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Municipal Stadium is a venue located in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City area of Mexico City. The venue hosted the field hockey competitions for the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Olympic field-hockey games were held at the Municipal Stadium and two adjoining fields at the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City. Built in 1964 by the Mexico City government, the open stadium has roofed grandstands on each side of the playing field. The installation covers 5.7 acres (23,000 m2) and the grandstands seat 6,160 spectators; additional temporary stands, with approximately 1,200 seats, were installed in the end zones. Rest areas for athletes, dressing rooms, showers and a cafeteria were located in a building adjacent to the stadium. The playing field was conditioned in accordance with the regulations of the International Hockey Federation.
Reference
- 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 76-7.
Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome · Arena México · Avándaro Golf Club · Campo Marte · Campo Militar 1 · Club de Yates · Estadio Azteca · Estadio Cuauhtémoc · Estadio Nou Camp · Estadio Olímpico Universitario · Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall · Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool · Insurgentes Ice Rink · Insurgentes Theatre · Jalisco Stadium · Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium · Juan Escutia Sports Palace · Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City · Municipal Stadium · National Auditorium · Revolution Ice Rink · Satellite Circuit · University City Swimming Pool · Vincente Suárez Shooting Range · Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course · Zócalo1908: White City Stadium • 1920: Olympisch Stadion • 1928: Old Stadion • 1932: Olympic Stadium • 1936: Hockey Stadion (final), Hockey Stadion #2 • 1948: Empire Stadium (medal matches), Guinness Sports Club, Lyons' Sports Club, Polytechnic Sports Ground • 1952: Velodrome • 1956: Hockey Field, Melbourne Cricket Ground (final) • 1960: Campo Tre Fontane, Olympic Velodrome (final), Stadio dei Marmi • 1964: Komazawa Hockey Field • 1968: Municipal Stadium • 1972: Hockeyanlage • 1976: Molson Stadium, McGill University • 1980: Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena; Young Pioneers Stadium (final) • 1984: Weingart Stadium • 1988: Seongnam Stadium • 1992: Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa • 1996: Clark Atlanta University Stadium, Morris Brown College Stadium (final) • 2000: State Hockey Centre • 2004: Olympic Hockey Centre • 2008: Olympic Green Hockey Field • 2012: Olympic Hockey Centre • 2016: Olympic Hockey Center
Categories:- 1968 Summer Olympic venues
- Olympic field hockey venues
- Sports venues in Mexico
- Mexican sports venue stubs
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