The Special Olympics Games will take place in Berlin from June 17th to 25th, 2023. For the first time in history, the games will be played in Germany. The Special Olympics Games have many parallels to the Olympic Games, athletes from all over the world compete against each other in different sports. The only difference to the Olympic Games is that the participants live with mental disabilities and multiple disabilities. Around 7000 athletes take part in the games.
In this article you will find all information about the Special Olympics Games 2023.
Special Olympics Games 2023: broadcast on free TV & stream
Not just a single broadcaster, but eleven different media companies are reporting on the Special Olympics World Games. ARD, ZDF, RTL, ProSieben/Sat1, Sky, Sport1, Prime Video, Meta, DAZN, Bild and Deutsche Telekom have joined forces to provide media coverage for this sporting event. In some cases there will even be live reporting directly from the venue: the opening ceremony was broadcast on rbb, Sky and sportdeutschland.tv. Live reporting is also planned for the closing ceremony and for 13 of the 26 sports. The other sports are broadcast in summaries.
Here you get an overview of the transmission dates of the channels ARD, ZDF and Sky:
The following events will be broadcast on ARD
June 22, 2023, 4:10 p.m.: Swimming (Special Olympics Games 2023) in the sports show
ZDF shows the following events on free TV
June 21, 2023. 12:10: Special Olympics Games 2023 at Sportstudio23. June 2023, 12:10 p.m.: Special Olympics Games 2023 at Sportstudio24. June 2023, 2 p.m.: Special Olympics Games 2023 at Sportstudio25. June 2023, 2 p.m.: Special Olympics Games 2023 at Sportstudio25. June 2023, 6:55 p.m.: Closing Ceremony of the Special Olympics Games 2023
The pay TV channel Sky broadcasts the following events
June 19-24, 2023, 2:00-5:00 p.m.: Live coverage of the 19. to June 24, 2023, from 7:00 p.m.: Highlights from the competitions25. June 2023, 6:30 p.m.: Closing Ceremony of the Special Olympics Games 2023
Sports of the Special Olympics Games 2023
The athletes compete in total 26 different disciplines against each other. Here you get one Overview of sports:
BadmintonBasketball 3x3Basketball 5x5Beach VolleyballBocceBowlingOpen Water SwimmingSoccerFutsalArtistic GymnasticsGolfHandballHockeyJudoCanoePowerliftingTrack And FieldCyclingCyclingHorseback RidingRhythmic GymnasticsRoller SkatingSwimmingSailingTennisTable TennisVolleyball
Grace Dindillo from Papua New Guinea competes in the shot put.
© Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa
Schedule Special Olympics Games 2023: The dates at a glance
Athletes from all over the world will duel at the Special Olympics Games 2023. Most of the sports are divided into three parts. Into the classification, the group stage and the final and award ceremony. The classification tests how good the athletes are and thus determines which ones should compete against each other. The group phase then proceeds as usual, during which the athletes can qualify for the final. After the final, there will be an award ceremony for the respective sport.
Special Olympics: Ball Types Group Stage begins
On the third day of competition of the Special Olympics World Games, various types of ball games enter the group phase. In addition to basketball and volleyball in the Messe Berlin, the handball players in the Horst-Korber-Zentrum and the tennis players on the SC Brandenburg facility will also be going into the games on Tuesday in the fight for a place in the final.
Here you get one Overview About the 2023 Special Olympics Games schedule:
Tuesday 20 June 2023
Badminton (classification)Basketball 3×3 (classification)Basketball 5×5 (group stage)Beach volleyball (classification)Boccia (group stage)Bowling (finals & award ceremony)Football (classification)Futsal (classification)Golf (classification)Handball (group stage)Hockey (group stage)Judo (classification)Powerlifting (finals & awards ceremony)Athletics (finals & awards ceremony)Cycling (finals & awards ceremony)Equestrian (finals & awards ceremony)Rhythmic gymnastics (finals & awards ceremony)Roller skating (finals & awards ceremony)Swimming (finals & awards ceremony)Sailing (classification)Tennis (group stage)Table tennis ( Classification)Volleyball (group stage)
Wednesday 21 June 2023
Badminton (final & award ceremony)Basketball 3×3 (group stage)Basketball 5×5 (group stage)Beach volleyball (group stage)Boccia (final & award ceremony)Bowling (final & award ceremony)Football (group stage)Futsal (classification)Golf (group stage)Handball (group stage)Hockey (group stage)Canoe (Classification)Powerlifting (finals & awards ceremony)Athletics (finals & awards ceremony)Cycling (finals & awards ceremony)Equestrian (finals & awards ceremony)Rhythmic gymnastics (finals & awards ceremony)Roller skating (finals & awards ceremony)Swimming (finals & awards ceremony)Tennis (group stage)Table tennis (finals & awards ceremony)Volleyball (group stage)
Thursday 22 June 2023
Badminton (final & award ceremony)Basketball 3×3 (group stage)Basketball 5×5 (group stage)Beach volleyball (group stage)Boccia (final & award ceremony)Bowling (final & award ceremony)Football (group stage)Golf (final & award ceremony)Handball (group stage)Hockey (group stage)Judo (final & award ceremony )Canoe (finals & award ceremony)Powerlifting (finals & award ceremony)Athletics (finals & award ceremony)Cycling (finals & award ceremony)Equestrian (finals & award ceremony)Swimming (finals & award ceremony)Sailing (group phase)Tennis (group phase)Table tennis (finals & award ceremony)Volleyball (group phase)
Friday 23 June 2023
Badminton (final & award ceremony)Basketball 3×3 (group stage)Basketball 5×5 (group stage)Beach volleyball (group stage)Boccia (group stage)Bowling (final & award ceremony)Football (final & award ceremony)Futsal (group stage)Artistic gymnastics (classification)Handball (group stage)Hockey (group stage)Judo (Finals & awards ceremony)Canoe (classification)Powerlifting (finals & awards ceremony)Athletics (finals & awards ceremony)Cycling (finals & awards ceremony)Equestrian (finals & awards ceremony)Roller skating (finals & awards ceremony)Swimming (finals & awards ceremony)Sailing (group stage)Tennis (finals & awards ceremony)Table tennis ( Final & award ceremony) Volleyball (group phase)
Saturday 24 June 2023
Badminton (finals & awards ceremony)Basketball 3×3 (finals & awards ceremony)Basketball 5×5 (finals & awards ceremony)Beach volleyball (finals & awards ceremony)Boccia (finals & awards ceremony)Bowling (finals & awards ceremony)Football (finals & awards ceremony)Futsal (finals & awards ceremony)Gymnastics (finals & awards ceremony)Handball (fin ale & award ceremony)Hockey (finals & award ceremony)Judo (finals & award ceremony)Canoe (finals & award ceremony)Powerlifting (finals & award ceremony)Athletics (finals & award ceremony)Cycling (finals & award ceremony)Rhythmic gymnastics (finals & award ceremony)Roller skating (finals & award ceremony)Swimming (finals & award ceremony)Sailing (finals & awards ceremony)Tennis (finals & awards ceremony)Table tennis (finals & awards ceremony)Volleyball (finals & awards ceremony)
Sunday 25 June 2023
Badminton (finals & awards ceremony) gymnastics (finals & awards ceremony) basketball 3×3 (finals & awards ceremony) athletics (finals & awards ceremony) cycling (finals & awards ceremony) horseback riding (finals & awards ceremony)
Venues of the Special Olympics 2023
The Special Olympics 2023 will be held in Berlin. Venues are spread across the city, ranging from Messe Berlin in the west to popular locations in the city center and Grünau in south-east Berlin.
The starting point of the Special Olympics marks the opening ceremony with the solemn torch relay. The entry of the delegation is just one of many highlights of the opening ceremony.
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