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5th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityStockholm,  Sweden
Nations13 countries
Athletes250 athletes
Events44 (7 disciplines)
Opening24 August 1939
Closing27 August 1939
Summer
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Seefield 1949 →

The 1939 Summer Deaflympics (Swedish: 1939 Sommardeaflympics) officially known as 5th International Silent Games (Swedish: 5: e Internationella Tysta Spelen), was an international multi-sport event that was held from 24 to 27 August 1939 in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]

Participating Countries

The following countries participated in the 1939 Deaflympics:[2]

Sports

The following events were included in the 1939 Deaflympics:

Individual sports

Team sports

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

1939 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)1611936
2 Sweden (SWE)*1310730
3 Finland (FIN)55414
4 Great Britain (GBR)44311
5 France (FRA)310720
6 Belgium (BEL)2136
7 Norway (NOR)1135
8 United States (USA)0101
9 Poland (POL)0033
10 Denmark (DEN)0022
11 Estonia (EST)0000
 Latvia (LAT)0000
 Romania (ROM)0000
Totals (13 entries)444341128

Results

Athletics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men 100m[3] Karl Gustav Astrom
 Sweden 		Tage Bernhard Engberg
 Sweden 		Lucien Chevrot
 France
Women 100m[4] Lisa Nagel
 Germany 		Svea Sandström
 Sweden 		Jessie Florence Say
 Great Britain
Men 200m[5] Karl Gustav Astrom
 Sweden 		Tage Bernhard Engberg
 Sweden 		Lucien Chevrot
 France
Men 400m[6] Bertil Karl Baath
 Sweden 		Maurice Campanaud
 France 		Sven Pettersson
 Sweden
Men 800m[7] Bertil Karl Baath
 Sweden 		Andrew C. Hall
 Great Britain 		Sven Pettersson
 Sweden
Men 1500m[8] Maurice Herson
 France 		Bertil John Edvin Franklinsson
 Sweden 		Gunther Woller
 Germany
Men 5000m[9] Paavo Niinikagas
 Finland 		Sture Erlandsson
 Sweden 		Paavo Valtari
 Finland
Men 10000m[10] Sture Erlandsson
 Sweden 		Paavo Niinikagas
 Finland 		Marcel Louis Gosseau
 France
Men 110m Hurdles[11] Georg Thulke
 Germany 		Marcel Alie
 France 		Bogdan Gniot
 Poland
Men 400m Hurdles[12] Georg Thulke
 Germany 		Marcel Alie
 France 		Miron Lucyk
 Sweden
Men 4 × 100 m Relay[22]  Sweden (SWE)
Hans Andersson
Karl Gustav Astrom
Tage Bernhard Engberg
Sven Röden 		 France (FRA)
Roger Laurent Metairie
Leon Pertsowsky
Paul Reinmund 		 Germany (GER)
Gustav Butefisch
Hans Herrmann
Fritz Nagel
Johann Rademacher
Women 4x100 Relay[23]  Germany (GER)
Ursula Briesemeister
Gussi Hahne
Lisa Nagel
Hildegard Sperling 		 Sweden (SWE)
Aina Kjellin
Svea Sandström [a] 		 Poland (POL)
Rachela Frochtmanowna
Monika Kminowna
Helena Krolakowna
Krystyna Lewinska
Men 4 × 400 m Relay[24]  Sweden (SWE)
Bertil Karl Baath
Osvald Dahlgren
Karl Erik Kull
Sven Pettersson 		 Germany (GER)
Eric Jachtmann
Fritz Nagel
Walter Thiel
Georg Thulke 		 France (FRA)
Maurice Campanaud
Robert Mathe [b]
Men Olympic Relay[25]  Sweden (SWE)
Karl Gustav Astrom
Bertil Karl Baath
Tage Bernhard Engberg
Sven Pettersson 		 France (FRA)
Maurice Campanaud
Robert Mathe [c] 		 Germany (GER)
Gustav Butefisch
Hans Herrmann
Eric Jachtmann
Georg Thulke
Men High Jump[13] Wilhelm Westling
 Sweden 		Mauri Karp
 Finland 		Siegfried Illmer
 Germany
Women High Jump[14] Lisa Nagel
 Germany 		Hildegard Sperling
 Germany 		Krystyna Lewinska
 Poland
Men Pole Vault[15] Erik Vilhelm Edman
 Sweden 		Harvie William Vassall
 Great Britain 		Arvid Rǿstad
 Norway
Men Long Jump[16] Karl Gustav Astrom
 Sweden 		Paul Reinmund
 France 		Tage Bernhard Engberg
 Sweden
Women Long Jump[17] Svea Sandström
 Sweden 		Lisa Nagel
 Germany 		Gussi Hahne
 Germany
Men Shot Put[18] Valentin Kaurela
 Finland 		Karl Gustav Astrom
 Sweden 		Nils Erik Berggren
 Sweden
Women Shot Put[19] Hildegard Sperling
 Germany 		Aina Kjellin
 Sweden 		Martta Nieminen
 Finland
Men Discus Throw[20] Wilhelm Westling
 Sweden 		Evert Aukusti Viitala
 Finland 		Nils Erik Berggren
 Sweden
Men Javelin Throw[21] Eero Edvard Ojala
 Finland 		Valentin Kaurela
 Finland 		Evert Aukusti Viitala
 Finland

Cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road Men Individual Road Race[26] Marcel Leterme
 France 		Polydore Cours
 Belgium 		Holger Forsblom
 Finland

Diving

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Diving 3m springboard[27] Karl Kaudel
 Germany 		George Crichton[d]
 United States

Football

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Football[46]  Great Britain (GBR)
John Alfred Aldred
Albert Cole
Arthur Fountain
Robin Alexander Gale
Bernard Gibson
Sydney Wenlock Large
Lawrence McManus
Alfred James Morton
Charles Ogden
Jack Pyrah
Terence Henry Roberts
Herbert Stanley Smith
Walter Frederick Smith 		 Sweden (SWE)
Sven Andersson
Josef Axelsson
Ake Bredstrom
Gustaf Claesson
Gottfrid Edlund
Nils Elion
Herbert Eriksson
Ragnar Fogelstrom
Sven Hansson
Arne Johansson
Gustav Johansson
Rune Johansson
Holger Karlsson
Nils Larsson
Gunnar Lindell
Karl Axel Pettersson
Henry Svensson 		 Belgium (BEL)
Jules Bouillez
Albert Coppens
Robert Joseph Coppens
Nicolas Francois
Louis Albert Govaert
Jean Hamelryckx
Alfons Hellebuyck
Gustave Leonard Rysermans
Robert Schliwa
Albert Teirlinck
Pierre Van Damme
Fernand Van Der Geyten
Gilbert Van Wayenberg
Edward Jacob Verheezen

Shooting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men shooting 300m standard rifle 3 positions (3x20 shots)[28] Torsten Forstèn
 Finland 		Bruno Mouton
 Finland 		Fritz Klemm
 Germany
Men Shooting team classification[29]  Finland (FIN)
Torsten Forstèn
Lauri Mikkola
Bruno Mouton 		 Sweden (SWE)
Ivar Ernst Larsson
Anders Ohlsson
Arne Valfrid Snitth[e]

Swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men 100m Freestyle[30] Emile Talmone
 France 		Herbert Emil Reuschke
 Germany 		Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden
 Norway
Women 100m Freestyle[31] Hedwig Thamm
 Germany 		Adele Hannemann
 Germany 		Katharine Enid Allen
 Great Britain
Women 200m Freestyle[32] Hedwig Thamm
 Germany 		Adele Hannemann
 Germany 		Ulla Marie Schultz
 Denmark
Men 400m Freestyle[33] Joachim Peters
 Germany 		Kurt Weiss
 Germany 		Jens Ludvig Petersen
 Denmark
Men 1500m Freestyle[34] Kurt Weiss
 Germany 		Heinz Herkt
 Germany 		William Sidney Hempstead
 Great Britain
Men 100m Backstroke[35] Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring
 Germany 		Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden
 France 		Kurt Güldner
 Germany
Women 100m Backstroke[36] Adele Hannemann
 Germany 		Maria Otto
 Germany 		Hedwig Thamm
 Germany
Men 200m Breaststroke[37] Heinz Matthews
 Germany 		Heinz Herkt
 Germany 		Erich Hermann Karl Salzmann
 Germany
Women 200m Breaststroke[38] Anna Gerber
 Germany 		Maria Otto
 Germany 		Ruth Munthe Iversen
 Norway
Men 4 × 100 m freestyle relay[39]  Norway (NOR)
Thore Aksel Eek
Reidar Munthe Iversen
Einar Emil Mehlum
Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden [f]
Men 3x100m freestyle medley[40]  Germany (GER)
Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring
Heinz Matthews
Herbert Emil Reuschke 		 Norway (NOR)
Reidar Munthe Iversen
Einar Emil Mehlum
Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden 		 Sweden (SWE)
Stig Hasselrot
John Hill
Rune Birger Pernow

Tennis

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Tennis Singles[41] William Arthur Smith
 Great Britain 		Michel Crouan
 France 		Andre Petry
 France
Women Tennis Singles[42] Antonine Maere
 Belgium 		Erna Elvira Frederiksen
 Great Britain 		Germaine Hamy-Maere
 Belgium
Men Tennis Doubles[43]  Great Britain (GBR)
Max Shrine
William Arthur Smith 		 France (FRA)
Michel Crouan
Andre Petry 		 France (FRA)
Charles Boisselot
Pierre Rincheval
Women Tennis Doubles[44]  Belgium (BEL)
Germaine Hamy-Maere
Antonine Maere 		 Great Britain (GBR)
Joan Vernon Connew
Lilian Irene East 		 France (FRA)
Charlotte Helene Dacla
Eliane Boisselot
Mixed Tennis Doubles[45]  Great Britain (GBR)
Lilian Irene East
William Arthur Smith 		 France (FRA)
Charlotte Helene Dacla
Andre Petry 		 Belgium (BEL)
Joan Vernon Connew
Max Shrine

Notes

  1. ^ Only two participants were recorded as competing in this even
  2. ^ Only two participants are recorded as competitors in this team
  3. ^ Only two participants are recorded as competitors in this team
  4. ^ Only Germany and the USA participated in this event.
  5. ^ Finland and Sweden were the only teams who participated in this event
  6. ^ Norway was the only country who participated in this event

References

  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
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  6. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 400m (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 800m (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 1500m (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 5000m (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 100000m (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 110m hurdles (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 400m hurdles (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics High Jump (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics High Jump(women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics pole vault (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics long jump (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics long jump (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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  20. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics discus throw (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics javelin throw (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 4x100m relay (Men)". Deaflympics. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 4x100m relay (Women)". Deaflympics. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  24. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics 4x400m relay (Men)". Deaflympics. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  25. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Athletics olympic relay (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  26. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Cycling Road individual road race (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  27. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Diving 3m springboard (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  28. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Shooting 300m standard rifle 3 positions (3x20 shots) (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  29. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Shooting team classification (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 100m freestyle (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  31. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 100m freestyle (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  32. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 200m freestyle (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  33. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 400m freestyle (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  34. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 1500m freestyle". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  35. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 100m backstroke (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  36. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 100m backstroke (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  37. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 200m breaststroke (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  38. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 200m breaststroke (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  39. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 4x100m freestyle relay (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  40. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Swimming 3x100m medley (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  41. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Tennis singles (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  42. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Tennis singles (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  43. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Tennis doubles (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  44. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Tennis doubles (Women)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  45. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Tennis mixed doubles (Mix)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  46. ^ a b "Stockholm 1939 Results - Football (Men)". Deaflympics.com. International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
Preceded by1935IVLondon, Great Britain 1939VStockholm, Sweden Succeeded by1949VICopenhagen, Denmark
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