2005 Summer Deaflympics

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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

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

* Melbourne,  Australia \- 59
* Košice,  Slovakia \- 33

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

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* Orienteering
* Shooting
* Swimming

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

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### Team sports

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

## Medal tally

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* Host nation (Australia)

2005 Summer Deaflympics medal tableRank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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* 1956 Summer Olympics
* 2006 Commonwealth Games

## 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

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Melbourne, Australia  | Succeeded by

2009
XXI
Taipei,Chinese Taipei

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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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