1977 Summer Deaflympics

The 1977 Summer Deaflympics (Romanian: Al 1977 diapimpic de vară), officially known as the 13th Summer Deaflympics (Romanian: Al 13-lea diapimpic de vară), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 17 to July 27, 1977, in Bucharest, Romania.

13th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Bucharest, Romania
Nations	32 countries
Athletes	1150 athletes
Events	105 (13 disciplines)
Opening	July 17, 1977
Closing	July 27, 1977
Opened by	Nicolae Ceauşescu
Summer
Winter

The 13th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 18 to 28 September 1976 in Montreal, but was decided to host it in 1977 due to the schedule of 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sports

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

Medal Tally

  *   Host nation (Romania)

1977 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	38	35	32	105
2	Soviet Union (URS)	26	17	22	65
3	Iran (IRI)	8	4	4	16
4	Italy (ITA)	6	3	6	15
5	Japan (JPN)	5	2	0	7
6	West Germany (FRG)	4	6	6	16
7	Yugoslavia (YUG)	4	4	1	9
8	Romania (ROU)*	4	0	4	8
9	Canada (CAN)	2	5	7	14
10	Sweden (SWE)	2	3	1	6
11	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	7	3	11
12	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	3	7
13	Belgium (BEL)	1	3	1	5
14	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
15	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	3	5
16	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
17	Australia (AUS)	1	0	4	5
18	Poland (POL)	0	4	6	10
19	France (FRA)	0	4	1	5
20	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
21	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (21 entries)		106	106	106	318

Notable achievements

Jeff Float won 10 gold medals for swimming in this competition, a record in the Deaflympics.