Host city | Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Nations | 65 countries |
Athletes | 2,028 athletes |
Events | 140 (16 disciplines) |
Opening | 13 July 1997 |
Closing | 26 July 1997 |
Opened by | John M. Lovett, CISS President |
Main venue | Parken Sport & Entertainment |
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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.
* Host nation (Denmark)
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 28 | 21 | 27 | 76 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 14 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 10 | 15 | 22 | 47 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
5 | Canada (CAN) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
6 | Iran (IRI) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
7 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
9 | South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
10 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
11 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
14 | Denmark (DEN)* | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
15 | India (IND) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
16 | Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
17 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
18 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
19 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
20 | FR Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
21 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
22 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
23 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
24 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
25 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
26 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
27 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
28 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
29 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
31 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
33 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
34 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
35 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
36 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
39 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
40 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (42 entries) | 139 | 143 | 137 | 419 |