- Olympic Pool, Moscow
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Olympic Pool Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium in 1980. RIAN photo
Building information Full name: Olympic Pool City: Moscow, Russia Capacity: 10,500 Opened: 1957 The Olympic Pool, formerly Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium is an aquatics center that is part of the Luzhniki Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia. It was opened in 1957 and renovated in 1980. The 10,500-seat venue hosted water polo events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] It also hosted events of the 1973 Summer Universiade, 15th World Festival of Youth and Students, 1986 Goodwill Games, Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR and others.
Reference
- ^ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 55-7.
External links
- (Russian) Official webpage
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics Central Lenin Stadium Area Druzhba Multipurpose Arena · Grand Arena · Minor Arena · Sports Palace · Swimming Pool · Streets of MoscowOlympiysky Sports Complex Indoor Stadium · Swimming PoolNorthwestern Planning Zone CSKA Athletics Fieldhouse · CSKA Football Fieldhouse · CSKA Palace of Sports · Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena · Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena · Dynamo Palace of Sports · Krylatskoye Sports Complex Archery Field · Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin · Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit · Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome · Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex · Young Pioneers StadiumEastern Planning Zone Football venues Other venues 1900: Seine • 1904: Forest Park • 1908: White City Stadium • 1912: Djurgårdsbrunnsviken • 1920: Stade Nautique d'Antwerp • 1924: Piscine des Tourelles • 1928: Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium • 1932: Swimming Stadium • 1936: Olympic Swimming Stadium • 1948: Empire Pool (final), Finchley Lido • 1952: Swimming Stadium • 1956: Swimming/Diving Stadium • 1960: Piscina delle Rose, Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto (final) • 1964: Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool • 1968: Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool (final), University City Swimming Pool • 1972: Dantebad, Schwimmhalle (final) • 1976: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Olympic Pool (final) • 1980: Swimming Pool - Moscow, Swimming Pool - Olimpiysky (final) • 1984: Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool • 1988: Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool • 1992: Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, Piscines Bernat Picornell (final) • 1996: Georgia Tech Aquatic Center • 2000: Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre (women's final), Sydney International Aquatic Centre (men's final) •2004: Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre • 2008: Ying Tung Natatorium • 2012: Water Polo Arena • 2016: Maria Lenk Aquatic CenterCoordinates: 55°42′47″N 37°33′29″E / 55.71306°N 37.55806°E
Categories:- Swimming venues
- Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
- Sports venues in Moscow
- 1980 Summer Olympic venues
- Olympic water polo venues
- Russian sports venue stubs
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