Olympic Park

An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics complex in the case of the summer games, or the main ice hockey rink for the winter games. The Olympic Park is often part of the "legacy" which provides benefit to the host city after the games have ended. As such it may subsequently include an urban park and a museum or similar commemoration of the games that were hosted there.

This article is about parks associated with the Olympic Games. For specific parks with this name, see Olympic Park (disambiguation).

The 1908 Olympic organising committee specified "As far as possible all the competitions, including swimming, archery, fencing, wrestling, etc., will be held on the same site in which the amphitheatre for the track-athletics and cycling will be erected."[1] Not every games has a centralised complex of this type. The 1992 and 2010 Winter Games had widely dispersed venues; "Whistler Olympic Park" was the venue for the nordic skiing events in 2010. Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were split among four "clusters" rather than concentrated in a single Park.

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Olympics City Park Notes
1896 SummerAthensNational Gardens of AthensAlso used for the 1906 Intercalated games
1900 SummerParisBois de Vincennes
1904 SummerSt. LouisLouisiana Purchase Exposition fairgroundsAlso the site of the concurrent Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Site return for use as classrooms and administrative office for Washington University in St. Louis.
1906 Intercalated GamesAthensNational Gardens of AthensAlso used for the 1896 Summer Olympics
1908 SummerLondonWhite CityAlso the site of the concurrent Franco-British Exhibition
1928 SummerAmsterdamOlympic Sportspark
1932 WinterLake PlacidOlympic CenterAlso used for the 1980 Winter Olympics
1932 SummerLos AngelesExposition ParkAlso used for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Remains in use today as a public park.
1936 SummerBerlinOlympiapark Berlin
1948 SummerLondonWembley Empire Exhibition GroundsPart of the grounds used for 1923 Wembley Stadium and the current 2007 Wembley Stadium.
1952 WinterOsloHolmenkollen National Arena
1952 SummerHelsinkiEläintarha
1956 SummerMelbourneMelbourne Sports and Entertainment PrecinctThe Olympic Park Stadium within the precinct was so named in 1934.[2]
1960 WinterSquaw ValleySquaw Valley Ski ResortAll venues of these games, except McKinney Creek Stadium, were laid out within walking distance of each other.[3][4]
1960 SummerRomeForo Italico
1964 WinterInnsbruckOlympiaWorld InnsbruckAlso used for the 1976 Winter and the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.
1964 SummerTokyoKomazawa Olympic Park and Yoyogi Park
1968 SummerMexico CityChapultepec, Ciudad Universitaria and Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City
1972 WinterSapporoMakomanai Park
1972 SummerMunichOlympiapark
1976 WinterInnsbruckOlympiaWorld InnsbruckAlso used in the 1964 Winter and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
1976 SummerMontrealOlympic ParkNow mixed use site for sports and other uses.
1980 WinterLake PlacidOlympic Center and Lake Placid Olympic Sports ComplexOlympic Center was also used for the 1932 Winter Olympics and now as Herb Brooks Arena
1980 SummerMoscowCSKA Moscow, Dynamo Stadium, Krylatskoye Sports Complex, Luzhniki Olympic Complex and Olympiysky Sports Complex
1984 SummerLos AngelesExposition ParkAlso used for the 1932 Summer Olympics
1984 WinterSarajevoOlympic Village, Mojmilo, Koševo Stadium, Zetra Ice Hall, Zetra Ice Rink, Skenderija II Hall
1988 WinterCalgaryCanada Olympic Park, Stampede Grounds and University of Calgary
1988 SummerSeoulOlympic Park and Seoul Sports Complex
1992 SummerBarcelonaAnella Olímpica
1994 WinterLillehammerStampeslettaAlso used for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
1996 SummerAtlantaCentennial Olympic Park
2000 SummerSydneySydney Olympic Park
2002 WinterSalt Lake CityUtah Olympic Park
2004 SummerAthensAthens Olympic Sports Complex, Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Goudi Olympic Complex and Hellinikon Olympic Complex
2006 WinterTurinTorino Olympic Park
2008 SummerBeijingOlympic GreenAlso to be used for the 2022 Winter Olympics
2010 WinterVancouverWhistler Olympic Park
2010 Summer (Youth)SingaporeBishan Sports Complex, Kallang Sport Complex, and Toa Payoh Sports & Recreation Centre
2012 Winter (Youth)InnsbruckOlympiaWorld InnsbruckAlso used for the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics
2012 SummerLondonQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park
2014 WinterSochiSochi Olympic Park
2014 Summer (Youth)NanjingNanjing Olympic Sports Center
2016 Winter (Youth)LillehammerStampeslettaAlso used for the 1994 Winter Olympics
2016 SummerRio de JaneiroBarra Olympic Park and Deodoro Olympic Park
2018 WinterPyeongchangGangneung Olympic Park and Alpensia Sports Park
2018 Summer (Youth)Buenos AiresParque Olímpico de la Juventud
2022 WinterBeijingOlympic GreenAlso used for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2028 SummerLos AngelesDowntown Los Angeles Sports Park, South Bay Sports Park and Long Beach Sports ParkThe Downtown Los Angeles Sports Park includes Exposition Park (also used for 1932 and 1984 games)

References
  1. Cooke, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). "The Fourth Olympiad; being the Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1908" (PDF). British Olympic Association. p. 25. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  2. "Melbourne & Olympic Parks: 1909-2009" (PDF). Melbourne & Olympic Parks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  3. Squaw Valley Organizing Committee (1960)
  4. Findling & Pelle (2004)
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