2017 Summer Deaflympics

XXIII Summer Deaflympics
Host city	Samsun, Turkey
Motto	Our voice is sport; (Turkish: Sesimiz Spor)
Nations	86
Athletes	2,873
Events	219 in 18 sports
Opening	July 18, 2017
Closing	July 30, 2017
Opened by	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Athlete's Oath	Ömer Otamış
Torch lighter	Ertuğrul Bursa
Main venue	Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium
Summer
	← Sofia 2013 Caxias do Sul 2021 →
Winter
	← Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 Sondrio 2019 →

The 2017 Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 2017 Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics (Turkish: 23'üncü Yaz İşitme Engelliler Olimpiyat Oyunları), is an international multi-sport event that took place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017.^[1] 3,148 athletes from 97 countries competed in 18 sports with 21 disciplines.^[2]^[3] 86 records were broken with 54 being world records and 32 being Deaflympics records.^[4]

The 23rd Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 6 to 18 October 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, but was decided to host it in 2017 due to the schedule of 2016 Summer Olympics.

^ "Games – Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
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^ Samsun Deaflympics 2017 Has Ended
^ A Month after the 2017 Deaflympics

[1] "Games – Deaflympics". Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2016-06-29.

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[3] Samsun Deaflympics 2017 Has Ended

[4] A Month after the 2017 Deaflympics

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