1997 Summer Deaflympics

International sports competition

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18th Summer Deaflympics

Host city| Copenhagen,  Denmark
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
Summer

<- Sofia 1993

Rome 2001 ->

Winter

<- Ylläs 1995

Davos 1999 ->

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 to 26 July 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]

## Medal Tally

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* Host nation (Denmark)

1997 Summer Deaflympics medal tableRank| 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|  Yugoslavia (FRY)| 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

## References

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1. ^ "De Paralympiske Lege - OL for handicappede". Lex (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2025.

* Deatlympics

Preceded by

1993
XVII
Sofia, Bulgaria

|  1997
XVIII
Copenhagen, Denmark  | Succeeded by

2001
XIX
Rome, Italy

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Summer Games|

* 1924 Paris
* 1928 Amsterdam
* 1931 Nuremberg
* 1935 London
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* 1965 Washington DC
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* 1997 Copenhagen
* 2001 Rome
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* 2021 Caxias do Sul[a]
* 2025 Tokyo
* 2029 TBA

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* 1949 Seefeld
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* 1979 Meribel
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* ~~2011 Vysoké Tatry~~
* 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk
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* 2023 Erzurum
* 2027 TBA

1. ^ Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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