1989 Summer Deaflympics

Multi-sport event for death athletes

16th Summer DeaflympicsHost city| Christchurch,  New Zealand

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Athletes| 955 athletes
Events| 120 (13 disciples)
Opening| 7 January 1989
Closing| 17 January 1989
Opened by| David Cargill
Main venue| Queen Elizabeth II Park
Summer

<- Los Angeles 1985

Sofia 1993 ->

Winter

<- Oslo 1987

Banff 1991 ->

The 1989 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 16th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 17 January 1989 at Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1][2]

## Medal Tally[edit]

* Host nation (New Zealand)

1989 Summer Deaflympics medal tableRank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 22| 30| 23| 75
2|  Soviet Union (URS)| 19| 17| 21| 57
3|  West Germany (FRG)| 14| 19| 14| 47
4|  Great Britain (GBR)| 12| 10| 6| 28
5|  Iran (IRI)| 10| 4| 5| 19
6|  Australia (AUS)| 10| 3| 9| 22
7|  Japan (JPN)| 7| 3| 4| 14
8|  Italy (ITA)| 6| 9| 4| 19
9|  Sweden (SWE)| 5| 2| 1| 8
10|  Norway (NOR)| 3| 3| 4| 10
11|  Ireland (IRL)| 3| 3| 2| 8
12|  Canada (CAN)| 3| 2| 2| 7
13|  India (IND)| 2| 1| 0| 3
14|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 3| 5| 9
15|  Netherlands (NED)| 1| 3| 2| 6
16|  New Zealand (NZL)*| 1| 2| 4| 7
17|  France (FRA)| 1| 1| 1| 3
18|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 2| 4| 6
19|  Poland (POL)| 0| 1| 4| 5
20|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 1| 2| 3
21|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
22|  Turkey (TUR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
23|  China (CHN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (23 entries)| 120| 120| 120| 360

## References[edit]

1. ^ Bailey, Joan. "16th World Games for the Deaf, Christchurch". Manawatu Deaf Society. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
2. ^ "Christchurch 1989". Comité International des Sports des Sourds. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Official games website Archived 2017-06-19 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by

1985

Los Angeles, United States

|  1989 Summer Deaflympics
XVI
Christchurch, New Zealand  | Succeeded by

1993
XVII
Sofia, Bulgaria

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