Olympic Velodrome, Rome

Olympic Velodrome, Rome

Coordinates: 41°49′35.93″N 12°27′24.83″E / 41.8266472°N 12.4568972°E / 41.8266472; 12.4568972

Velodromo Olimpico
Location Viale della Tecnica /
Viale dell'Oceano Pacifico
00144 Roma
Broke ground August 10, 1957
Opened April 30, 1960
Closed 1968
Demolished July 24, 2008
Owner CONI - Comune di Roma
Construction cost £ 1.050.000.000

The Olympic Velodrome (Italian: Velodromo Olimpico) was a sports venue located in Rome, Italy. Constructed for the 1960 Summer Olympics, it hosted the track cycling and field hockey events.

The velodrome was constructed between 1957 and early 1960. It was imploded in July 2008.

References

v · d · eVenues of the 1960 Summer Olympics
Acqua Santa Golf Club Course · Arch of Constantine · Basilica of Maxentius · Baths of Caracalla · Campo Tre Fontane · Cesano Infantry School Range · Florence Communal Stadium · Grosetto Communal Stadium · Gulf of Naples · L'Aquila Communal Stadium · Lake Albano · Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand · Livorno Ardenza Stadium · Naples Saint Paul's Stadium · Olympic Velodrome · Palazzo dei Congressi · Palazzo dello Sport · Palazzetto dello sport · Passo Corese · Pescara Adriatic Stadium · Piazza di Siena · Piscina delle Rose · Pratoni del Vivaro · Raccordo Anulare · Stadio dei Marmi · Stadio Flaminio · Stadio Olimpico · Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto · Umberto I Shooting Range · Via Appia Antica · Via Cassia · Via Flaminia · Via Cristoforo Colombo · Via di Grottarossa
v · d · eList of Olympic venues in cycling
1896: Marathon (city), Neo Phaliron Velodrome • 1900: Vélodrome de Vincennes • 1904: Francis Field • 1908: White City Stadium • 1912: Liljeholmen, Mälaren • 1920: Antwerp, Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg • 1924: Stade de Colombes, Vélodrome de Vincennes • 1928: Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium • 1932: Los Angeles Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Vineyard Avenue • 1936: Avus Motor Road, BSV 92 Field & Stadium • 1948: Herne Hill Velodrome, Windsor Great Park • 1952: Käpylä, Maunula, Pakila, Velodrome • 1956: Broadmeadows, Velodrome • 1960: Olympic Velodrome, Via Cassia, Via Flaminia, Via Cristoforo Colombo, Via di Grottarossa • 1964: Hachioji City, Hachioji Velodrome • 1968: Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Satellite Circuit • 1972: Bundesautobahn 96, Grünwald, Radstadion • 1976: Mount Royal Park, Olympic Velodrome, Quebec Autoroute 40 • 1980: Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit, Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome, Moscow-Minsk Highway • 1984: Artesia Freeway, Olympic Velodrome, Streets of Mission Viejo • 1988: Olympic Velodrome, Tongillo Road Course • 1992: A-17 highway, Circuit de Catalunya, Sant Sadurní Cycling Circuit, Velòdrom d'Horta • 1996: Cycling road course, Georgia International Horse Park, Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome • 2000: Centennial Parklands, Dunc Gray Velodrome, Fairfield City Farm • 2004: Athens Olympic Velodrome, Kotzia Square, Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue, Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre • 2008: Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue, Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan Velodrome, Urban Road Cycling Course • 2012: BMX Circuit, Hadleigh Farm, London Velodrome, Hampton Court Palace • 2016: Barra Velodrome, Flamengo Park, Olympic BMX Center, Olympic Mountain Bike Park
 Cycling (road) pictogram.svg
v · List of Olympic venues in field hockey
1908: 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
 Field hockey pictogram.svg

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