2005 Special Olympics World Winter 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 cityNagano, Nagano, Nippon
MottoLet's Celebrate Together! (Japanese: 一緒に祝いましょう!)
Nations84
Athletes2,600
Events79 in 7 sports
OpeningFebruary 26
ClosingMarch 5
Opened byPrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Torch lighterRyuya Kamihara
Main venueM-Wave
Summer
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, romanized2005-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.