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2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games

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13th Special Olympics World Summer Games
Παγκόσμιοι Θερινοί Αγώνες 13ου Ειδικού Ολυμπιακού
Host cityAthens, Greece
MottoJoin the wonderful winning world (Greek: Ενωθείτε με τον υπέροχο κόσμο των νικητών)
Nations185
Athletes7,000
Events21
Opening25 June 2011
Closing4 July 2011
Opened byKarolos Papoulias
Main venuePanathenaic Stadium
Summer
Winter

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 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.[1]

Sports

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Nations

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

References

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  1. ↑ "Special Olympics New Zealand team heads away", Special Olympics NZ press release, June 13, 2011
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