The 2017 Summer

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(), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (), is an international multi-sport event that took place in

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, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017. 3,148 athletes from 97 countries competed in 18 sports with 21 disciplines. 86 records were broken with 54 being world records and 32 being Deaflympics records.

Sports

2017 Summer Deaflympics offered 18 Sports including Golf which made its debut. * * * * * **Mountain biking (2) **Road (8) * * * * * * * * * * * * **Indoor volleyball (2) **Beach volleyball (2) * **Freestyle (8) **Greco-Roman (8)

Venues

The largest venue at the games in terms of seating capacity was the 33,919 -seat

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, which served as the ceremonies venue.

Participating National Deaf Sports Associations

A total of 97 National Deaf Sports Associations from all over the world participated in the Games. This was the highest number of nations in any edition before. Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali made their debut at the games.

Logo

The logo of the games is a combination of the elements of The Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, deaf communication, Samsun Pheasant Bird, Turkish Tulip, Peace and Friendship.

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics was unveiled on June 13, 2017. It represents a local male resident wearing regional outfit. The name of the mascot was chosen as "Çakır" (literally "greyish blue") following a voting on the official website of the Deaflympics.

Torch relay

The Deaflympic Torch was brought from

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, Switzerland to Batı Park in Samsun by the Turkish Olympic champion in wrestling,

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. The torch relay began with lighting of the torches of the Turkish sportspeople as "Olympic ambassadors", the footballers

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and

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, world-record holder female diver

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and television host

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. Led by the

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, they marched to the

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, where the torch was handed over to the mayor of the

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, Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz.

Calendar

Medals

This is the table of the medal count of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, based on the medal count of the

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(IOC). These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Deaf Sports Association (NDSA). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC Country Code. Although this information is provided by the IOC, the CISS itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system. Final medal table:

References

External links

Official website
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