1953 Summer Deaflympics
Host city | Brussels, Belgium |
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Nations | 16 countries |
Athletes | 473 athletes |
Events | 52 (8 disciplines) |
Opening | 15 August 1953 |
Closing | 19 August 1953 |
Summer | |
← Copenhagen 1949 Milan 1957 → | |
Winter | |
← Oslo 1953 Oberammergau 1955 → |
The 1953 Summer Deaflympics (Dutch: Zomerdeaflympische Zomerspelen 1953; French: 1953 Sourdlympiques d'été;German: Sommer-Deaflympics 1953) officially known as 7th Deaflympics (Dutch: 7e Zomerdeaflympische Spelen; French: 7e Sourdlympiques d'été;German: 7. Sommer Deaflympics) is an international multi-sport event that was held from 15 August 1953 to 19 August 1953. The event was hosted by Brussels, Belgium.[1]
The 1953 Summer Deaflympics saw Australia as the second non-European country to enter. The American team in 1935.
The following countries participated in the 1953 Deaflympics:[2]
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Saar
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States
- Yugoslavia
References
Preceded by | VII X Brussels, Belgium | Succeeded by |
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- 1924 Paris
- 1928 Amsterdam
- 1931 Nuremberg
- 1935 London
- 1939 Stockholm
- 1949 Copenhagen
- 1953 Brussels
- 1957 Milan
- 1961 Helsinki
- 1965 Washington DC
- 1969 Belgrade
- 1973 Malmö
- 1977 Bucharest
- 1981 Cologne
- 1985 Los Angeles
- 1989 Christchurch
- 1993 Sofia
- 1997 Copenhagen
- 2001 Rome
- 2005 Melbourne
- 2009 Taipei
- 2013 Sofia
- 2017 Samsun
- 2021 Caxias do Sul[a]
- 2025 Tokyo
- 2029 TBA
- 1949 Seefeld
- 1953 Oslo
- 1955 Oberammergau
- 1959 Montana-Vermala
- 1963 Are
- 1967 Berchtesgaden
- 1971 Adelboden
- 1975 Lake Placid
- 1979 Meribel
- 1983 Madonna di Campigilo
- 1987 Oslo
- 1991 Banff
- 1995 Yilas
- 1999 Davos
- 2003 Sundsvall
- 2007 Salt Lake City
2011 Vysoké Tatry- 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk
- 2019 Sondrio
- 2023 Erzurum
- 2027 TBA
- ^ Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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