17th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Nations	52 countries
Athletes	1679 athletes
Events	126 (14 disciplines)
Opening	24 July 1993
Closing	2 August 1993
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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

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

1993 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	36	25	23	84
2	Russia (RUS)	16	10	18	44
3	Iran (IRI)	11	4	3	18
4	Germany (GER)	8	16	15	39
5	Italy (ITA)	7	8	5	20
6	Canada (CAN)	6	10	4	20
7	Belarus (BLR)	5	2	3	10
8	India (IND)	5	0	2	7
9	Japan (JPN)	4	7	6	17
10	Netherlands (NED)	4	2	2	8
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	1	2	6
12	Australia (AUS)	3	1	1	5
13	Bulgaria (BUL)*	2	5	4	11
14	Ukraine (UKR)	2	5	1	8
15	France (FRA)	2	2	3	7
16	Norway (NOR)	2	2	0	4
17	Ireland (IRL)	2	1	3	6
18	Estonia (EST)	2	1	2	5
19	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	2	4
20	Great Britain (GBR)	1	7	12	20
21	South Africa (RSA)	1	3	0	4
22	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	4	6
23	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
24	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	2	4
25	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	2	0	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	2	0	2
28	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
29	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
33	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
34	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 entries)		126	126	126	378

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