2007 Winter Deaflympics

The 2007 Winter Deaflympics, officially known as the 16th Winter Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was held from 3 to 10 February 2007 in Salt Lake City, United States.

16th Winter Deaflympics

Host city	Salt Lake City, United States
Nations	23 countries
Athletes	298 athletes
Events	27 (5 disciplines)
Opening	3 Feb 2007
Closing	10 Feb 2007
Summer
Winter

The 16th Winter Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 11 to 23 April 2006 in Turin, but was decided to host it in 2007 due to the schedule of 2006 Winter Olympics.

Sports

Curling has been recognized as a demonstration sports.

•  Curling (2) ()
•  Ice hockey (1) ()
• Skiing
  •  Alpine skiing (10) ()
  •  Cross-country skiing (9) ()
  •  Snowboarding (5) ()

Results

https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2007-w/results

Medals

1	Russia	9	5	4	18
2	Czech Republic	4	3	2	9
3	United States	3	5	5	13
4	Canada	3	1	0	4
5	Japan	3	0	1	4
6	Germany	2	1	0	3
7	Switzerland	1	4	2	7
8	Austria	1	1	2	4
9	Finland	1	1	1	3
10	Ukraine	0	4	3	7
11	Italy	0	1	2	3
12	Slovenia	0	1	1	3
13	China	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		27	27	27	81

Nations

Countries participated:

Country / Men / Women / Total

1. Australia 1 0 1
2. Austria 8 1 9
3. Canada 28 7 35
4. China 11 3 14
5. Croatia 0 6 6
6. Czech Republic 0 4 4
7. Finland 25 1 26
8. France 1 0 1
9. Germany 19 2 21
10. Italy 5 5 10
11. Japan 12 5 17
12. Lithuania 1 0 1
13. Netherlands 0 1 1
14. Pakistan 1 0 1
15. Poland 1 1 2
16. Russia 29 5 34
17. Slovakia 4 7 11
18. Slovenia 1 1 2
19. Sweden 25 0 25
20. Switzerland 10 3 13
21. Turkey 4 0 4
22. Ukraine 5 3 8
23. United States 39 13 52

Total 230 68 298

See also

• 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2002 Winter Paralympics

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20170814062349/http://deaflympics.com/games.asp?2007-w
• Results book