2005 Summer Deaflympics
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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.
The 20th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 14 to 26 October 2004 in Athens, but was decided to withdraw and host it in 2005 due to the schedule of 2004 Summer Olympics.
Bidding process
A first selection of the bidding process was held on 24 June 1997 in Lausanne.
City | Country | Round | ||||
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1 | Run-Off | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Athens | ![]() | 32 | — | 38 | 52 | 66 |
Rome | ![]() | 23 | — | 28 | 35 | 41 |
Cape Town | ![]() | 16 | 62 | 22 | 20 | — |
Stockholm | ![]() | 20 | — | 19 | — | — |
Buenos Aires | ![]() | 16 | 44 | — | — | — |
A second selection for the bid for the games was held on 9 March 1999 in Davos, Switzerland.[1]
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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