1939 Summer Deaflympics

The 1939 Summer Deaflympics officially known as 5th International Silent Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 24 August 1939 to 27 August 1939. This event was hosted in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]

5th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Stockholm,  Sweden
Nations participating	13 countries
Athletes participating	250 athletes
Events	44 (7 disciplines)
Opening ceremony	24 August 1939
Closing ceremony	27 August 1939

Participating Countries

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

• Belgium
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Latvia
• Norway
• Poland
• Romania
• Sweden
• United States of America

Sports

The following events were included in the 1939 Deaflympics:

Individual sports

• Athletics[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
• Road cycling[26]
• Diving[27]
• Shooting[28][29]
• Swimming[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

• Tennis[41][42][43][44][45]

Team sports

• Football[46]

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (Sweden)

1939 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	16	11	9	36
2	Sweden (SWE)*	13	10	7	30
3	Finland (FIN)	5	5	4	14
4	Great Britain (GBR)	4	4	3	11
5	France (FRA)	3	10	7	20
6	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	3	6
7	Norway (NOR)	1	1	3	5
8	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
9	Poland (POL)	0	0	3	3
10	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
11	Estonia (EST)	0	0	0	0
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	0	0
	Romania (ROM)	0	0	0	0
Totals (13 NOCs)		44	43	41	128

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 4x100m 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 [lower-alpha 1]	Poland (POL) Rachela Frochtmanowna Monika Kminowna Helena Krolakowna Krystyna Lewinska
Men 4x400m 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 [lower-alpha 2]
Men Olympic Relay[25]	Sweden (SWE) Karl Gustav Astrom Bertil Karl Baath Tage Bernhard Engberg Sven Pettersson	France (FRA) Maurice Campanaud Robert Mathe [lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 4]  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[lower-alpha 5]

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 4x100m freestyle relay[39]	Norway (NOR) Thore Aksel Eek Reidar Munthe Iversen Einar Emil Mehlum Fridtjof Mangschou Tenden [lower-alpha 6]
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

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