| Npc: | CAN |
| Npcname: | Canadian Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Canada |
| Location: | Heidelberg |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Rank: | 13 |
| Gold: | 5 |
| Silver: | 6 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1968 |
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]
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]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Simpson | Men's 100m wheelchair 5 | |||
| Men's discus throw 4 | ||||
| Men's slalom 1A | ||||
| Men's pentathlon 4 | ||||
| Richard Wasnock | Men's 75m individual medley 2 | |||
| Men's 60m wheelchair 1A | ||||
| Walter Dann F. Henderson Eugene Reimer B. Simpson | Men's 4x60m wheelchair relay open | |||
| R. Muise | Men's shot put 1B | |||
| Women's 60m wheelchair 3 | ||||
| Women's javelin throw 1A | ||||
| Women's slalom 3 | ||||
| Men's shot put 1A | ||||
| Women's shot put 1A | ||||
| S. Long | Women's slalom 1B | |||
| Women's pentathlon 3 | ||||
| Demerakas | Women's 25m backstroke 1A |
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]
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]
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.