# 2005 Summer Deaflympics

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

## Venues

The games were held at eleven different venues.
* 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

| Athletics (44) Badminton (6) Bowling Cycling, Road | Orienteering Shooting Swimming | Table tennis Tennis Wrestling, Freestyle (7) Wrestling, Greco-Roman (6) |

### Team sports

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

## Medal tally

* Host nation (Australia)
2005 Summer Deaflympics medal table :
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 |
| 26 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 34 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (44 entries) | Totals (44 entries) | 150 | 150 | 150 | 450 |