1981 Summer Deaflympics

14th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityCologne, Germany
Nations32 countries
Athletes1213 athletes
Events110 (13 disciplines)
OpeningJuly 23, 1981
ClosingAugust 1, 1981
Opened byHelmut Schmidt
Summer
Winter

The 1981 Summer Deaflympics (German: 1981 Sommer Deaflympics), officially known as the 14th Summer Deaflympics (German: 14. Sommer Deaflympics), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 23 to August 1, 1981, in Cologne, Germany.[1]

The 14th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 20 to 31 August 1980 in Moscow, but was decided to host it in 1981 due to the schedule of 1980 Summer Olympics.

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