Peru at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Peru made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg. It sent only one competitor, swimmer J. Gonzales (full name not recorded). Competing in disability category 4, he entered three events, but did not win any medals. In the 3x25m medley, his time of 1:21.9 was 1.2 seconds too slow to make it out of the heats and into the final round. In the 50m breaststroke, he was also eliminated in the heats. His best result came in the 50m backstroke. Qualifying as fourth fastest, he improved his time in the final, but finished fourth, in 44.266s.[1][2]

Peru at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
IPC codePER
NPCNational Paralympic Committee Peru
in Heidelberg
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Medals
Ranked -th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances

Results

Name Sport Event Time Rank
J. GonzalesSwimmingMen's 3x25m Medley 41:21.911th (out of 20) in the heats;
did not advance
J. GonzalesSwimmingMen's 50m Backstroke 4heats: 44.596 (4th out of 25)
final: 44.266
4th in the final
J. GonzalesSwimmingMen's 50m Breaststroke 457.91411th (out of 22) in the heats;
did not advance

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