2001 Summer Deaflympics

The 2001 Summer Deaflympics (Italian: Olimpiadi estive 2001 per non udenti), officially known as the 19th Summer Deaflympics (Italian: 19° Olimpiadi estive per sordi), is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 16 July to 1 August 2001, in Rome, Italy.

19th Summer Deaflympics

Host city	Rome, Italy
Nations	90 countries
Athletes	2,290 athletes
Events	134 in 14 sports
Opening	16 July 2001
Closing	1 August 2001
Main venue	Stadio Olimpico
Summer
Winter

The 19th Summer Deaflympics Games were originally scheduled to be held from 16 to 28 November 2000 in Sydney, but was decided to host it in 2001 due to the schedule of 2000 Summer Olympics.

Venues

• Stadio Olimpico – Athletics, Football
• Palazzetto dello Sport – Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball
• Riano – Basketball
• Albano – Basketball
• Baths of Caracalla – Cycling
• Stadio Flamino – Football
• Campo Acqua Acetosa – Football
• Lungotevere Acqua Acetosa – Bowling
• Campo Tre Fontane – Football
• Campo Maneggio – Handball
• Monte Livata – Orienteering
• Poligono "Umberto I°" – Shooting
• Piscina Coni – Swimming
• Palesta Tre Fontane – Table tennis
• Foro Italico – Tennis, Water polo
• Monterotondo – Volleyball
• Palafilpjk – Wrestling

Medal Tally

  *   Host nation (Italy)

2001 Summer Deaflympics medal table

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	26	21	23	70
2	Germany (GER)	13	21	13	47
3	Russia (RUS)	13	18	18	49
4	Ukraine (UKR)	12	10	10	32
5	Japan (JPN)	10	5	5	20
6	Iran (IRI)	8	7	4	19
7	South Africa (RSA)	8	2	3	13
8	Italy (ITA)*	7	2	9	18
9	Canada (CAN)	4	5	5	14
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	4	5	2	11
11	South Korea (KOR)	4	4	4	12
12	France (FRA)	4	3	1	8
13	Australia (AUS)	4	1	1	6
14	Turkey (TUR)	3	0	3	6
15	India (IND)	3	0	0	3
16	China (CHN)	2	3	3	8
17	FR Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	2	0	4
18	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	6	9
19	Lithuania (LTU)	2	0	3	5
20	Sweden (SWE)	1	5	5	11
21	Netherlands (NED)	1	5	3	9
22	Malaysia (MAS)	1	3	0	4
23	Greece (GRE)	1	2	0	3
24	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	2	4
25	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
	Romania (ROM)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
32	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	4	6
33	Mexico (MEX)	0	2	1	3
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
35	Estonia (EST)	0	1	4	5
36	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	3	4
37	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	1	2
38	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	1	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
44	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	3	3
Totals (44 entries)		143	141	140	424