Olympic Stadium

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Olympic Stadium (disambiguation) .

Olympic flag with the five rings; first used at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp

As Olympic Stadium is called the central stadium of the Summer Olympics . The classic Olympic sports are played here.

use

Several sports from the Olympic Games are played in the Olympic stadiums. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies are also held here. The word "Olympia" is part of the name of many stadiums. At the Winter Olympics , there is usually no central Olympic Stadium, since all competitions in the field or in gymnasiums take place. The Olympic torch relay of the Summer Games has ended in the Olympic stadiums since 1936 .

List of Olympic stadiums

#	year	Surname	city	country	image	opening	demolition	capacity	annotation
01	1896	Panathinaic Stadium	Athens	Greece		0566 BC Chr.		080,000	refurbished for the Olympic Games
02	1900	Vélodrome de Vincennes	Paris	France		1896		020,000
03	1904	Francis Field	St. Louis	United States		1902		019,000
04th	1908	White City Stadium	London	United Kingdom		1908	1985	093,000
05	1912	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Stockholm	Sweden		1912		025,000
06th	1920	Antwerp Olympic Stadium	Antwerp	Belgium		1920		040,000
07th	1924	Stade Olympique de Colombes	Paris	France		1907		045,000	refurbished for the Olympic Games
08th	1928	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Netherlands		1928		034,000
09	1932	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	los Angeles	United States		1923		101,574	refurbished for Olympic Games; reused for the 1984 Olympics
10	1936	Olympiastadion Berlin	Berlin	Germany		1936		100,000	Previous building ( German Stadium ) in the same place for the 1916 Olympic Games ; Renovated in 2004; currently 74,649 places, temporarily 76,197 places at the DFB Cup final
11	1948	Wembley Stadium	London	United Kingdom		1923	2003	127,000	For the Olympic Games, demolition in 2003 for the benefit of the new Wembley Stadium
12	1952	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	Helsinki	Finland		1938		070,000	refurbished for the Olympic Games
13	1956	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	Australia		1854		103,000	refurbished for the Olympic Games
14th	1960	Olympic Stadium Rome	Rome	Italy		1932		065,000	refurbished for the Olympic Games
15th	1964	Tokyo Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Japan		1958	2015	057,363
16	1968	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Mexico city	Mexico		1952		083,700	refurbished for the Olympic Games
17th	1972	Olympic Stadium Munich	Munich	Germany		1972		077,000
18th	1976	Montreal Olympic Stadium	Montreal	Canada		1976		055,000
19th	1980	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium	Moscow	Soviet Union		1956		103,000
20th	1984	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	los Angeles	United States		1923		092,516	already used for the 1932 Olympic Games
21st	1988	Seoul Olympic Stadium	Seoul	South Korea		1984		100,000
22nd	1992	Olympic Stadium Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain		1929		055,926	refurbished for the Olympic Games
23	1996	Centennial Olympic Stadium	Atlanta	United States		1996	1996 (partial demolition)	085,000	converted to Turner Field after the 1996 Paralympics
24	2000	Stadium Australia	Sydney	Australia		1999		110,000
25th	2004	Athens Olympic Stadium	Athens	Greece		1982		074,000	refurbished for the Olympic Games
26th	2008	Beijing National Stadium	Beijing	China		2008		091,000
27	2012	Olympic Stadium London	London	United Kingdom		2012		080,000
28	2016	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		2003		060,000	The stadium currently offers 46,931 seats
29	2020	Tokyo Olympic Stadium	Tokyo	Japan		2019		080,000	The old Olympic Stadium will be demolished and replaced by a building with 80,000 seats in the same place.
30th	2024	Stade de France	Paris	France		1998		075,000

Legend

#

Indicates the number of modern Summer Olympics completed by the Games

year

Shows the year the Olympics were held

Surname

Returns the name of the stadium. Place names are not given

city

Indicates the city that officially hosted the Olympic Games

country

Indicates the state belonging to the city at the time of the Olympics

image

Shows a picture as it looked at the time of the Olympics (possibly more recent photos with corresponding changes may be in the list)

opening

Indicates the year the stadium opened. Later renovations are not taken into account.

demolition

Indicates the year the stadium was demolished. This field is empty for stadiums that are still standing.

capacity

Indicates the maximum number of spectators allowed during the respective Olympic Games

annotation

Provides additional information on the stadium history in a bullet point

Web links

Wiktionary: Olympiastadion  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Tokyo Olympic Stadium officially opened