Turkey ranks 4th in Deaflympics games
Turkish athletes win 17 gold, 7 silver, 22 bronze medals in games held at Turkey's northern province of Samsun
Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Osman Askin Bak, former Youth and Sports Minister Akif Cagatay Kilic pose with players during award ceremony after the Men's final football match between Turkey and Ukraine at Canik 19 Mayıs Stadium within the 23rd Summer Deaflympics 2017 in Samsun, Turkey on July 30, 2017. ( Hakan Burak Altunöz - Anadolu Agency )
Reporting by Emre Dogan; Writing by Cansu Dikme
SAMSUN, Turkey
Turkey ranked fourth at the end of the 23rd Deaflympics games held at the coastal Black Sea province of Samsun on Sunday with a total of 46 medals.
Russia came first with 85 gold, 53 silver and 46 bronze medals.
Ukraine followed with 99 medals including 21 gold, 42 silver and 36 bronze while South Korea ranked third with 52.
The 23rd Summer Deaflympics began on July 18 with more than 3,000 athletes from 97 countries -- marking the largest number of participants in the event’s history.
The athletes competed in 21 categories, including athletics, basketball, football, swimming and wrestling, at 37 venues in eight districts in Samsun.
Turkey had 294 athletes participating in the games.
The first games for the deaf, known then as the International Silent Games, were held in 1924 in Paris with athletes from nine European nations participating.
The medal rankings at the end of the 12-day event are as follows:
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
1 | Russia | 85 | 53 | 61 | 199 |
2 | Ukraine | 21 | 42 | 36 | 99 |
3 | South Korea | 18 | 20 | 14 | 52 |
4 | Turkey | 17 | 7 | 22 | 46 |
5 | China | 14 | 9 | 11 | 34 |
6 | Japan | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
7 | Iran | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 |
8 | Venezuela | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
9 | Kenya | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
10 | U.S. | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
