals |
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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]
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
- ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1972PG&sport=1
- ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1972PG&sport=2
- ↑ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1972PG&sport=1