22nd Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Sofia
Country	Bulgaria
Nations	90
Athletes	2879
Sport	17 sports (20 disciplines)
Events	203
Opening	July 26, 2013
Closing	August 4, 2013
Opened by	Rosen Plevneliev
Main venue	Armeets Arena / Vasil Levski National Stadium
Website	sofia 2013
Summer
← Taipei 2009 Samsun 2017 →
Winter
← Vysoké Tatry 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 →

The 2013 Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 2013 летни дефлимпийски игри), officially known as the 22nd Summer Deaflympics (Bulgarian: 22-ра лятна глуха олимпиада), was an international multi-sport event that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26 to August 4, 2013.^[1] The marathon had been held before in Füssen, Germany on 21 July.^[2]
Sofia was hosting the biggest sports event for deaf athletes for a second time. In the past the Bulgarian capital hosted the 1993 Summer Deaflympics, thus becoming only the second city, together with Copenhagen, which has hosted two Summer Deaflympics.^[3]

The 2013 games was to be held in Athens, Greece, but the city decline the hosting rights citing no Organising Committee for the event and economic turmoil in the country.^[4]

Sports

The sports offered at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics was held in 19 disciplines, including 14 individual sports and 5 team sports:^[5]

Individual sports

Team sports

• Basketball (2)
• Football (2)
• Handball (1)
• Volleyball (4)
  • Beach (2)
  • Indoor (2)

Venues

• Armeets Arena was announced as the venue of the 2013 Summer Deaflympics opening and closing ceremonies in February 2013.^[6] It was also announced as venue of volleyball.
• Vasil Levski National Stadium is the venue of athletics and football finals.^[7]
• Carlsberg National Tennis Center - Tennis
• Universiada Hall – Basketball
• Overgas Hall – Basketball
• Borisova gradina Velodrome – Cycling
• Winter Palace of Sports – Table tennis
• Mega Extreme Sky City Mall – Bowling
• Riu Resort and Spa Pravets – Football
• National Sports Academy – Beach volleyball, handball, karate, judo, taekwondo
• MoI Shooting Range Geo Milev – Shooting
• Spartak Sofia Aquatics Centre – Swimming
• Sofia Sports Hall – Table tennis
• Dema Sports Complex – Tennis
• Hristo Botev Hall – Badminton
• Zapaden Park – Orienteering
• Füssen Course – Marathon

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host countries (Bulgaria/Germany))

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	67	52	58	177
2	Ukraine (UKR)	21	30	37	88
3	South Korea (KOR)	19	11	12	42
4	Belarus (BLR)	12	11	4	27
5	China (CHN)	12	5	8	25
6	United States (USA)	9	8	12	29
7	Turkey (TUR)	7	9	17	33
8	Iran (IRI)	7	4	21	32
9	Kenya (KEN)	6	5	5	16
10	Lithuania (LTU)	4	5	4	13
11	Venezuela (VEN)	4	4	5	13
12	Italy (ITA)	4	3	5	12
13	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	12	9	24
14	Germany (GER)*	3	6	5	14
15	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	1	4
16	Japan (JPN)	2	10	9	21
17	France (FRA)	2	6	3	11
18	Poland (POL)	2	1	1	4
19	Cuba (CUB)	2	0	0	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	0	0	2
21	Bulgaria (BUL)*	1	4	6	11
22	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	2	4
23	Australia (AUS)	1	1	1	3
	Estonia (EST)	1	1	1	3
	Portugal (POR)	1	1	1	3
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	1	3
27	Croatia (CRO)	1	1	0	2
28	Macau (MAC)	1	0	1	2
29	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
33	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	3	5
34	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	1	3
36	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	3	4
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	3	4
38	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	1	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
40	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
41	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
43	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (49 entries)		203	203	253	659