Parque Aquático Maria Lenk
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Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 58 '28.3 " S , 43 ° 23' 16.8" W |
| opening | 2007 |
| architect | Vigliecca & Associates |
| capacity | 6500 seats |
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The Parque Aquático Maria Lenk ( German Water Park Maria Lenk ) is a sports pool in the Barra da Tijuca district of the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro . The sports facility, which opened in 2007, has 6,500 seats and is named after the Brazilian swimmer Maria Lenk , who died in April 2007 at the age of 92.
The swimming pool has an area of 42,000 m² and is located in the Complexo Esportivo Cidade dos Esportes , which also includes the Arena Olímpica do Rio , the Velódromo Municipal do Rio cycling track and the former motor racing track Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet . It was built for the 2007 Pan American Games . There, the competitions were swimming , Diving and Synchronized Swimming held.
The swimming pool and diving pool are flanked by two roofed, air-conditioned stands. The diving tower has five platforms. The 50-meter pool with ten lanes is 25 meters wide and three meters deep. The diving pool measures 30 × 25 meters, with a depth of up to five meters. On March 17, 2008, the Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (COB) signed a contract with the city of Rio de Janeiro for the use of Parque Aquático Maria Lenk . The contract has a term of 20 years. The COB is u. a. responsible for administration and bears the costs of maintenance.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics , the diving and water polo competitions were held in Parque Aquático . The bathroom received special attention when the water turned green from the effects of algae during the games .
Web links
- Maria Lenk Aquatics Center on the 2016 Summer Olympics homepage
- The Barra Zone on the 2016 Summer Olympics homepage
- Dates and figures of the Parque Aquático Maria Lenk (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ portaleducacao.com.br: COB obtêm concessão do Parque Aquático Maria Lenk ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of March 18, 2008 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Jörg Römer: Olympia 2016: Why the water in the diving basin turned green. spiegel.de, August 10, 2016, accessed on August 21, 2016 .
Competition venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics
