1935 Summer Deaflympics

The 1935 Summer Deaflympics officially known as 4th International Games for the Deaf was an international multi-sport event that was held from 17 August 1935 to 24 August 1935. It was hosted by London, England,[1][2] with events held at White City Stadium.[3]

4th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	London,  United Kingdom
Nations participating	12 countries
Athletes participating	221 athletes
Events	41 (6 disciplines)
Opening ceremony	17 August 1935
Closing ceremony	24 August 1935

The tournament saw the debut of an American team.[4]

Participating Countries

The following countries participated in the 1935 Deaflympics:[5]

• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Hungary
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• United States of America

Sports

The following events were included in the 1931 Deaflympics:

Individual sports

• Athletics [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
• Road cycling[29]
• Diving [30]
• Swimming[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
• Tennis[41][42][43][44][45]

Team sports

• Football[46]

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

1935 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)*	11	5	6	22
2	France (FRA)	9	3	5	17
3	Germany (GER)	6	5	5	16
4	Finland (FIN)	5	4	5	14
5	Sweden (SWE)	3	6	3	12
6	Belgium (BEL)	2	3	1	6
7	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	1	3
8	Hungary (HUN)	1	2	3	6
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	3	4	7
10	Norway (NOR)	0	2	1	3
	United States (USA)	0	2	1	3
12	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
Totals (12 NOCs)		39	36	36	111

Results

Athletics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 100m[6]	Leon Pertsowsky  France	Len Lewis  Great Britain	Wayne Otten  United States
Women 100m[7]	Jessie Florence Say  Great Britain	Aina Kjellin  Sweden	Kathy Squires  Great Britain
Men 200m[8]	Paul Reinmund  France	Wayne Otten  United States	Len Lewis  Great Britain
Men 400m[9]	Kurt Milbradt  Germany	Rolf Kristian Nyberg  Norway	Louis Fruerlund  Denmark
Men 800m[10]	Andrew C. Hall  Great Britain	Sven Pettersson  Sweden	Kurt Milbradt  Germany
Men 1500m[11]	Robert Bouscarat  France	Cyril Henry Huckle  Great Britain	Bertil John Edvin Franklinsson  Sweden
Men 5000m[12]	Paavo Niinikagas  Finland	Paavo Valtari  Finland	Heinz Joachim Lehmann  Germany
Men 10000m[13]	Paavo Niinikagas  Finland	Östen Parkvall  Sweden	Matti Mölsä  Finland
Men 110m Hurdles[14]	Valentin Kaurela  Finland	Marcel Alie  France	Veikko Lehtonen  Finland
Men 400m Hurdles[15]	Marcel Alie  France	Erik Vilhelm Edman  Sweden	Raymond Baptiste Malatre  France
Men 4x100m Relay[25]	France (FRA) Albert Braun Rene Le Pannetier Leon Pertsowsky Paul Reinmund	Sweden (SWE) Karl Gustav Astrom Helge Crona Osvald Dahlgren Wilhelm Westling	Denmark (DEN) Louis Fruerlund Hans Nissen Gudmund Kjær Sǿrensen Hans Erik Tvilum
Women 4x100 Relay[26]	Great Britain (GBR) G. Bowlingbroke Jessie Florence Say Betty Evelyn Shrine Kathy Squires[lower-alpha 1]
Men 4x400m Relay[27]	France (FRA) Marcel Alie Robert Bouscarat Maurice Campanaud Ange Costa	Sweden (SWE) Osvald Dahlgren Bertil John Edvin Franklinsson Nils Johannesson Sven Pettersson	Denmark (DEN) Louis Fruerlund Hans Nissen Gudmund Kjær Sǿrensen Hans Erik Tvilum
Men Olympic Relay [28]	Great Britain (GBR) Andrew C. Hall Len Lewis Cyril Reynolds George Scott	Finland (FIN) Börje Ahlbäck Valentin Kaurela Veikko Lehtonen Paavo Palmu	Norway (NOR) Harald Bǿlstad Hjalmar Charles Lindgaard Rolf Kristian Nyberg Sveinung Tinnes
Men High Jump[16]	Veikko Lehtonen  Finland	Hans Nissen  Denmark	Hans Erik Tvilum  Denmark
Women High Jump[17]	Hildegard Sperling  Germany	Aina Kjellin  Sweden	Grete Blankenforth  Germany
Men Pole Vault[18]	Harvie William Vassall  Great Britain	Paavo Palmu  Finland	Valentin Kaurela  Finland
Men Long Jump[19]	Paul Reinmund  France	John William Hayter  Great Britain	Börje Ahlbäck  Finland
Women Long Jump[20]	Aina Kjellin  Sweden	Gussi Hahne  Germany	Grete Blankenforth  Germany
Men Shot Put[21]	Valentin Kaurela  Finland	John Casimir Chudzikiewicz  United States	Nils Rahmn  Sweden
Women Shot Put[22]	Aina Kjellin  Sweden	Hildegard Sperling  Germany	Martta Nieminen  Finland
Men Discus Throw[23]	Wilhelm Westling  Sweden	Valentin Kaurela  Finland	Nils Rahmn  Sweden
Men Javelin Throw[24]	John Casimir Chudzikiewicz  United States	Wilhelm Westling  Sweden	Valentin Kaurela  Finland

Cycling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road Men Individual Road Race[29]	Edwin Coburn  Great Britain	Joseph Le Saint  France	Kennington[lower-alpha 2]  Great Britain

Diving

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Diving 3m springboard[30]	Werner Sander  Germany	Karl Kaudel  Austria	Karl Stalmach  Austria

Football

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Football[46]	Great Britain (GBR) John Alfred Aldred Atkin[lower-alpha 3] Donoghue[lower-alpha 4] Robin Alexander Gale Bernard Gibson Harry Henderson Jack Pyrah Terence Henry Roberts Walter Frederick Smith Whiteman[lower-alpha 5] James Young	Belgium (BEL) Robert Beernaert Jules Bouillez Boudewijn Bultinck Georges De Rijcke Gustaaf De Weweire Louis Dehaes Georges Deridder Jean Hamelryckx Alfons Hellebuyck Gustave Leonard Rysermans Lambert Salaets Albert Teirlinck Guillaume Thewissen Pierre Van Damme Rene Van De Weghe Gilbert Van Wayenberg	France (FRA) Rene Bertinetti Bernard Bourgeois Fernand Casier Francois Raymond Champoux Guy Chateau Marcel Demay Gaston Jallut Paul Naslin Robert Niderost Pierre Jean Pagny Marceau Pealapra Henri Perier Felix Rieutort Georges Thebault

Swimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 100m Freestyle[31]	Emile Talmone  France	Einar Emil Mehlum  Norway	Kurt Weiss  Germany
Women 100m Freestyle[32]	Vilma-Rozsa Wilhelmine Krassner  Hungary	Gizella Unghvary  Hungary	M. Booth [lower-alpha 6]  Great Britain
Men 400m Freestyle[33]	Kurt Weiss  Germany	Charles Grant  Great Britain	Reidar Munthe Iversen  Norway
Men 1500m Freestyle[34]	Kurt Weiss  Germany	Charles Grant  Great Britain	Reidar Munthe Iversen  Norway
Men 100m Backstroke[35]	Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden  France	Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring  Germany	Johannes Ringk  Netherlands
Women 100m Backstroke[36]	Wilhelmina Dronkers-Jansen  Netherlands	Vilma-Rozsa Wilhelmine Krassner  Hungary	Gizella Unghvary  Hungary
Men 200m Breaststroke[37]	Horst Joachim Hoffmann  Germany	Jens Ludvig Petersen  Denmark	John Stuart Burge  Great Britain
Women 200m Breaststroke[38]	Annie Chatarina Neleman  Netherlands	Anna Gerber  Germany	Gizella Unghvary  Hungary
Men 4x100m freestyle relay[39]	Germany (GER) Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring Erich Hengstmann Horst Joachim Hoffmann Kurt Weiss [lower-alpha 7]
Men 3x100m freestyle medley[40]	Germany (GER) Wilhelm Bruno Gustav Gehring Horst Joachim Hoffmann Kurt Weiss	Norway (NOR) Reidar Munthe Iversen Einar Emil Mehlum Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden [lower-alpha 8]

Tennis

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men Tennis Singles[41]	William Arthur Smith  Great Britain	Max Shrine  Great Britain	Michel Crouan  France
Women Tennis Singles[42]	Antonine Maere  Belgium	Germaine Hamy-Maere  Belgium	Marjorie Janet Durlacher  Great Britain
Men Tennis Doubles[43]	Great Britain (GBR) Fry[lower-alpha 9] William Arthur Smith	France (FRA) Andre Petry Pierre Rincheval	Belgium (BEL) Antoine Dresse Raymond van Hoecke
Women Tennis Doubles[44]	Belgium (BEL) Germaine Hamy-Maere Antonine Maere	Great Britain (GBR) Lenore Dawson Marjorie Janet Durlacher	France (FRA) Charlotte Helene Dacla Helene Haardt
Mixed Tennis Doubles[45]	Great Britain (GBR) Marjorie Janet Durlacher William Arthur Smith	Belgium (BEL) Antoine Dresse Antonine Maere	France (FRA) Michel Crouan Charlotte Helene Dacla

Notes

1. Only Great Britain participated in this event.
2. The first name of this participant is not recorded.
3. The first name of this participant is not recorded
4. The first name of this participant is not recorded
5. The first name of this participant is not recorded
6. The full first name of this participant is not recorded
7. Germany was the only country who participated in this event
8. Germany and Norway were the only countries who participated in this event
9. The first name of this participant is not recorded

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