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

• 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

• 1998 Winter Olympics
• 1998 Winter Paralympics

External links

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