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 city	Melbourne,  Australia
Motto	Melbourne in the World
Nations	63 countries
Athletes	2084 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 →

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

Orienteering Shooting Swimming

Table tennis Tennis Freestyle wrestling (7) Greco-Roman wrestling (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