1981 Summer Deaflympics

14th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Cologne, Germany
Nations	32 countries
Athletes	1213 athletes
Events	110 (13 disciplines)
Opening	July 23, 1981
Closing	August 1, 1981
Opened by	Helmut Schmidt
Summer
←  Bucharest 1977 Los Angeles 1985  →
Winter
←  Méribel 1979 Madonna di Campiglio 1983  →

The 1981 Summer Deaflympics (German : 1981 Sommer Deaflympics), officially known as the 14th Summer Deaflympics (German : 14. Sommer Deaflympics), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 23 to August 1, 1981, in Cologne, Germany. ^[1]

Sports

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

Medal Tally

  *   Host nation (West Germany)

1985 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	45	30	34	109
2	Soviet Union  (URS)	22	20	15	57
3	Iran  (IRI)	8	5	2	15
4	Japan  (JPN)	7	4	2	13
5	Yugoslavia  (YUG)	5	0	2	7
6	West Germany  (FRG)*	3	7	14	24
7	Australia  (AUS)	3	3	3	9
8	Finland  (FIN)	3	0	0	3
9	Italy  (ITA)	2	8	3	13
10	Bulgaria  (BUL)	2	7	5	14
11	Austria  (AUT)	2	1	0	3
12	France  (FRA)	1	5	5	11
13	Hungary  (HUN)	1	3	2	6
14	Poland  (POL)	1	2	4	7
15	East Germany  (GDR)	1	2	0	3
	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	2	0	3
17	Denmark  (DEN)	1	1	4	6
18	Sweden  (SWE)	1	1	1	3
19	Netherlands  (NED)	1	0	0	1
20	Canada  (CAN)	0	4	4	8
21	India  (IND)	0	2	1	3
22	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	2	0	2
23	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	5	6
24	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	2	2
25	Norway  (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Spain  (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		110	110	110	330

References

1. "Games | Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

Preceded by 1977 XIII Bucharest, Romania

1981 Summer Deaflympics XIV Cologne, Germany

Succeeded by 1985 XV Los Angeles, USA