Summer Deaflympics 2005

XX. Summer Deaflympics
Venue:	Melbourne Australia
Participating nations:	63
Participating athletes:	2038
Competitions:	147 (16 sports)
Opening:	January 5, 2005
Closing ceremony:	January 16, 2005
Main Stadium:	Olympic Park Stadium

The XX. Summer Deaflympics took place from January 5th to January 16th, 2005 in Melbourne , Australia .
Melbourne is home to major sporting events such as the 1956 Summer Olympics and the annual Australian Open .

sports

At the Summer Deaflympics 2005 there were 16 sports, including ten individual sports and six team sports. Bowling and beach volleyball were added to the official program for the first time as new disciplines.

Individual sports

badminton bowling athletics

Orienteering swim Sport shooting

Road cycling tennis Table tennis

Wrestling

Team sports

basketball beach volleyball

Soccer Handball

volleyball Water polo

Venues

Olympic Park Stadium

• Olympic Park Stadium - opening and closing ceremonies, football, athletics
• Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Center - badminton, basketball, handball, wrestling, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, water polo
• Sunshine AMF Bowling Center - Bowling
• Melbourne International Shooting Club - sport shooting
• Ballarat - orienteering
• Balarat and Buninyong cycling races
• Boroondara Tennis Club - tennis
• St. Kilda Beach - Beach volleyball

Participating national associations

63 national associations took part:

Armenia (1)  Australia (153)  Belgium (12)  Brazil (2)  Bulgaria (18)  People's Republic of China (69)  Denmark (41)  Germany (133)  Estonia (7)  Fiji (16)  Finland (27)  France (8)  Ghana (18)  Greece (64)  India (43)  Iran (56)

Ireland (21)  Iceland (1)  Israel (5)  Italy (103)  Japan (102)  Canada (15)  Kazakhstan (7)  Kenya (7)  Croatia (19)  Cuba (11)  Kuwait (4)  Latvia (8)  Lithuania (35)  Macau (3)  Malaysia (15)  Mongolia (3)

New Zealand (43)  Netherlands (32)  Norway (26)  Austria (7)  Pakistan (4)  Poland (21)  Portugal (11)  Romania (2)  Russia (130)  Saudi Arabia (28)  Serbia and Montenegro (3)  Singapore (6)  Slovakia (5)  Slovenia (16)  South Africa (22)  South Korea (35)

Spain (2)  Sweden (43)  Switzerland (22)  Chinese Taipei (45)  Czech Republic (32)  Thailand (2)  Turkey (74)  Turkmenistan (2)  Ukraine (96)  Hungary (22)  United Kingdom (76)  United States (171)  Venezuela (7)  Belarus (19)  Cyprus (7)

mascot

Vic & Mel were hand inspired in the official logo of the 20th Summer Deaflympics. "Vic" was named after the province of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, and "Mel" after the city of Melbourne.

They symbolize the hands of friendship, the top athletes, families and friends of the Deaflympics. The mascots of the Summer Deaflympics 2005 represent the athletes who treat each other with respect in the spirit of fair play .

The colors of Vic & Mel symbolize the diversity of Australia and express the warmth and friendliness of Australian culture.

Results

Women

basketball beach volleyball

bowling Soccer

athletics volleyball

Men

basketball beach volleyball

bowling Soccer

Handball athletics

volleyball Water polo

See also

• Deaflympics
• Deaf sports

Web links

• International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Melbourne 2005 - 20th Summer Deaflympics ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, accessed January 12, 2014.