2005 Summer Deaflympics
Host city | Melbourne, ![]() |
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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
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
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Team sports
Medal tally
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 21 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
2 | ![]() | 13 | 17 | 26 | 56 |
3 | ![]() | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
6 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
8 | ![]() | 6 | 15 | 17 | 38 |
9 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
10 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
12 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
16 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
17 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
18 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
19 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
20 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
21 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
22 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
23 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
24 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
25 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
26 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
28 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
34 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
38 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
39 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (44 entries) | 150 | 150 | 150 | 450 |
See also
References
- Only Melbourne [1]
- YouTube - Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games [2]
- Deaflympics - 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics [3]
- 1999 CISS Minutes No.22 Bidding [4]
Preceded by | 2005 XX Melbourne, Australia | Succeeded by |
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