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The 1981 Summer Deaflympics (German: 1981 Sommer Deaflympics), officially known as the 14th Summer Deaflympics (German: 14. Sommer Deaflympics), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 23 to August 1, 1981, in Cologne, Germany.[1]
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Host city | Cologne, Germany |
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Nations | 32 countries |
Athletes | 1213 athletes |
Events | 110 (13 disciplines) |
Opening | July 23, 1981 |
Closing | August 1, 1981 |
Opened by | Helmut Schmidt |
Summer | |
Winter | |
The 14th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 20 to 31 August 1980 in Moscow, but was decided to host it in 1981 due to the schedule of 1980 Summer Olympics.
Sports
edit- Athletics
- Basketball
- Cycling
- Football
- Handball
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Wrestling
Medal Tally
edit* Host nation (West Germany)
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 45 | 30 | 34 | 109 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 22 | 20 | 15 | 57 |
3 | Iran (IRI) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
6 | West Germany (FRG)* | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
8 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
11 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
12 | France (FRA) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
13 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
14 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
15 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
17 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
18 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
19 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
21 | India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
22 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
23 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
24 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
25 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (26 entries) | 110 | 110 | 109 | 329 |
References
edit- ^ "Games | Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-29.