Alberca Olímpica Francisco Marquez
The Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez is a swimming pool in Mexico City . It was the venue for the swimming , diving , water polo and swimming competitions of the modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics . The namesake is the young cadet Francisco Márquez , who fell during the Mexican-American War at the Battle of Chapultepec on September 13, 1847. Márquez is one of the Niños Héroes .
The Olympic Village is about ten kilometers from the swimming stadium. The hall offers space for 5,000 spectators, with 5,000 temporary seats being created for the Olympic competitions. The swimming pool is 50 meters long, 21 meters wide and 1.8 meters deep. Windows below the waterline allowed photographers and television cameras to take pictures of the swimmers below the waterline. There is also a 30 by 20 meter warm-up pool. The diving tower has platforms three, six and a half and ten meters high.
After the Olympic Games, the swimming pool was used for other major events. The swimming and diving competitions of the Pan American Games in 1975 , the Universiade in 1979 and the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1990 took place there. In 2008 the swimming pool was renovated and reopened in the presence of President Felipe Calderón .
literature
- Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, Volume 2: The Organization . Mexico City 1968. Part 1 (PDF; 16.4 MB), Part 2 (PDF; 18.8 MB)
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Competition venues for the 1968 Summer Olympics
Coordinates: 19 ° 21 ′ 32.1 ″ N , 99 ° 9 ′ 17.3 ″ W.