2017 Summer Deaflympics


The 2017 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, 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. The number of gold medals for each event is shown in parenthesis.
The largest venue at the games in terms of seating capacity was the 33,919 -seat Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, which served as the ceremonies venue.
VenueLocationSport
İlkadım Athletics StadiumİlkadımAthetics
Bafra Sports HallBafraBadminton
Bahattin Ekinci Sports HallTekkeköyBasketball
Yaşar Doğu Sport HallTekkeköyBasketball, Closing ceremony
İlkadım Beach Volleyball CourtİlkadımBeach volleyball
Samsun Bowling HallİlkadımBowling
19 Mayıs DistrictOndokuzmayısCycling
Canik 19 Mayıs StadiumCanikFootball, Opening ceremony
Çarşamba StadiumÇarşambaFootball
Bafra StadiumBafraFootball
Samsun Golf CourseAtakumGolf
Çarşamba Sports HallÇarşambaHandball
Atatürk Sports HallCanikJudo
Atatürk Sports HallCanikKarate
Atatürk Sports HallCanikTaekwondo
Mountain Bike TrailOndokuz Mayıs UniversityMountain bike
Orienteering venues:
Tekkekoy,
City center,
Bayraktepe,
Kocadag,
Kabadüz,
Yenikoy		SamsunOrienteering
Bafra Shooting RangeBafraShooting
Atakum Olympic Swimming PoolAtakumSwimming
Archery Sports HallİlkadımTable tennis
Samsun Tennis ClubCanikTennis
Hasan Doğan Sports HallCanikVolleyball
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports HallİlkadımVolleyball
Kavak Sports HallKavakWrestling

Participating nations

A total of 97 countries 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.
Participating :Category:Nations at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics|National Olympic Committees

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" following a voting on the official website of the Deaflympics.

Torch relay

The Olympic torch was brought from Lausanne, Switzerland to Batı Park in Samsun by the Turkish Olympic champion in wrestling, Taha Akgül. The torch relay began with lighting of the torches of the Turkish sportspeople as "Olympic ambassadors", the footballers Gökhan Gönül and Sabri Sarıoğlu, world-record holder female diver Şahika Ercümen and media presenter and sportswoman Ece Vahapoğlu. Led by the Minister of Youth and Sports Akif Çağatay Kılıç, they marched to the Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall, where the torch was handed over to the mayor of the Samsun Metroplotian Municipality, Yusuf Ziya Yılmaz.

Calendar

Medal table

This is the table of the medal count of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals, earned by a National Olympic Committee. 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 IOC itself does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.
Final medal table: