1957 Summer Deaflympics

8th Summer Deaflympics
Host city	Milan, Italy
Nations	25 countries
Athletes	635 athletes
Events	69 (11 disciplines)
Opening	25 August 1957
Closing	30 August 1957
Summer
	← Brussels 1953 Helsinki 1961 →
Winter
	← Oberammergau 1955 Montana-Vermala 1959 →

The 1957 Summer Deaflympics (Italian: 1957 Olimpiadi estive per sordi) officially known as 8th Summer Deaflympics (Italian: 8° Olimpiadi estive per i sordi) is an international multi-sport event that was held from 25 to 30 August 1957. This event was hosted by Milan, Italy.^[1]

The 8th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 23 December 1956 to 5 January 1957 in Melbourne, but was decided to host it in 1957 due to the schedule of 1956 Summer Olympics. Melbourne would later host the 2005 Summer Deaflympics.

Sports

References

^ "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

Preceded by 1961 VII Brussels, Belgium	1965 VIII Milan, Italy	Succeeded by 1969 IX Helsinki, Finland

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[1] "Games | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

[CdS2021-2] Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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^ Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.