Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.[1]

Weightlifting at the IV Paralympic Games
Paralympic Weightlifting
Competitors	46 from 18 nations

Participating nations

There were 46 male competitors representing 18 nations.[2]

Australia (3)  Belgium (3)  Denmark (1)  Finland (2)  France (6)  Great Britain (3)  India (1)  Israel (2)  Jamaica (1)

Japan (3)  Malaysia (3)  Mexico (2)  Norway (1)  Poland (1)  Sweden (4)  Switzerland (3)  United States (6)  West Germany (1)

Medal summary

Medal table

There were 18 medal winners representing 10 nations.[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	1	2	5
2	United States (USA)	1	3	1	5
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	0	1
6	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
8	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		6	6	6	18

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's light featherweight	Dumont  France	Martin  United States	Jan Was  Poland
Men's featherweight	Pearson  Jamaica	Benny Nilsson  Sweden	Shmuel Haimovitz  Israel
Men's lightweight	Alex Eguers  France	Vidal Johnsen  Norway	Ernst Michel  Switzerland
Men's middleweight	Edward Coyle  United States	René Brifoulliere  France	Richard Tauber  United States
Men's light heavyweight	R. Rowe  Great Britain	Patton  United States	Michel Allorge  France
Men's heavyweight	Vic Renalson  Australia	Jon Brown  United States	Gillet  France

References

1. "Heidelberg 1972 – Weightlifting". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
2. "Heidelberg 1972 – Weightlifting – Participants". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
3. "Heidelberg 1972 – Weightlifting – Medal Standings". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

• Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (Heidelberg) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)