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 | |
Motto: | Let's Celebrate Together! (Japanese: 一緒に祝いましょう!) |
Host City: | Nagano, Nagano, Nippon |
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 |
Stadium: | M-Wave |
Spreviouss: | 2003 Dublin |
Snexts: | 2007 Shanghai |
Sprevious: | 2001 Anchorage |
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|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.