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1953 Summer Deaflympics

7th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityBrussels,  Belgium
Nations16 countries
Athletes473 athletes
Events52 (8 disciplines)
Opening15 August 1953
Closing19 August 1953
Summer
Winter

The 1953 Summer Deaflympics (Dutch: Zomerdeaflympische Zomerspelen 1953; French: 1953 Sourdlympiques d'été;German: Sommer-Deaflympics 1953) officially known as 7th Deaflympics (Dutch: 7e Zomerdeaflympische Spelen; French: 7e Sourdlympiques d'été;German: 7. Sommer Deaflympics) is an international multi-sport event that was held from 15 August 1953 to 19 August 1953. The event was hosted by Brussels, Belgium.[1]

The 7th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 20 to 31 August 1952 in Helsinki, but was decided to host it in 1953 due to the schedule of 1952 Summer Olympics. Helsinki would later host the 1961 Summer Deaflympics.

The 1953 Summer Deaflympics saw Australia as the second non-European country to enter. The American team in 1935.

The following countries participated in the 1953 Deaflympics:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  2. ^ "Brussels 1953 Countries participated". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
Preceded by
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IX
Copenhagen, Denmark
 VII
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Brussels, Belgium 		Succeeded by
VIII
XI
Milan, Italy
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