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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
← Rome 2001Taipei 2009 →
Winter
← Sundsvall 2003Salt 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.

Venues

The games were held at eleven different venues.

  • 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

Medal tally

  *   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

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 by2001
XIX
Rome, Italy 		2005
XX
Melbourne, Australia 		Succeeded by2009
XXI
Taipei,Chinese Taipei
Deaflympics
Summer Games
Winter Games
  1. Bowling was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2021 games were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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