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1981 Summer Deaflympics

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14th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityCologne, Germany
Nations32 countries
Athletes1213 athletes
Events110 (13 disciplines)
OpeningJuly 23, 1981
ClosingAugust 1, 1981
Opened byHelmut Schmidt
Summer
Winter

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]

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

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  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Cycling
  • Football
  • Handball
  • Shooting
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Wrestling

Medal Tally

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  *   Host nation (West Germany)

1985 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)453034109
2 Soviet Union (URS)22201557
3 Iran (IRI)85215
4 Japan (JPN)74213
5 Yugoslavia (YUG)5027
6 West Germany (FRG)*371323
7 Australia (AUS)3339
8 Finland (FIN)3003
9 Italy (ITA)28313
10 Bulgaria (BUL)27514
11 Austria (AUT)2103
12 France (FRA)15511
13 Hungary (HUN)1326
14 Poland (POL)1247
15 East Germany (GDR)1203
 New Zealand (NZL)1203
17 Denmark (DEN)1146
18 Sweden (SWE)1113
19 Netherlands (NED)1001
20 Canada (CAN)0448
21 India (IND)0213
22 Switzerland (SUI)0202
23 Great Britain (GBR)0156
24 Belgium (BEL)0022
25 Norway (NOR)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (26 entries)110110109329

References

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  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
Preceded by
1977
XIII
Bucharest, Romania
1981 Summer Deaflympics
XIV
Cologne, Germany
Succeeded by
1985
XV
Los Angeles, USA