1969 Summer Deaflympics

11st Summer Deaflympics
Host cityBelgrade, Yugoslavia
Nations33 countries
Athletes1189 athletes
Events105 (13 disciplines)
OpeningAugust 9, 1969
ClosingAugust 16, 1969
Opened byJosip Broz Tito
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Winter

The 1969 Summer Deaflympics (Serbian: Летње олимпијаде глувих 1969), officially known as the 11th Summer Deaflympics (Serbian: 11. Ljetne Olimpijske igre gluhih), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from August 9 to 16, 1969 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.[1]

The 11th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 13 to 24 December 1968 in Mexico City, but was decided to host it in 1969 due to the schedule of 1968 Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2022-04-20.