1969 Summer Deaflympics

11st Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Nations	33 countries
Athletes	1189 athletes
Events	105 (13 disciplines)
Opening	August 9, 1969
Closing	August 16, 1969
Opened by	Josip Broz Tito
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The 1969 Summer Deaflympics (Serbian: Летње олимпијаде глувих 1969), officially known as the 11th Summer Deaflympics (Serbian: 11. Ljetne Olimpijske igre gluhih), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from August 9 to 16, 1969 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

The 11th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 13 to 24 December 1968 in Mexico City, but was decided to host it in 1969 due to the schedule of 1968 Summer Olympics.

Sports

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

Medal Tally

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

1969 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	36	32	29	97
2	United States (USA)	22	23	21	66
3	Hungary (HUN)	8	4	8	20
4	Italy (ITA)	7	6	8	21
5	West Germany (FRG)	6	2	2	10
6	Iran (IRI)	5	2	3	10
7	Poland (POL)	4	6	8	18
8	Yugoslavia (YUG)*	3	2	8	13
9	East Germany (GDR)	3	2	2	7
10	Canada (CAN)	2	4	1	7
11	Finland (FIN)	2	2	2	6
12	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	0	4
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	6	5	12
14	Denmark (DEN)	1	4	1	6
15	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	4	6
16	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	0	2
17	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
18	Japan (JPN)	0	3	7	10
19	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	1	3
20	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
21	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
22	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	3	3
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	3	3
24	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		105	107	118	330