Olympic Aquatics Stadium

Coordinates: 22°58′51″S 43°23′42″W / 22.980746°S 43.394918°W / -22.980746; -43.394918
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Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Exterior view of the stadium in May 2016
Map
LocationBarra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates22°58′51″S 43°23′42″W / 22.980746°S 43.394918°W / -22.980746; -43.394918
Capacity14,997
Construction
Broke groundQ2 2014
OpenedApril 8, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-04-08)
Construction cost$38 million

The Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Aquático Olímpico) was a temporary aquatics center in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The venue hosted the swimming events, Synchronized swimming finals and water polo finals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the para-swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Structure

The center was designed as a temporary structure, a form of nomadic architecture similar to the Future Arena, which hosted handball. After completion of the two Games, it was dismantled and its parts were used in the construction of two new, different facilities.[1]

The exterior of the building featured art by Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão.[1]

The aquatics centre was intended to be adapted into community facilities in Madureira Park and the

Parque dos Atletas and the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, were owned by the Brazilian Air Force and donated to a base in Guaratinguetá,[2] the city of Salvador to create the Swimming Olympic Centre of Bahia, inaugurated in 2018,[5] and the city of Manaus for an Olympic Centre,[6] with the pool itself being reinaugurated in 2022.[7] In 2022, parts of the Aquatics Stadium structure were donated to Bangu Atlético Clube, which expected to use them reforming their stadium, and to a samba school in the neighborhood of Lins de Vasconcelos.[8] In 2024, the stadium was officially fully dismantled and its pools were donated to various projects around Rio.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sustainable Olympic aquatics stadium unveiled ready for Rio 2016 Games". August 5, 2016. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Paes destrava mais um legado olímpico e doa piscina para Maricá
  3. ^ Otto, Tyson (February 8, 2017). "Rio's Olympic Aquatic Centre left in ruins after grand promises". News.com.au. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Vereadores do Rio constatam pequenos avanços no Parque Olímpico". August 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Peças da Piscina Olímpica do Rio-2016 chegam a Salvador".
  6. ^ "Vila Olímpica de Manaus recebe chegada de piscina olímpica da Rio 2016". March 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Herdada da Rio 2016, piscina olímpica de Manaus enfim é inaugurada
  8. ^ "Estruturas das fachadas e cobertura do Estádio Aquático Olímpico são doadas". September 2022.
  9. ^ https://olympics.com/ioc/news/rio-2016-arenas-become-schools-and-public-facilities-as-games-legacy-unfolds

External links

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