2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games
Multi-sport event in Nagano, Japan
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Host city | Nagano, Nagano, Nippon |
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Motto | Let's Celebrate Together! (Japanese: 一緒に祝いましょう!) |
Nations | 84 |
Athletes | 2,600 |
Events | 79 in 7 sports |
Opening | February 26 |
Closing | March 5 |
Opened by | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi |
Torch lighter | Ryuya Kamihara |
Main venue | M-Wave |
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Winter | |
The 2005 Special Olympics Winter World Games (Japanese: 2005年スペシャルオリンピックス冬季世界大会, romanized: 2005-Nen supesharuorinpikkusu tōki sekai taikai) were hosted at Nagano in Nippon 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
- Floor hockey
- Figure skating
- Speed skating
- Snowshoe
- Cross-country skiing
- Snowboarding
- Alpine skiing
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
See also
External links
- 2005 Winter Special Olympics at Shinano Mainichi Shimbun
- 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games
Preceded by | Special Olympics World Winter Games | Succeeded by |
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‡Cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine