2005 Summer Deaflympics

XX Summer Deaflympics
Host city	Melbourne, Australien
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.

2004 host city election – ballot results
City	Land	Round
City	Land	1	Run-Off	2	3	4
Athens	Griechenland	32	—	38	52	66
Rome	Italien	23	—	28	35	41
Cape Town	Südafrika	16	62	22	20	—
Stockholm	Schweden	20	—	19	—	—
Buenos Aires	Argentinien	16	44	—	—	—

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

Melbourne, Australien - 59 (replaced Athens)
Košice, Slowakei - 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

Team sports

Medal tally

* Host nation (Australien)

2005 Summer Deaflympics medal table
Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine (UKR)	21	17	14	52
2	Russland (RUS)	13	17	26	56
3	Südafrika (RSA)	13	4	2	19
4	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	9	12	12	33
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	9	4	3	16
6	Iran (IRI)	8	6	5	19
7	Südkorea (KOR)	7	5	2	14
8	Deutschland (GER)	6	15	17	38
9	China (CHN)	5	8	4	17
10	Great Britain (GBR)	5	6	6	17
11	Weißrussland (BLR)	4	8	7	19
12	Schweden (SWE)	4	6	7	17
13	Australien (AUS)*	4	6	3	13
14	Irland (IRL)	4	5	2	11
15	Italien (ITA)	4	4	7	15
16	Cuba (CUB)	4	2	2	8
17	Polen (POL)	4	1	0	5
18	Japan (JPN)	3	7	1	11
19	Litauen (LTU)	3	1	4	8
20	Indien (IND)	3	1	3	7
21	Tschechische Republik (CZE)	3	1	2	6
22	Estland (EST)	3	0	2	5
23	Türkei (TUR)	2	5	3	10
24	Kenia (KEN)	1	1	3	5
25	Frankreich (FRA)	1	1	1	3
26	Niederlande (NED)	1	0	1	2
26	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	0	1	2
28	Kroatien (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Griechenland (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Norwegen (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
33	Schweiz (SUI)	0	3	2	5
34	Ungarn (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Slowenien (SLO)	0	1	0	1
	Spanien (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
38	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	2	2
39	Belgien (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Kanada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Kasachstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Lettland (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolei (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	Rumänien (ROM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		150	150	150	450