Summer Deaflympics 2017

XXIII. Summer Deaflympics
Venue:	Samsun , Turkey
Participating nations:	85
Participating athletes:	2615
Competitions:	219 (18 sports)
Opening:	18th July 2017
Closing ceremony:	July 30, 2017
Main Stadium:	Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadı
Homepage:	deaflympics2017.org

The XXIII. Summer Deaflympics took place from July 18th to 30th, 2017 in Samsun , Turkey . Samsun hosted the largest sporting event for deaf athletes for the first time .

sports

At the Summer Deaflympics 2017 there were a total of 219 medal decisions in 18 sports.

Badminton ( results ) Basketball ( results ) Beach volleyball ( results ) Bowling ( results ) Soccer ( results ) Golf ( results ) Handball ( Results ) Judo ( results ) Karate ( results ) Athletics ( results )

Mountain bike ( results ) Orienteering ( results ) Cycling ( results ) Wrestling ( results ) Shooting ( results ) Swimming ( results ) Taekwondo ( results ) Tennis ( results ) Table tennis ( results ) Volleyball ( results )

Venues

• Opening / closing ceremony: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadı
• Badminton: Bafra Sports Hall ( Bafra )
• Basketball: Yasar Dogu Sports Hall , Bahattin Ekinci Sports Hall (both in Tekkeköy )
• Beach volleyball: Beach Volleyball Court ( İlkadım )
• Bowling: Samsun Bowling Hall ( İlkadım )
• Football: Carsamba Stadium , Canik 19 Mayıs Stadium (both in Canik ), Bafra Stadium ( Bafra )
• Golf: Samsun MM Golf Club ( Atakum )
• Handball: Carsamba Sports Hall ( Çarşamba )
• Judo: Ataturk Sports Hall ( Canik )
• Karate: Ataturk Sports Hall ( Canik )
• Athletics: Ilkadım Athletics Fields ( İlkadım )
• Mountain bike: Mountain Bike Trail ( Atakum )
• Orienteering: Orienteering ( Samsun )
• Cycling: 19 Mayis District Cycling Road ( Ondokuzmayıs )
• Wrestling: Kavak Sports Hall ( Kavak )
• Shooting: Bafra Şehit M.Serin Shooting Venue ( Bafra )
• Swimming: Samsun Olympic Swimming Pool ( Atakum )
• Taekwondo: Ataturk Sports Hall ( Canik )
• Tennis: Samsun Tennis Club ( Canik )
• Table tennis: Archery Venue ( İlkadım )
• Volleyball: Mustafa Dagistanli Sports Hall , Hasan Dogan Sports Hall (both in İlkadım )

Participating national associations

85 national associations took part with 2,615 athletes:

Argentina  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Australia  Belgium  Brazil  Bulgaria  Chile  People's Republic of China  Denmark  Germany  Ecuador  Ivory Coast  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Ghana  Greece  Guatemala

Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iraq  Iran  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Japan  Yemen  Cameroon  Canada  Kazakhstan  Kenya  Kyrgyzstan  Colombia  Croatia  Cuba  Latvia  Libya

Malta  Mauritius  North Macedonia  Mexico  Moldova  Mongolia  Nepal  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Pakistan  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Zambia  Saudi Arabia  Sweden  Switzerland  Serbia  Singapore

Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  South Africa  South Korea  Thailand Chinese Taipei  Czech Republic  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Ukraine  Hungary  Uzbekistan  Venezuela  United States  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom  Chile  Belarus  Cyprus

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Russia (RUS)	85	53	61	199
02	Ukraine (UKR)	21st	42	36	99
03	South Korea (KOR)	18th	20th	14th	52
04th	Turkey (TUR)	17th	7th	22nd	46
05	People's Republic of China (CHN)	14th	9	11	34
06th	Japan (JPN)	6th	9	12	27
07th	Iran (IRI)	5	9	20th	34
08th	Venezuela (VEN)	5	5	8th	18th
09	Kenya (KEN)	5	5	6th	16
10	United States (USA)	5	3	8th	16
11	Belarus (BLR)	4th	9	3	16
12	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	4th	5	8th	17th
13	Germany (GER)	4th	5	3	12
14th	United Kingdom (GBR)	3	1	5	9
15th	Slovakia (SVK)	2	2	2	6th
16	Greece (GRE)	2	1	2	5
17th	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	-	3
18th	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	-	2	4th
19th	Thailand (THA)	2	-	-	2
20th	Lithuania (LTU)	1	5	7th	13
21st	Italy (ITA)	1	3	8th	12
22nd	Poland (POL)	1	3	7th	11
23	Croatia (CRO)	1	3	2	6th
24	France (FRA)	1	2	6th	9
25th	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	5	7th
26th	India (IND)	1	1	3	5
27	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	-	2
28	Brazil (BRA)	1	-	4th	5
29	Norway (NOR)	1	-	1	2
29	Singapore (SGP)	1	-	1	2
31	Latvia (LVA)	1	-	-	1
31	Mexico (MEX)	1	-	-	1
33	Mongolia (MGL)	-	4th	5	9
34	Georgia (GEO)	-	2	1	3
35	South Africa (RSA)	-	2	-	2
36	Armenia (ARM)	-	1	4th	5
37	Indonesia (INA)	-	1	1	2
37	Portugal (POR)	-	1	1	2
39	Ecuador (ECU)	-	1	-	1
39	Malaysia (MAS)	-	1	-	1
39	Sweden (SWE)	-	1	-	1
42	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	-	-	4th	4th
43	Bulgaria (BUL)	-	-	3	3
44	Austria (AUT)	-	-	1	1
44	Egypt (EGY)	-	-	1	1
44	Estonia (EST)	-	-	1	1
44	Finland (FIN)	-	-	1	1
44	Hungary (HUN)	-	-	1	1
44	Israel (ISR)	-	-	1	1
44	Netherlands (NED)	-	-	1	1
44	Spain (ESP)	-	-	1	1
total		219	219	294	732

See also

• Deaflympics
• Deaf sports

Web links

• International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (English)
• Official site of the Summer Deaflympics 2017 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Samsun 2017 - 23rd Summer Deaflympics ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, accessed August 18, 2017. 
2. ↑ 23'üncü Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları açılış seremonisi ile başladı , accessed on August 18, 2017.