1965 Summer Deaflympics

10th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Washington D.C., United States
Nations participating	27 countries
Athletes participating	687 athletes
Events	85（11 disciplines）
Opening ceremony	June 27, 1965
Closing ceremony	July 3, 1965

The 1965 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 10th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from June 27 to July 3, 1965 in Washington D.C., United States.^[1] This is the first Deaflympics to be hosted outside of Europe, and the first Deaflympics to be hosted in Americas.

Sports

Athletics
Basketball
Cycling
Diving
Football
Shooting
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Wrestling

References

↑ https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?1965-s

Preceded by 1961 XII Helsinki, Finland	1965 Summer Deaflympics X Washington D.C., USA	Succeeded by 1969 XI Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Deaflympics

* International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (CISS) International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Summer Deaflympics	1924 1928 1931 1935 1939 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Winter Deaflympics	1949 1953 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Sports at the Deaflympics	Badminton

Sports federations	CISS DIBF (basketball) AHIHA (ice hockey)

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