2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games

9th Special Olympics World Winter Games

Host city	Nagano, Nagano, Japan
Nations participating	84
Athletes participating	2,600
Events	79 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony	February 26
Closing ceremony	March 5
Officially opened by	Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Torch Lighter	Ryuya Kamihara
Main venue	M-Wave

The 2005 Special Olympics Winter World Games were hosted at Nagano in Japan and were the first Special Olympics World Games held in Asia. Nagano became the first city in the world to host the Olympics, Paralympics and Special Olympics World Games.

Events

Venues

M-Wave – the opening, closing ceremonies and Speed skating
Big Hat – Figure skating
White Ring – Floor hockey
Yamanouchi – Alpine skiing
Hakuba – Cross-country
Nozawaonsen – Snowshoe
Mure – Snowboarding

External links

2005 Winter Special Olympics at Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Special Olympics World Games

Summer	1968 1970 1972 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Winter	1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Countries	Canada Estonia Great Britain Mexico Philippines United States Greece

Others	Flame of Hope Law Enforcement Torch Run A Very Special Christmas

Key figures	Eunice Kennedy Shriver Anne McGlone Burke Sargent Shriver Timothy Shriver Loretta Claiborne Bruce Pasternack

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2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Events

Venues

See also

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