Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics - Wikipedia
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Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.
Medal summary
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Medal table
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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
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Women's events
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References
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- ^ שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew)
External links
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- Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (Heidelberg) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
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