2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games

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.

9th Special Olympics World Winter Games
第9回スペシャルオリンピックス世界冬季大会

Host city	Nagano, Nagano, Nippon
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
Summer
← 2003 Dublin 2007 Shanghai →
Winter
← 2001 Anchorage 2009 Idaho →

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

Preceded by Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Special Olympics World Winter Games

Succeeded by Idaho, Boise, United States