2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games

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13th Special Olympics World Summer Games
Παγκόσμιοι Θερινοί Αγώνες 13ου Ειδικού Ολυμπιακού

Host city	Athens, Greece
Motto	Join the wonderful winning world (Greek: Ενωθείτε με τον υπέροχο κόσμο των νικητών)
Nations participating	185
Athletes participating	7,000
Events	21
Opening ceremony	25 June 2011
Closing ceremony	4 July 2011
Officially opened by	Karolos Papoulias
Main venue	Panathenaic Stadium
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The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games (Greek: Ειδικοί παγκόσμιοι καλοκαιρινοί αγώνες Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων 2011, Eidikoí pankósmioi kalokairinoí agónes Olympiakón Agónon 2011), was a sporting event held from June, 25th 2011 – July, 4th 2011 in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremony of the games took place on 25 June 2011 at the Panathenaic Stadium and the closing ceremony was held on 4 July 2011.

"Over 7,500" athletes, from 185 countries, competed in a total of twenty-two sports.^[1]

Sports[]

• Aquatics
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Bocce
• Bowling
• Cricket
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Floor hockey
• Football (Soccer)
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Kayaking
• Powerlifting
• Roller skating
• Sailing
• Softball
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball

Nations[]

This is a list of countries participating^{[citation needed]} in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games (Greek: Pankósmioi Therinoí Agónes Athína 2011):

References[]

External links[]

• Special Olympics
• 2011 World Summer Games – official site