1935 Summer Deaflympics

4th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	London,   United Kingdom
Nations	12 countries
Athletes	221 athletes
Events	41 (6 disciplines)
Opening	17 August 1935
Closing	24 August 1935
Summer
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The 1935 Summer Deaflympics officially known as 4th International Games for the Deaf was an international multi-sport event that was held from 17 August 1935 to 24 August 1935. It was hosted by London, England, ^{[1] [2]} with events held at White City Stadium. ^[3]

The tournament saw the debut of an American team. ^[4]

Participating Countries

The following countries participated in the 1935 Deaflympics: ^[5]

• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Hungary
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• United States of America

Sports

The following events were included in the 1931 Deaflympics:

Individual sports

• Athletics ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]}
• Road cycling ^[29]
• Diving ^[30]
• Swimming ^{[31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]}
• Tennis ^{[41] [42] [43] [44] [45]}

Team sports

• Football ^[46]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

1935 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain  (GBR)*	11	5	6	22
2	France  (FRA)	9	3	5	17
3	Germany  (GER)	6	5	5	16
4	Finland  (FIN)	5	4	5	14
5	Sweden  (SWE)	3	6	3	12
6	Belgium  (BEL)	2	3	1	6
7	Netherlands  (NED)	2	0	1	3
8	Hungary  (HUN)	1	2	3	6
9	Denmark  (DEN)	0	3	4	7
10	Norway  (NOR)	0	2	1	3
	United States  (USA)	0	2	1	3
12	Austria  (AUT)	0	1	1	2
Totals (12 entries)		39	36	36	111

Results

Athletics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 100m [6]	Leon Pertsowsky   France	Len Lewis   Great Britain	Wayne Otten   United States
Women 100m [7]	Jessie Florence Say   Great Britain	Aina Kjellin   Sweden	Kathy Squires   Great Britain
Men 200m [8]	Paul Reinmund   France	Wayne Otten   United States	Len Lewis   Great Britain
Men 400m [9]	Kurt Milbradt   Germany	Rolf Kristian Nyberg   Norway	Louis Fruerlund   Denmark
Men 800m [10]	Andrew C. Hall   Great Britain	Sven Pettersson   Sweden	Kurt Milbradt   Germany
Men 1500m [11]	Robert Bouscarat   France	Cyril Henry Huckle   Great Britain	Bertil John Edvin Franklinsson   Sweden
Men 5000m [12]	Paavo Niinikagas   Finland	Paavo Valtari   Finland	Heinz Joachim Lehmann   Germany
Men 10000m [13]	Paavo Niinikagas   Finland	Östen Parkvall   Sweden	Matti Mölsä   Finland
Men 110m Hurdles [14]	Valentin Kaurela   Finland	Marcel Alie   France	Veikko Lehtonen   Finland
Men 400m Hurdles [15]	Marcel Alie   France	Erik Vilhelm Edman   Sweden	Raymond Baptiste Malatre   France
Men 4 × 100 m Relay [25]	France  (FRA) Albert Braun Rene Le Pannetier Leon Pertsowsky Paul Reinmund	Sweden  (SWE) Karl Gustav Astrom Helge Crona Osvald Dahlgren Wilhelm Westling	Denmark  (DEN) Louis Fruerlund Hans Nissen Gudmund Kjær Sǿrensen Hans Erik Tvilum
Women 4x100 Relay [26]	Great Britain  (GBR) G. Bowlingbroke Jessie Florence Say Betty Evelyn Shrine Kathy Squires [a]
Men 4 × 400 m Relay [27]	France  (FRA) Marcel Alie Robert Bouscarat Maurice Campanaud Ange Costa	Sweden  (SWE) Osvald Dahlgren Bertil John Edvin Franklinsson Nils Johannesson Sven Pettersson	Denmark  (DEN) Louis Fruerlund Hans Nissen Gudmund Kjær Sǿrensen Hans Erik Tvilum
Men Olympic Relay [28]	Great Britain  (GBR) Andrew C. Hall Len Lewis Cyril Reynolds George Scott	Finland  (FIN) Börje Ahlbäck Valentin Kaurela Veikko Lehtonen Paavo Palmu	Norway  (NOR) Harald Bǿlstad Hjalmar Charles Lindgaard Rolf Kristian Nyberg Sveinung Tinnes
Men High Jump [16]	Veikko Lehtonen   Finland	Hans Nissen   Denmark	Hans Erik Tvilum   Denmark
Women High Jump [17]	Hildegard Sperling   Germany	Aina Kjellin   Sweden	Grete Blankenforth   Germany
Men Pole Vault [18]	Harvie William Vassall   Great Britain	Paavo Palmu   Finland	Valentin Kaurela   Finland
Men Long Jump [19]	Paul Reinmund   France	John William Hayter   Great Britain	Börje Ahlbäck   Finland
Women Long Jump [20]	Aina Kjellin   Sweden	Gussi Hahne   Germany	Grete Blankenforth   Germany
Men Shot Put [21]	Valentin Kaurela   Finland	John Casimir Chudzikiewicz   United States	Nils Rahmn   Sweden
Women Shot Put [22]	Aina Kjellin   Sweden	Hildegard Sperling   Germany	Martta Nieminen   Finland
Men Discus Throw [23]	Wilhelm Westling   Sweden	Valentin Kaurela   Finland	Nils Rahmn   Sweden
Men Javelin Throw [24]	John Casimir Chudzikiewicz   United States	Wilhelm Westling   Sweden	Valentin Kaurela   Finland

Cycling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road Men Individual Road Race [29]	Edwin Coburn   Great Britain	Joseph Le Saint   France	Kennington [b]   Great Britain

Diving

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Diving 3m springboard [30]	Werner Sander   Germany	Karl Kaudel   Austria	Karl Stalmach   Austria

Football

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Football [46]	Great Britain  (GBR) John Alfred Aldred Atkin [c] Donoghue [d] Robin Alexander Gale Bernard Gibson Harry Henderson Jack Pyrah Terence Henry Roberts Walter Frederick Smith Whiteman [e] James Young	Belgium  (BEL) Robert Beernaert Jules Bouillez Boudewijn Bultinck Georges De Rijcke Gustaaf De Weweire Louis Dehaes Georges Deridder Jean Hamelryckx Alfons Hellebuyck Gustave Leonard Rysermans Lambert Salaets Albert Teirlinck Guillaume Thewissen Pierre Van Damme Rene Van De Weghe Gilbert Van Wayenberg	France  (FRA) Rene Bertinetti Bernard Bourgeois Fernand Casier Francois Raymond Champoux Guy Chateau Marcel Demay Gaston Jallut Paul Naslin Robert Niderost Pierre Jean Pagny Marceau Pealapra Henri Perier Felix Rieutort Georges Thebault

Swimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 100m Freestyle [31]	Emile Talmone   France	Einar Emil Mehlum   Norway	Kurt Weiss   Germany
Women 100m Freestyle [32]	Vilma-Rozsa Wilhelmine Krassner   Hungary	Gizella Unghvary   Hungary	M. Booth [f]   Great Britain
Men 400m Freestyle [33]	Kurt Weiss   Germany	Charles Grant   Great Britain	Reidar Munthe Iversen   Norway
Men 1500m Freestyle [34]	Kurt Weiss   Germany	Charles Grant   Great Britain	Reidar Munthe Iversen   Norway
Men 100m Backstroke [35]	Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden   France	Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring   Germany	Johannes Ringk   Netherlands
Women 100m Backstroke [36]	Wilhelmina Dronkers-Jansen   Netherlands	Vilma-Rozsa Wilhelmine Krassner   Hungary	Gizella Unghvary   Hungary
Men 200m Breaststroke [37]	Horst Joachim Hoffmann   Germany	Jens Ludvig Petersen   Denmark	John Stuart Burge   Great Britain
Women 200m Breaststroke [38]	Annie Chatarina Neleman   Netherlands	Anna Gerber   Germany	Gizella Unghvary   Hungary
Men 4 × 100 m freestyle relay [39]	Germany  (GER) Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring Erich Hengstmann Horst Joachim Hoffmann Kurt Weiss [g]
Men 3x100m freestyle medley [40]	Germany  (GER) Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring Horst Joachim Hoffmann Kurt Weiss	Norway  (NOR) Reidar Munthe Iversen Einar Emil Mehlum Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden [h]

Tennis

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Tennis Singles [41]	William Arthur Smith   Great Britain	Max Shrine   Great Britain	Michel Crouan   France
Women Tennis Singles [42]	Antonine Maere   Belgium	Germaine Hamy-Maere   Belgium	Marjorie Janet Durlacher   Great Britain
Men Tennis Doubles [43]	Great Britain  (GBR) Fry [i] William Arthur Smith	France  (FRA) Andre Petry Pierre Rincheval	Belgium  (BEL) Antoine Dresse Raymond van Hoecke
Women Tennis Doubles [44]	Belgium  (BEL) Germaine Hamy-Maere Antonine Maere	Great Britain  (GBR) Lenore Dawson Marjorie Janet Durlacher	France  (FRA) Charlotte Helene Dacla Helene Haardt
Mixed Tennis Doubles [45]	Great Britain  (GBR) Marjorie Janet Durlacher William Arthur Smith	Belgium  (BEL) Antoine Dresse Antonine Maere	France  (FRA) Michel Crouan Charlotte Helene Dacla

Notes

1. Only Great Britain participated in this event.
2. The first name of this participant is not recorded.
3. The first name of this participant is not recorded
4. The first name of this participant is not recorded
5. The first name of this participant is not recorded
6. The full first name of this participant is not recorded
7. Germany was the only country who participated in this event
8. Germany and Norway were the only countries who participated in this event
9. The first name of this participant is not recorded

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Preceded by 1931 III Nürnberg, Germany

1935 Summer Deaflympics 1935 IV London, Great Britain

Succeeded by 1939 V Stockholm, Sweden