title: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics – Men's 60 metres wheelchair 1B
text: # Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics – Men's 60 metres wheelchair 1B
  
  The Men's 60 m wheelchair 1B was one of the events held in Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg.
  
  There were 27 competitors in the heat; 5 made it into the final.
  
  Baumgartner of West Germany won the gold medal.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | R. Zeyher (FRG) | 21.1 |
  | 2 | Kazumi Ohashi (JPN) | 21.4 |
  | 3 | Baumgartner (FRG) | 21.8 |
  | 4 | Walter Sailer (AUT) | 22.3 |
  | 5 | Julius Duval (USA) | 23.0 |
  | 6 | Robert Ocvirk (USA) | 23.4 |
  | 7 | McGann (GBR) | 23.6 |
  | 8 | Speiser (AUT) | 24.6 |
  | 9 | Rosenbaum (USA) | 25.0 |
  | 10 | Tullius (FRG) | 25.7 |
  | 11 | Simunek (TCH) | 26.0 |
  | 12 | Tom Parker (CAN) | 26.0 |
  | 13 | Soijkerbuik (NED) | 26.9 |
  | 14 | Mayerhofer (AUT) | 27.0 |
  | 15 | Daniel Jeannin (FRA) | 27.2 |
  | 16 | Cokelj (YUG) | 27.7 |
  | 17 | Cerkvenik (YUG) | 28.4 |
  | 18 | Maeki (FIN) | 29.2 |
  | 19 | Michel de Kemp (BEL) | 31.7 |
  | 20 | Dario Bandinelli (ITA) | 32.2 |
  | 21 | Beat Thöni (SUI) | 33.9 |
  | 22 | John Sands (BAH) | 34.8 |
  | 23 | R. Muise (CAN) | 37.8 |
  | 24 | Sin Nam Song (KOR) | 40.7 |
  | 25 | Keith McCormick (NZL) | 41.8 |
  | 26 | Raúl Di Paolo (ARG) | 51.3 |
  | 27 | Dany Buchs (SUI) | 59.3 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Baumgartner (FRG) | 19.0 |
  | | Kazumi Ohashi (JPN) | 19.5 |
  | | R. Zeyher (FRG) | 19.9 |
  | 4 | Walter Sailer (AUT) | 21.4 |
  | 5 | Julius Duval (USA) | 23.3' |
  