The 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games (, ), was a sporting event 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 22 sports."Special Olympics New Zealand team heads away", Special Olympics NZ press release, June 13, 2011
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 in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games ():
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Comoros Republic of the Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macau, China Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zambia
References
External links Special Olympics 2011 World Summer Games – official site