2005 Summer Deaflympics

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XX Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Melbourne,  Australia
Motto	Melbourne in the World
Nations participating	82 countries
Athletes participating	3,307 athletes
Events	147 in 14 sports
Opening ceremony	5 January
Closing ceremony	16 January
Officially 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[]

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 NOCs)		150	150	150	450

See also[]

• 1956 Summer Olympics
• 2006 Commonwealth Games
• 2026 Commonwealth Games

References[]

• Only Melbourne [1]
• YouTube - Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games [2]
• Deaflympics - 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics [3]
• 1999 CISS Minutes No.22 Bidding [4]

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