Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of 56 events, 28 for men and 28 for women.
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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 edit
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)