Estadio Olímpico Universitario
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Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a
The Olímpico Universitario hosted the
The stadium hosted four games of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, but the final match was played in the bigger Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
The
During the second leg of the Liga MX final between Universidad Nacional and América, two hours before the start of the game, the building looked at its maximum capacity, but outside there was still a crowd of at least 30,000 more. At that time, Ciudad Universitaria did not have fences that surrounded it and it was easy to get to the access tunnels of the stadium. During the attempt of the fans to get to the pitch in one of the access tunnels (the tunnel number 29) a number of people got stuck and ended with the death of 11 people and several others injured.[5] [6] [7]
Currently, it is the home stadium of Universidad Nacional and American football team Pumas CU.
This sport facility is part of the
Architecture and art of the stadium
It is the work of architects Augusto Pérez, Raúl Salinas and Jorge Bravo Moro. The "Estadio Universitario, original name, was built specifically for the former practice of football.
On the east side of University Olympic Stadium, is a mural by Diego Rivera, called "The University, the Mexican family, peace and youth sports. In the construction of the relief in natural colored stones shows the university shield, with the condor and the eagle on a cactus. Under their wings outstretched, Rivera placed three figures representing the family: the father and the mother giving the dove of peace to his son. At the extremes are two gigantic figures that correspond to some athletes, male and female, who light the torch of Olympic flame. A huge feathered serpent, the symbolic image of the pre-Hispanic god Quetzalcoatl, complements the composition at the bottom.
Diego Rivera had planned to cover the entire outside of the stadium with designs similar to this, but the artist's death prevented him.
The asymmetric shape of the stands of the stadium-side with the more developed west-emphasizes the final composition of the joint project of the University City, which finished off its axis and principal, the stands closest to the Avenida Insurgentes, emphasizes the sense league stadium to the rest of the set.
Much like the Olympic cauldron on top of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum peristyle, the upper deck on one sideline is topped by an Olympic cauldron that was installed for the Olympic Games. The other sideline is topped by a press box.
1986 FIFA World Cup
It hosted four matches of the tournament, including a round-of-16 matchup.
Date | Time (UTC−6) | Team No. 1 | Res. | Team No. 2 | Round | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 June 1986 | 12:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | South Korea | Group A | 60,000 |
5 June 1986 | 16:00 | South Korea | 1–1 | Bulgaria | 45,000 | |
10 June 1986 | 12:00 | Argentina | 2–0 | Bulgaria | 65,000 | |
17 June 1986 | 12:00 | Italy | 0–2 | France | Round of 16 | 70,000 |
References
- ^ "Estadio Olímpico 68, un lugar hecho historia | Fundación UNAM".
- ^ "Estadio Olímpico Universitario - Localidades" (in Spanish). UNAM. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Quoted by Diego Rivera in a 1954 conference. Canales González, Ana Fernanda. La modernidad arquitectónica de México: una mirada a través de los medios impresos. PhD thesis, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2013.
- ^ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 76.
- ^ "Pumas vs América a casi 35 años de la final donde fallecieron 8 personas por sobre cupo en el estadio". 6 March 2020.
- ^ "A 30 años de la tragedia en el Estadio Olímpico Universitario".
- ^ "El túnel 29 y la trágica historia detrás del Pumas vs. América". 6 December 2018.