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{{Infobox games
| name          = 1st Winter Deaflympics
| logo          = Deaflympics logo.svg
| caption       = 
| motto         = 
| host_city     = [[Seefeld in Tirol|Seefeld]],{{AUT}}
| nations       = 5 countries
| athletes      = 33 athletes
| events        = 5 (2 disciplines)
| opening       = 26 January 1949
| closing       = 30 January 1949
| opened_by     = 
| torch_lighter = 
| stadium       = 
| SpreviousS    = [[1939 Summer Deaflympics|Stockholm 1939]]
| SnextS        = [[1949 Summer Deaflympics|Copenhagen 1949]]
| Sprevious     = ''none''
| Snext         = [[1953 Winter Deaflympics|Oslo 1953]] 
}}

'''The 1949 Winter Deaflympics''' ({{langx|de|Winter-Deaflympics 1949}}) officially known as the '''I International Winter Games for the Deaf''' ({{langx|de|I Internationale Winterspiele für Gehörlose}}) is an international multi-sport event that was held from 26 January 1949 to 30 January 1949. This event was hosted by [[Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?1949-w|title=Games {{!}} Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211093025/http://deaflympics.com/games.asp?1949-w|archive-date=2018-02-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 1st Winter [[Deaflympics]] Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 February to 6 March 1948 in [[St. Moritz]], but was decided to host it in 1949 due to the schedule of [[1948 Winter Olympics]].

==History==
This event was introduced as a result of the success of the Summer Deaflympics which was introduced in 1924.

The event held just after the end of [[World War II]] and the Games held coinciding the [[1949 Summer Deaflympics]].

Only 5 Nations participated at the inaugural Winter Deaflympics including the host nation [[Austria]]. The other nations were [[Finland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Sweden]] and [[Switzerland]]. [[Alpine skiing]] and [[Cross-country skiing (sport)|Cross-country skiing]] were the only sports being introduced at the competition.

Women were not allowed to participate at the inaugural Winter Deaflympics.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = AUT
 | flag_template  = flagteam
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_SWI = 3 | silver_SWI = 0 | bronze_SWI = 1
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 3 |host_AUT=yes
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 0
 | gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_CZS = 0 | silver_CZS = 0 | bronze_CZS = 0
}}

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