1993 Summer Deaflympics

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17th Summer Deaflympics
Host citySofia, Bulgaria
Nations52 countries
Athletes1679 athletes
Events126 (14 disciplines)
Opening24 July 1993
Closing2 August 1993
Summer
Winter

The 1993 Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 1993 летни дефлимпийски игри), officially known as the 17th Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 13-та лятна глуха олимпиада) is an international multi-sport event that was held from 24 July 1993 to 2 August 1993. The event was hosted by Sofia, Bulgaria.[1]

It was the first Deaflympic event in which more than 50 nations participated. The Summer Games included 14 different disciplines.

Sofia was selected to host the Deaflympic event for the first time and after 20 years, the city went on to host the Summer Deaflympics competition in 2013. In fact, Sofia became only the second city in the world to have hosted the Summer Deaflympics event twice after Copenhagen.

Medal Tally[edit]

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

1993 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)36252384
2 Russia (RUS)16101844
3 Iran (IRI)114318
4 Germany (GER)8161539
5 Italy (ITA)78520
6 Canada (CAN)610420
7 Belarus (BLR)52310
8 India (IND)5027
9 Japan (JPN)47617
10 Netherlands (NED)4228
11 Czech Republic (CZE)3126
12 Australia (AUS)3115
13 Bulgaria (BUL)*25411
14 Ukraine (UKR)2518
15 France (FRA)2237
16 Norway (NOR)2204
17 Ireland (IRL)2136
18 Estonia (EST)2125
19 Denmark (DEN)2024
20 Great Britain (GBR)171220
21 South Africa (RSA)1304
22 Sweden (SWE)1146
23 Greece (GRE)1001
24 Turkey (TUR)0224
25 Hungary (HUN)0202
 Malaysia (MAS)0202
 Portugal (POR)0202
28 Finland (FIN)0112
29 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
 Iceland (ISL)0101
 Lithuania (LTU)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
33 Belgium (BEL)0022
34 Croatia (CRO)0011
 Israel (ISR)0011
 Latvia (LAT)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (39 entries)126126126378

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Games |1993 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
Preceded by
1989
XVI
Christchurch, New Zealand
1993 Summer Deaflympics
XVII
Sofia, Bulgaria
Succeeded by
1997
XVIII
Copenhagen, Denmark