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The Special Olympic Games are an equivalent to the Olympic Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
The Special Olympics was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the 1960s. It started as a series of sports camps, beginning in June 1962, before evolving into the International Special Olympic Games in 1968. The camps were known as Camp Shriver.
The Special Olympics Oath is "Let me win. But if I cannot win please let me be brave in the attempt." The International Winter and Summer Games are held every 2 years.
In 1988 Special Olympics was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is the only sports organisation authorised by the IOC to use the term ‘Olympics’ in its title.
Camps Shriver
- 1960 Camp Shriver, June 1960, Maryland, USA
- 1962 Camp Shriver, June 1962, Maryland, USA
Summer World Games
- 1968 Summer Special Olympics, July 1968, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1970 Summer Special Olympics, August 1970, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1972 Summer Special Olympics, August 1972, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1975 Summer Special Olympics, August 1975, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
- 1979 Summer Special Olympics, August 1979, State University of New York, Brockport, New York, USA
- 1983 Summer Special Olympics, July 1983, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- 1987 Summer Special Olympics, July-August 1987, Saint Mary’s College, South Bend, Indiana, USA
- 1991 Summer Special Olympics, July 1991, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- 1995 Summer Special Olympics, July 1995, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- 1999 Summer Special Olympics, June-July 1999, The Triangle, North Carolina, USA
- 2003 Summer Special Olympics, June 2003, Dublin, Ireland
- 2007 Summer Special Olympics, October 2007, Shanghai, China
Winter World Games
- 1977 Winter Special Olympics, February 1977, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA
- 1981 Winter Special Olympics, March 1981, Smugglers' Notch and Stowe, Vermont, USA
- 1985 Winter Special Olympics, March 1985, Park City, Utah, USA
- 1989 Winter Special Olympics, April 1989, Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe, California, USA
- 1993 Winter Special Olympics, March 1993, Salzburg and Schladming, Austria
- 1997 Winter Special Olympics, February 1997, Toronto and Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
- 2001 Winter Special Olympics, March 2001, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
- 2005 Winter Special Olympics, February-March 2005, Nagano, Japan
- 2009 Winter Special Olympics, February 2009, Boise, Idaho
National Summer Special Olympic Games
- Special Olympics Great Britain, July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Special Olympics USA, July 2-6, 2006, Ames, Iowa, USA
Summer Sports
Winter Sports
Other resources
See also
- Camp Shriver
- Special Olympics World Summer Games
- Special Olympics World Winter Games
- Special Olympics
- Deaflympics
- Paralympics
- Olympics
- Ancient Olympics
- Flame of Hope
External links
"Special Olympic Games"