Copenhagen 1997

Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Opening Date:	13 Jul 1997
Closing Date:	26 Jul 1997
Nations:	65
Athletes:	2027
Men:	1495
Women:	532

Highlights

Countries

Results

The Games were hosted by the Danish Deaf Sports Association (DDI), founded in 1922. It was fitting because the DDI also had 75th anniversary celebration of its existence.

The DDI included two new sports competitions as part of the Summer World Games: Bowling and Orienteering.

Sonja Venhauer of Austria received a Fair Play Award from Widex.

Countries participated:

Country	Men	Women	Total
Algeria	8	1	9
Argentina	40	12	52
Australia	21	18	39
Austria	8	4	12
Azerbaijan	4	0	4
Bangladesh	2	0	2
Belarus	10	9	19
Belgium	22	3	25
Brazil	1	0	1
Bulgaria	21	1	22
Canada	26	11	37
Chinese Taipei	7	6	13
Croatia	14	0	14
Cuba	7	3	10
Cyprus	8	0	8
Czech Republic	26	3	29
Denmark	64	25	89
Estonia	15	7	22
Finland	31	16	47
France	34	3	37
Georgia	7	0	7
Germany	122	46	168
Great Britain	29	15	44
Greece	34	2	36
Hong Kong, China	10	5	15
Hungary	15	3	18
Iceland	14	8	22
India	18	2	20
Ireland	23	9	32
Islamic Republic of Iran	28	0	28
Israel	17	0	17
Italy	90	19	109
Japan	23	21	44
Kazakhstan	5	1	6
Kenya	5	0	5
Kuwait	28	0	28
Latvia	14	8	22
Lithuania	19	13	32
Mexico	4	0	4
Mongolia	1	0	1
Netherlands	33	21	54
New Zealand	1	0	1
North Macedonia	5	0	5
Norway	29	19	48
Pakistan	3	0	3
People's Republic of China	8	5	13
Poland	36	20	56
Portugal	5	2	7
Republic of Korea	27	2	29
Republic of Moldova	12	0	12
Romania	26	6	32
Russian Federation	88	42	130
Slovakia	27	3	30
Slovenia	16	2	18
South Africa	22	8	30
Spain	25	0	25
Sweden	30	24	54
Switzerland	15	16	31
Turkiye	44	7	51
Uganda	10	1	11
Ukraine	46	24	70
United States of America	106	45	151
Uzbekistan	2	0	2
Venezuela	0	11	11
Yugoslavia	4	0	4
Total	1495	532	2027

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