The 1949 Summer Deaflympics (Danish: 1949 Sommer Deaflympics) officially known as the 6th Deaf Olympiad (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..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:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States of America
- Yugoslavia
Sports
Individual sports
- Athletics
- Cycling
- Diving
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Water polo
Team sports
- Basketball
- Football
Medal table
* Host nation (Denmark)
Results
Athletics
Basketball
Cycling
Diving
Football
Shooting
List of sports
- 100m Men
- 100m Women
- 200m
- 400m
- 800m
- 1500m
- 5000m
- 10000m
- 110m Hurdles
- 400m Hurdles
- High Jump Men
- High Jump Women
- Pole Vault
- Long Jump Men
- Long Jump Women
- Triple Jump
- Shot Put Men
- Shot Put Women
- Discus Throw
- Javelin Throw
- 4X100m Relay Men
- 4X100m Relay Women
- 4X400m Relay
- Olympic Relay
- Basketball
- Cycling- Road Individual
- Diving 3m Springboard
- Football
- Shooting Army Rifle 300m
- Shooting Team Classification
- Shooting Army Rifle 200m
- Swimming 100m FreestyleMen
- Swimming 100m Freestyle Women
- Swimming 200m Freestyle Women
- Swimming 400m Freestyle Men
- Swimming 400m Freestyle Women
- Swimming 1500m Freestyle
- Swimming 100m Backstroke Men
- Swimming 100m Backstroke Women
- Swimming 200m Breaststroke Men
- Swimming 200m Breaststroke Women
- Swimming 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Men
- Swimming 4X50m Freestyle Relay Women
- Swimming 3x100m Medley Men
- Swimming 3x50m Medley Women
- Tennis Singles Men
- Tennis Singles Women
- Tennis Doubles Men
- Tennis Doubles Women
- Tennis Mixed Doubles
- Water Polo
Notes
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