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| Host city | Samsun, Turkey |
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| 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 |
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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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- ^ A Month after the 2017 Deaflympics