1977 Summer Deaflympics

13th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityBucharest, Romania
Nations32 countries
Athletes1150 athletes
Events105 (13 disciplines)
OpeningJuly 17, 1977
ClosingJuly 27, 1977
Opened byNicolae Ceauşescu
Summer
Winter

The 1977 Summer Deaflympics (Romanian: Al 1977 diapimpic de vară), officially known as the 13th Summer Deaflympics (Romanian: Al 13-lea diapimpic de vară), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 17 to July 27, 1977, in Bucharest, Romania.[1]

The 13th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 18 to 28 September 1976 in Montreal, but was decided to host it in 1977 due to the schedule of 1976 Summer Olympics.

  1. ^ "Games | Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-29.