2005 Summer Deaflympics

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.

XX Summer Deaflympics
Host cityMelbourne,  Australia
MottoMelbourne in the World
Nations82 countries
Athletes3,307 athletes
Events147 in 14 sports
Opening5 January 2005
Closing16 January 2005
Opened byMarigold Southey
Main venueOlympic Park, Melbourne
Website2005deaflympics.com
Summer
Winter

Bidding process

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

Venues

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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

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

Individual sports

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Team sports

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Medal tally

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  *   Host nation (Australia)

2005 Summer Deaflympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Ukraine (UKR)21171452
2  Russia (RUS)13172656
3  South Africa (RSA)134219
4  United States (USA)9121233
5  Chinese Taipei (TPE)94316
6  Iran (IRI)86519
7  South Korea (KOR)75214
8  Germany (GER)6151738
9  China (CHN)58417
10  Great Britain (GBR)56617
11  Belarus (BLR)48719
12  Sweden (SWE)46717
13  Australia (AUS)*46313
14  Ireland (IRL)45211
15  Italy (ITA)44715
16  Cuba (CUB)4228
17  Poland (POL)4105
18  Japan (JPN)37111
19  Lithuania (LTU)3148
20  India (IND)3137
21  Czech Republic (CZE)3126
22  Estonia (EST)3025
23  Turkey (TUR)25310
24  Kenya (KEN)1135
25  France (FRA)1113
26  Netherlands (NED)1012
  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)1012
28  Croatia (CRO)1001
  Greece (GRE)1001
  Norway (NOR)1001
  Portugal (POR)1001
  Venezuela (VEN)1001
33  Switzerland (SUI)0325
34  Hungary (HUN)0101
  Slovenia (SLO)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
  Thailand (THA)0101
38  Malaysia (MAS)0022
39  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Canada (CAN)0011
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
  Latvia (LAT)0011
  Mongolia (MGL)0011
  Romania (ROM)0011
Totals (44 entries)150150150450

See also

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References

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  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 [1]
  • YouTube - Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games [2]
  • Deaflympics - 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics [3]
  • 1999 CISS Minutes No.22 Bidding [4]
Preceded by
2001
XIX
Rome, Italy
2005
XX
Melbourne, Australia
Succeeded by
2009
XXI
Taipei,Chinese Taipei