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6th Summer Deaflympics
Host city Copenhagen,   Denmark
Nations14 countries
Athletes391 athletes
Events51 (9 disciplines)
Opening12 August 1949
Closing16 August 1949
Summer
Winter

The 1949 Summer Deaflympics ( Danish: 1949 Sommer Deaflympics) officially known as the 6th Deaf Olympiad [1] ( Danish: 6. DøveOlympiade)is an international multi-sport event that was held from 12 August 1949 to 16 August 1949. This event was hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark. [2]

This Deaflympics was held after 10 years since the last edition of the Deaflympics(1939) due to World War II.

Basketball and water polo were added as events for the first time in Deaflympics history.

Participating Countries

The following countries participated in the 1949 Deaflympics: [3]

Sports

Individual sports

Team sports

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Denmark)

1949 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Denmark (DEN)*1191030
2  Finland (FIN)116825
3  Netherlands (NED)75113
4  Sweden (SWE)614626
5  Norway (NOR)53614
6  Great Britain (GBR)5106
7  France (FRA)46414
8  Belgium (BEL)1315
9  Italy (ITA)1135
10   Switzerland (SUI)0134
11  United States (USA)0101
12  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0022
13  Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
14  Austria (AUT)0000
Totals (14 entries)515045146

Results

Athletics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men 100m [4] Roger Cantrelle
  France 		Robert Ellsworth Miller
  United States 		Aurelio Marcucci
  Italy
Women 100m [5] Eileen Rose Dukes
  Great Britain 		Gunnel Sandstrom
  Finland 		Ellen Mǿller
  Denmark
Men 200m [6] Roger Cantrelle
  France 		Gustaf Sven Lorentz Engstrom
  Sweden 		Karl Gustav Astrom
  Sweden
Men 400m [7] Kunto Irri
  Finland 		Toivo Tviikael Tarvonen
  Finland 		Gustaf Sven Lorentz Engstrom
  Sweden
Men 800m [8] Alfred Karstensen Nielsen
  Denmark 		Toivo Tviikael Tarvonen
  Finland 		Kristian Mǿller
  Denmark
Men 1500m [9] Knut Olof Arvid Gardell
  Sweden 		Arne Lennart Larsson
  Sweden 		Alfred Karstensen Nielsen
  Denmark
Men 5000m [10] Olof Johansson
  Sweden 		Knut Olof Arvid Gardell
  Sweden 		Max Jean David
  France
Men 10000m [11] Max Jean David
  France 		Olof Johansson
  Sweden 		Väinö Pelli
  Finland
Men 110m Hurdles [12] Pierre Galloy
  France 		Borge Nielsen
  Denmark 		Marcel Alie
  France
Men 400m Hurdles [13] Veikko Koskinen
  Finland 		Pierre Galloy
  France 		Bent Pedersen
  Denmark
Men 4 × 100 m Relay [24]   Sweden (SWE)
Karl Gustav Astrom
Bertil Karl Baath
Tage Bernhard Engberg
Gustaf Sven Lorentz Engstrom 		  Denmark (DEN)
Volmer Christiansen
Holger Johansson
Aksel Peder Olsen
Freddy Samsǿe 		  Yugoslavia (YUG)
Misdrag Milovanov
Milenko Svircevic
Bozidar Tironi
Women 4x100 Relay [25]   Norway (NOR)
Margit Bolstad
Bjørg Braathen
Inger Wilhelmine Ovreeide
Birgit Marie Rafoss 		  Sweden (SWE)
Karin Andersson
Sonja Andersson
Tora Linnea Hansen
Rut Henny Wikman [a]
Men 4 × 400 m Relay [26]   Finland (FIN)
Kunto Irri
Veikko Koskinen
Toivo Tviikael Tarvonen
Voitto Wickholm 		  Sweden (SWE)
Bertil Karl Baath
Gustaf Sven Lorentz Engstrom
Mauritz Olsson
Gunnar Karl Renner 		  Denmark (DEN)
Kristian Mǿller
Alfred Karstensen Nielsen
Aksel Peder Olsen
Børge Anders Rasmussen
Men Olympic Relay [27]   Finland (FIN)
Kunto Irri
Veikko Koskinen
Sulo Valfrid Rannikko
Toivo Tviikael Tarvonen 		  Sweden (SWE)
Karl Gustav Astrom
Bertil Karl Baath
Tage Bernhard Engberg
Gustaf Sven Lorentz Engstrom 		  Denmark (DEN)
Volmer Christiansen
Kristian Mǿller
Børge Anders Rasmussen
Freddy Samsǿe
Men High Jump [14] Bror-Erik Södergård
  Finland 		Endre Grytnes
  Norway 		Sulo Valfrid Rannikko
  Finland
Women High Jump [15] Birgit Marie Rafoss
  Norway 		Ellen Mǿller
  Denmark 		Gunnel Sandstrom
  Finland
Men Pole Vault [16] Tenho Veikko Broman
  Finland 		Borge Nielsen
  Denmark 		Endre Grytnes
  Norway
Men Long Jump [17] Bror-Erik Södergård
  Finland 		Endre Grytnes
  Norway 		Knut Smedsgaard
  Norway
Women Long Jump [18] Ellen Mǿller
  Denmark 		Gunnel Sandstrom
  Finland 		Birgit Marie Rafoss
  Norway
Men Triple Jump [19] Bror-Erik Södergård
  Finland 		Karl Gustav Astrom
  Sweden 		Evert Aukusti Viitala
  Finland
Men Shot Put [20] Valentin Kaurela
  Finland 		Karl Gustav Astrom
  Sweden 		Nils Erik Berggren
  Sweden
Women Shot Put [21] Birgit Marie Rafoss
  Norway 		Marie Hansen
  Denmark 		Gunnel Sandstrom
  Finland
Men Discus Throw [22] Knut Smedsgaard
  Norway 		Karl Gustav Astrom
  Sweden 		Evert Aukusti Viitala
  Finland
Men Javelin Throw [23] Robert Oman
  Sweden 		Lauri Matias Hamalainen
  Finland 		Eero Edvard Ojala
  Finland

Basketball

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Basketball [53]   Belgium (BEL)
Joseph Blum,
Jacques Brosemer,
Jean Crabbé,
Pierre Gosselin,
Jean Hiroux,
Antoine Lichtfous,
Fortune Stradiot,
Victor van Laer 		   Switzerland (SUI)
Lucien Aubert,
Otto-Edouard Fricker,
Raymond Genton,
Paul Mollard,
Robert Pilet,
Fernand Rohrer [b]

Cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road Men Individual Road Race [28] Thomas Norman Clarke
  Great Britain 		Pierre Keller
  France 		Luigi Bergonzi
  Italy

Diving

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Diving 3m springboard [29] Henning Christensen
  Denmark 		Frans Callaerts [c]
  Belgium

Football

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Football [54]   Great Britain (GBR)
James Attwood
Raymond Leslie Bolton
John Joseph Cashmore
Walter Chapman
Walter Dennis Drake
Philip French
Harold Higgs
Thomas George (Moules) Kisby
Charles Lowndes
Charles Molloy
James Martin Smith
Peter Henry Stokes 		  Belgium (BEL)
Leopold Baiwir
Emile Basselet
Adolf D'hondt
Julien Delamotte
Eugene Fraiture
Marcel Leon Francois
Peetrus Meert
Emile Peers
Robert Quivreux
Gustave Leonard Rysermans
Willy Achille Seeuws
Gerard Sonneville
Harry Trab
Francois Van Der Linden
Edward Jacob Verheezen
Louis Williame 		  Italy (ITA)
Dino Amonaci
Ernesto Benvenuto
Livio Cavalli
Ugo Curti
Pietro De Stefani
Silvio Fassi
Italo Gasparini
Enrico Sergio Gasparoni
Battista Lodigiani
Ugo Magnetto
Giuseppe Maina
Mario Mauri
Arturo Mazzola
Luciano Minari
Renato Mirto
Ivano Moroni
Gianni Ornaghi
Gaetano Santolini
Luigi Zanni

Shooting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men shooting army rifle 200m [32] Bruno Mouton
  Finland 		Stig Wilhelm Jakobsson
  Sweden 		Torsten Forstèn
  Finland
Men shooting army rifle 300m [30] Anders Haukedalen
  Norway 		Niilo Mikkola
  Finland 		Robert Pilet
  Switzerland
Men Shooting team classification [31]   Finland (FIN)
Torsten Forstèn
Niilo Mikkola
Bruno Mouton 		  Norway (NOR)
Anker Carsten Gusfre
Ingvald Fredrik Hagen
Anders Haukedalen 		   Switzerland (SUI)
Walter Homberger
Robert Pilet
A. Pittet [d]

List of sports

Notes

  1. ^ Only Norway and Sweden were recorded as competing in this event.
  2. ^ Only Belgium and Switzerland competed in this event.
  3. ^ Only Denmark and the Belgium participated in this event.
  4. ^ The full first name of this participant is not recorded.

References

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Preceded by
1939
V
Stockholm, Sweden
 1949
VI
Copenhagen, Denmark 		Succeeded by
1953
VII
Brussels, Belgium
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