Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Czechoslovakia at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Czechoslovakia IPC code   TCH
At the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg
Competitors	19
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992
Winter Games
1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992
Other related appearances
Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia sent a delegation to compete at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany. They sent nineteen competitors, fourteen male and five female.^[1]

Disability classifications

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]

References

1. ^ "Participants Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1972. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=1972PG&sport=all. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/. Retrieved 29 May 2011. 
3. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354016.htm?site=paralympics/2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
4. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/paralympics/959701.stm. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
5. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7586684.stm. Retrieved 27 May 2011.