1977 Summer Deaflympics
# 1977 Summer Deaflympics

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.

## Sports

* Athletics
* Basketball
* Cycling
* Football
* Handball
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Table Tennis
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* Water Polo
* Wrestling

## Medal Tally

* Host nation (Romania)

1977 Summer Deaflympics medal table :

| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 38 | 35 | 32 | 105 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 26 | 17 | 22 | 65 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | West Germany (FRG) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU)* | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 19 | France (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 106 | 106 | 106 | 318 |

## Notable achievements

Jeff Float won 10 gold medals for swimming in this competition, a record in the Deaflympics.

