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1997 Summer Deaflympics

18th Summer Deaflympics
Host cityCopenhagen,  Denmark
Nations65 countries
Athletes2,028 athletes
Events140 (16 disciplines)
Opening13 July 1997
Closing26 July 1997
Opened byJohn M. Lovett, CISS President
Main venueParken Sport & Entertainment
Summer
Winter

The 1997 Summer Deaflympics (Danish: 1997 Sommer Deaflympics), officially known as the 18th Summer Deaflympics (Danish: 18. Sommer Deaflympics), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 13 July to 26 July 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The 18th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 20 September to 1 October 1996 in Atlanta, but was decided to host it in 1997 due to the schedule of 1996 Summer Olympics.

Medal Tally

  *   Host nation (Denmark)

1997 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)28212776
2 Russia (RUS)14151342
3 Germany (GER)10152247
4 Sweden (SWE)97420
5 Canada (CAN)94417
6 Iran (IRI)87318
7 Italy (ITA)66618
8 Ukraine (UKR)510520
9 South Africa (RSA)5229
10 Netherlands (NED)46616
11 Australia (AUS)4239
12 Czech Republic (CZE)4116
 Japan (JPN)4116
14 Denmark (DEN)*34310
15 India (IND)3317
16 Ireland (IRL)3216
17 Great Britain (GBR)3137
18 Finland (FIN)2529
19 Belarus (BLR)2204
20 FR Yugoslavia (YUG)2024
21 Belgium (BEL)1438
22 Turkey (TUR)1337
23 Greece (GRE)1326
24 Estonia (EST)1315
25 Poland (POL)1304
26 Lithuania (LTU)1124
27 Switzerland (SUI)1113
28 Hungary (HUN)1102
29 China (CHN)1012
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1012
31 Norway (NOR)1001
32 France (FRA)0235
33 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0224
34 Romania (ROU)0213
35 Spain (ESP)0134
36 Croatia (CRO)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
 Moldova (MDA)0101
39 South Korea (KOR)0022
40 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Cuba (CUB)0011
 Mongolia (MGL)0011
Totals (42 entries)139143137419

References

Preceded by
1993
XVII
Sofia, Bulgaria
1997
XVIII
Copenhagen, Denmark
Succeeded by
2001
XIX
Rome, Italy

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