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.

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