1949 Summer Deaflympics

The 1949 Summer Deaflympics officially known as the 6th Deaf Olympiad[1] 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]

6th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Copenhagen,  Denmark
Nations participating	14 countries
Athletes participating	391 athletes
Events	51 (9 disciplines)
Opening ceremony	12 August 1949
Closing ceremony	16 August 1949

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]

• Austria
• Belgium
• Czechoslovakia
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States of America
• Yugoslavia

Sports

Individual sports

• Athletics[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
• Cycling[28]
• Diving[29]
• Shooting[30][31][32]
• Swimming[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]
• Tennis[47][48][49][50][51]
• Water polo[52]

Team sports

• Basketball[53]
• Football[54]

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (Denmark)

1949 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)*	11	9	10	30
2	Finland (FIN)	11	6	8	25
3	Netherlands (NED)	7	5	1	13
4	Sweden (SWE)	6	14	6	26
5	Norway (NOR)	5	3	6	14
6	Great Britain (GBR)	5	1	0	6
7	France (FRA)	4	6	4	14
8	Belgium (BEL)	1	3	1	5
9	Italy (ITA)	1	1	3	5
10	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	3	4
11	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
12	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	2	2
13	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
14	Austria (AUT)	0	0	0	0
Totals (14 NOCs)		51	50	45	146

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 4x100m 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[lower-alpha 1]
Men 4x400m 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[lower-alpha 2]

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[lower-alpha 3]  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[lower-alpha 4]

List of sports

• 100m Men[4]
• 100m Women[5]
• 200m[6]
• 400m[7]
• 800m[8]
• 1500m[9]
• 5000m[10]
• 10000m[11]
• 110m Hurdles[12]
• 400m Hurdles[13]
• High Jump Men[14]
• High Jump Women[15]
• Pole Vault[16]
• Long Jump Men[17]
• Long Jump Women[18]
• Triple Jump[19]
• Shot Put Men[20]
• Shot Put Women[21]
• Discus Throw[22]
• Javelin Throw[23]
• 4X100m Relay Men[24]
• 4X100m Relay Women[25]
• 4X400m Relay[26]
• Olympic Relay[27]
• Basketball[53]
• Cycling- Road Individual[28]
• Diving 3m Springboard[29]
• Football[54]
• Shooting Army Rifle 300m[30]
• Shooting Team Classification[31]
• Shooting Army Rifle 200m[32]
• Swimming 100m FreestyleMen[33]
• Swimming 100m Freestyle Women[34]
• Swimming 200m Freestyle Women[35]
• Swimming 400m Freestyle Men[36]
• Swimming 400m Freestyle Women[37]
• Swimming 1500m Freestyle[38]
• Swimming 100m Backstroke Men[39]
• Swimming 100m Backstroke Women[40]
• Swimming 200m Breaststroke Men[41]
• Swimming 200m Breaststroke Women[42]
• Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay Men[43]
• Swimming 4X50m Freestyle Relay Women[44]
• Swimming 3x100m Medley Men[45]
• Swimming 3x50m Medley Women[46]
• Tennis Singles Men[47]
• Tennis Singles Women[48]
• Tennis Doubles Men [49]
• Tennis Doubles Women [50]
• Tennis Mixed Doubles[51]
• Water Polo[52]

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.

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