Olympic Pool, Moscow

Coordinates: 55°42′47″N 37°33′29″E / 55.71306°N 37.55806°E / 55.71306; 37.55806
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Olympic Pool
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Building information
Full nameOlympic Pool
CityMoscow, Russia
Capacity10,500
Opened1957
Pool
Length50m
Width22m
Lanes8

The Olympic Pool, formerly Swimming Pool of the

water polo events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] It also hosted events of the 1973 Summer Universiade, 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, 1986 Goodwill Games, Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR and others.[citation needed
]

Google satellite images show that the Olympic Pool has been demolished. In official reports by the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin states that it will be reconstructed as an Multipurpose Aquatic Centre (link to the full report [1][permanent dead link]). "Apart from the swimming pool, the facility will include a water area with fun rides, a fitness club and a spa centre."

References

  1. ^ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 55-7.

External links

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