Nations
Bangladesh was represented by 40 athletes.
Egypt was represented by 77 athletes competing in 11 sports. They won 41 medals (13 Gold, 16 Silver and 12 Bronze).
India was represented by 256 athletes.
Lithuania was represented by 17 athletes.
New Zealand was represented by 35 athletes competing in seven sports winning Gold medals in all 7 sports they participated in except for Basketball: athletics (2 golds won in shotput – Andrew Oswin 4.51m and 4 x 100m Relay – Andrew Oswin, Mitchell Brown, Ryan Smith and Kwame Williams-Accra) (3 Silvers by Hayley Long, Rowena Perston and Mitchell Brown) (1 Bronze in 100m by Mitchell Brown), Aquatics (8 golds 2 by Sam Donaldson, Teresa Nicol and Almitra Langton and 1 by Edward Borkin and Jody Sanson) Sam Donaldson won the first medal of the games in the 800m Freestyle (1 Bronze in 400m Freestyle by Teresa Nicol), Basketball (1 silver - 30-34 Israel), Ten Pin Bowling (1 Gold by Cheryl Brieseman in Women's Singles), (3 Silvers 2 in Doubles and 1 in Teams) Equestrian (1 Gold by Devon Tretheway in Equitation) (2 Silvers in Working Trials-Devon Tretheway and Equitation Thomas Sutton)(1 Bronze by Thomas Sutton in Working Trails), Golf (1 Gold by Nigel Old) and Powerlifting (2 Golds by Clayton Marr in Bench Press and Leigh Donald in Combined Powerlifting event)(2 Silvers in Deadlift Dominic Crowe and Leigh Donald) (6 Bronzes Clayton Marr in Deadlift and Combined powerlifting event, Leigh Donald in Squat and Bench Press and Dominic Crowe in Deadlft and Combined powerlifting event).
Pakistan was represented by 90 athletes, winning 56 Medals, (17 Gold, 25 Silver and 14 Bronze). Adeel Ameer (most successful athlete in the squad) captured 3 Gold Medals, winning 100-metre, high-jump and 4×100 metre events.
Philippines was represented by 38 athletes competing in six sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, bowling, gymnastics and powerlifting.
Samoa was represented by 8 athletes.
The United Kingdom was represented by 151 athletes despite being plagued by a flu.
The Vietnam was represented by 8 athletes competing in two sports: athletics, Bocce .
A total of 146 athletes represented Ireland in the Special Olympics 2011 World Summer Games. They returned to Ireland with a total of 106 medals.
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