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.[1]

13th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityBucharest, Romania
Nations32 countries
Athletes1150 athletes
Events105 (13 disciplines)
OpeningJuly 17, 1977
ClosingJuly 27, 1977
Opened byNicolae 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

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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 (Romania)

1977 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)383532105
2  Soviet Union (URS)26172265
3  Iran (IRI)84416
4  Italy (ITA)63615
5  Japan (JPN)5207
6  West Germany (FRG)46616
7  Yugoslavia (YUG)4419
8  Romania (ROU)*4048
9  Canada (CAN)25714
10  Sweden (SWE)2316
11  Bulgaria (BUL)17311
12  Hungary (HUN)1337
13  Belgium (BEL)1315
14  Denmark (DEN)1203
15  East Germany (GDR)1135
16  Norway (NOR)1102
17  Australia (AUS)1045
18  Poland (POL)04610
19  France (FRA)0415
20  Finland (FIN)0123
21  Ireland (IRL)0101
Totals (21 entries)106106106318

Notable achievements

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Jeff Float won 10 gold medals for swimming in this competition, a record in the Deaflympics.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  2. ^ "Athletes | Deaflympics". Deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
Preceded by
1973
XII
Malmo, Sweden
1977
XIII
Bucharest, Romania
Succeeded by
1981
XIV
Cologne, West Germany