| Npc: | FRG |
| Npcname: | National Paralympic Committee Germany |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Germany |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Heidelberg |
| Competitors: | 75 |
| Rank: | 1 |
| Gold: | 28 |
| Silver: | 17 |
| Bronze: | 22 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1960 |
| App End Year: | 1988 |
| See also: | (1992–) |
West Germany sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent seventy five competitors, fifty two male and twenty three 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] [6]