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Deaflympics
 | Governing organization. The Deaflympics are staged by the
Comité Internationale des Sports des Sourds (CISS). |
| Schedule. The Deaflympics are conducted every four years in the years
following the Olympic Games. |
| Athletes. Athletes who are deaf are eligible
to compete. |
| Sports. For a list of sports contested at
the Deaflympics, click on "sports," then choose either summer or winter
sports. |
| Name change. The Deaflympics formerly were
known as the Deaf World Games or the World Games for the Deaf. |
Deaflympics Summer Games
| Year |
Location |
| 1924 |
Paris, France |
| 1928 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1931 |
Nuremberg, Germany |
| 1935 |
London, Great Britain |
| 1939 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1949 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1953 |
Brussels, Belgium |
| 1957 |
Milan, Italy |
| 1961 |
Helsinki, Finland |
| 1965 |
Washington DC, USA |
| 1969 |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1973 |
Malmo, Sweden |
| 1977 |
Bucharest, Romania |
| 1981 |
Cologne, Germany |
| 1985 |
Los Angeles, USA |
| 1989 |
Christchurch, New
Zealand |
| 1993 |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1997 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2001 |
Rome, Italy |
| 2005 |
Melbourne, Australia |
Participation in the Deaflympics Summer Games has
increased steadily since 1924, both in number of participating countries
and in number of athletes. The largest increases in participation have
occurred since 1989.
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Deaflympics Winter Games
| Year |
Location |
| 1949 |
Seefeld, Austria |
| 1953 |
Oslo, Norway |
| 1955 |
Oberammergau, Germany |
| 1959 |
Montana-Vermala,
Switzerland |
| 1963 |
Are, Sweden |
| 1967 |
Berchtesgaden, Germany |
| 1971 |
Adelboden, Switzerland |
| 1975 |
Lake Placid, USA |
| 1979 |
Meribel, France |
| 1983 |
Madonna di Campodoglio,
Italy |
| 1987 |
Oslo, Norway |
| 1991 |
Banff, Canada |
| 1995 |
Yllas & Rovaniemi,
Finland |
| 1999 |
Davos, Switzerland |
| 2003 |
Sundsvall, Sweden |
Participation in the Deaflympics Winter Games has
increased steadily since 1949, both in number of participating countries
and in number of athletes. However, participation in the winter games is
considerably less than the summer games.
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