2005 Summer Deaflympics

International sports event for deaf people January 2020 XX Summer Deaflympics Deaflympics logo.svg Melbourne in the World Melbourne, 63 countries 2084 athletes 147 in 14 sports 5 January 2005 16 January 2005 Marigold Southey Olympic Park, Melbourne 2005deaflympics.com Rome 2001 Taipei 2009 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.https://www.deaflympics.com/icsd/528 36th CISS Congress Minutes - Davos 1999 Melbourne, Australia - 59 Košice, Slovakia - 33 Venues The games were held at eleven different venues.http://2005deaflympics.com/documents/GamesProgramFinalDec04.pdf Games Programme 2005-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20050113015546/http://2005deaflympics.com/documents/GamesProgramFinalDec04.pdf 2005-01-13 dead 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 18em 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 2005 Summer Deaflympics medal table AUS NOC 21 17 14 13 17 26 13 4 2 9 12 12 9 4 3 22px|border Chinese Taipei (TPE) yes 8 6 5 7 5 2 6 15 17 5 8 4 5 6 6 4 8 7 4 6 7 4 6 3 yes 4 5 2 4 4 7 4 2 2 4 1 0 3 7 1 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 1 2 3 0 2 2 5 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also 1956 Summer Olympics 2006 Commonwealth Games References Only Melbourne YouTube - Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games Deaflympics - 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics 1999 CISS Minutes No.22 Bidding 2001XIXRome, Italy 2005XXMelbourne, Australia 2009XXITaipei, Chinese Taipei Category:Summer Deaflympics Category:Multi-sport events in Australia Category:International sports competitions in Melbourne Category:Parasports in Australia Deaflympics Category:2005 in sport in Melbourne Category:2005 in Victoria (state) Category:January 2005 sports events in Australia