Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Location | Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Coordinates | 22°58′51″S 43°23′42″W / 22.980746°S 43.394918°WCoordinates: 22°58′51″S 43°23′42″W / 22.980746°S 43.394918°W |
Capacity | 14,997 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | Q2 2014 |
Opened | April 8, 2016 |
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 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]
References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Media related to Olympic Aquatics Stadium at Wikimedia Commons
- Rio2016.org.br bid package. Volume 2. p. 56.
- Sports and venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium
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- Swimming venues in Brazil
- Sports venues in Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Sports venues completed in 2016
- Sports venues demolished in 2016
- Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimming venues
- Olympic synchronized swimming venues
- Defunct sports venues in Brazil
- Barra Olympic Park
- Brazilian sports venue stubs
- 2016 Summer Olympics stubs
- Summer Olympic venue stubs