2005 Summer Deaflympics

XX Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Melbourne,   Australia
Motto	Melbourne in the World
Nations	82 countries
Athletes	3,307 athletes
Events	147 in 14 sports
Opening	5 January 2005
Closing	16 January 2005
Opened by	Marigold Southey
Main venue	Olympic Park, Melbourne
Website	2005deaflympics.com
Summer
←  Rome 2001 Taipei 2009  →
Winter
←  Sundsvall 2003 Salt Lake City 2007  →

The 2005 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 20th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 January to 16 January 2005 in Melbourne, Australia.

Bidding process

A bid for the games was held on 9 March 1999 in Davos, Switzerland. ^[1]

• Melbourne, Australia - 59
• Košice, Slovakia - 33

Venues

The games were held at eleven different venues. ^[2]

• Olympic Park - Athletics (track and field), Football, Opening and closing ceremonies
• Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre - Badminton, Basketball, Handball, Aquatics (Swimming, Water polo), Table tennis, Volleyball (Indoor), Wrestling
• Ballarat City Oval and Victoria Park - Athletics (Marathon)
• Ballarat - Cycling (1000m Sprint Event, 50 km Individual Point Race, 35 km Time Trial), Orienteering
• Buninyong - Cycling (100 km Road Race)
• Green Gully Reserve - Football
• Kingston Heath Reserve - Football
• Melbourne International Shooting Centre - Shooting
• Boroondara Tennis Centre - Tennis
• Sunshine AMF Bowling Centre - Bowling
• St Kilda Beach - Volleyball (Beach)

Sports

The various sports offered at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics were held in 17 disciplines, including 11 individual sports and 6 team sports:

Individual sports

Athletics (44) Badminton (6) Bowling Cycling, Road

Orienteering Shooting Swimming

Table tennis Tennis Wrestling, Freestyle (7) Wrestling, Greco-Roman (6)

Team sports

• Basketball
• Beach volleyball
• Football
• Handball
• Volleyball
• Water polo

Medal tally

  *   Host nation (Australia)

2005 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine  (UKR)	21	17	14	52
2	Russia  (RUS)	13	17	26	56
3	South Africa  (RSA)	13	4	2	19
4	United States  (USA)	9	12	12	33
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	9	4	3	16
6	Iran  (IRI)	8	6	5	19
7	South Korea  (KOR)	7	5	2	14
8	Germany  (GER)	6	15	17	38
9	China  (CHN)	5	8	4	17
10	Great Britain  (GBR)	5	6	6	17
11	Belarus  (BLR)	4	8	7	19
12	Sweden  (SWE)	4	6	7	17
13	Australia  (AUS)*	4	6	3	13
14	Ireland  (IRL)	4	5	2	11
15	Italy  (ITA)	4	4	7	15
16	Cuba  (CUB)	4	2	2	8
17	Poland  (POL)	4	1	0	5
18	Japan  (JPN)	3	7	1	11
19	Lithuania  (LTU)	3	1	4	8
20	India  (IND)	3	1	3	7
21	Czech Republic  (CZE)	3	1	2	6
22	Estonia  (EST)	3	0	2	5
23	Turkey  (TUR)	2	5	3	10
24	Kenya  (KEN)	1	1	3	5
25	France  (FRA)	1	1	1	3
26	Netherlands  (NED)	1	0	1	2
	Serbia and Montenegro  (SCG)	1	0	1	2
28	Croatia  (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Greece  (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Norway  (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal  (POR)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela  (VEN)	1	0	0	1
33	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	3	2	5
34	Hungary  (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	1	0	1
	Spain  (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand  (THA)	0	1	0	1
38	Malaysia  (MAS)	0	0	2	2
39	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Canada  (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia  (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia  (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	Romania  (ROM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		150	150	150	450

See also

• 1956 Summer Olympics
• 2006 Commonwealth Games

References

1. "36th CISS Congress Minutes - Davos 1999".
2. "Games Programme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-01-13. Retrieved 2005-01-13.

• Only Melbourne
• YouTube - Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games
• Deaflympics - 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics
• 1999 CISS Minutes No.22 Bidding

Preceded by 2001 XIX Rome, Italy

2005 XX Melbourne, Australia

Succeeded by 2009 XXI Taipei,Chinese Taipei