List of track and field stadiums by capacity

This list contains stadiums with at least a 45,000 capacity that include facilities for athletics events.

Athletics stadiums with a capacity of 45,000 or higher

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# Stadium Capacity City Country Athletics competitions Other sports Image
1 Rungnado May Day Stadium 114,000[1] Pyongyang   North Korea Association football, mass games  
2 Bukit Jalil National Stadium 87,411 Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia 1998 Commonwealth Games, 2001 Southeast Asian Games, 2017 Southeast Asian Games Association football
3 Shah Alam Stadium 80,372 Shah Alam   Malaysia Association football
4 Guangdong Olympic Stadium 80,012[2] Guangzhou   China 2001 National Games of China, 2009 Asian Championships, 2010 Asian Games Association football  
5 Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium 80,000 Dakar   Senegal Association football
6 Beijing National Stadium 80,000[3] Beijing   China IAAF World Challenge (IAAF World Challenge Beijing), 2008 Summer Olympics, 2015 World Championships Association football  
7 Kasarani Stadium 80,000 Nairobi   Kenya 1987 All-Africa Games, 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships Association football  
8 National Sports Stadium 80,000 Harare   Zimbabwe Association football
9 Azadi Stadium 78,166[4] Tehran   Iran 1974 Asian Games Association football  
10 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium 77,193 Jakarta   Indonesia 1962 Asian Games, 1985, 1995, and 2000 Asian Athletics Championships, 2018 Asian Games, 2018 Asian Para Games Association football  
11 Atatürk Olympic Stadium 76,092 [5] Istanbul   Turkey Association football  
12 Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium 75,000 Isfahan   Iran Association football
13 Cairo International Stadium 75,000 Cairo   Egypt 1991 All-Africa Games Association football  
14 Stade de France 75,000 Saint-Denis   France IAAF Diamond League (Meeting de Paris; 1999-2016), 2003 World Championships, 2024 Summer Olympics Association football, rugby union, rugby league  
15 Olympiastadion 74,228[6] Berlin   Germany IAAF World Challenge (ISTAF Berlin), 1936 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Championships, 2018 European Championships Association football  
16 International Stadium Yokohama 72,237 Yokohama   Japan 2019 IAAF World Relays Association football, rugby union  
17 Stadio Olimpico 70,634[7] Rome   Italy IAAF Diamond League (Golden Gala), 1960 Summer Olympics, 1974 European Championships, 1975 Summer Universiade, 1987 World Championships, 2001 Summer Deaflympics Association football  
18 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex 70,050[8] Kyiv   Ukraine Association football  
19 Seoul Olympic Stadium 69,950 Seoul   South Korea 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics Association football
20 Athens Olympic Stadium 69,618[9] Athens   Greece 2004 Summer Olympics, 1982 European Championships, 1997 World Championships Association football
21 Olympiastadion 69,250[10] Munich   Germany 1972 Summer Olympics, 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final, 2002 European Championships Association football  
22 Estadio Olímpico Universitario 68,954 Mexico City   Mexico 1955 Pan American Games, 1968 Summer Olympics, 1975 Pan American Games, 1979 Summer Universiade Association football  
23 Yadegar-e Emam Stadium 68,833 Tabriz   Iran Association football
24 King Fahd International Stadium 68,752 Riyadh   Saudi Arabia Association football
25 Baku Olympic Stadium 68,700 Baku   Azerbaijan 2015 European Games, 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Association football  
26 Salt Lake Stadium 68,000[11] Kolkata   India 1987 South Asian Games Association football  
27 Japan National Stadium 68,000 Tokyo   Japan 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Paralympics Association football, rugby union  
28 Daegu Stadium 66,422 Daegu   South Korea 2003 Summer Universiade, 2011 World Championships Association football
29 Basra International Stadium 65,227 Basra   Iraq Association football  
30 Tripoli Stadium 65,000 Tripoli   Libya Association football
31 Stade du 5 Juillet 64,000 Algiers   Algeria 1975 Mediterranean Games, 1978 All-Africa Games, 2000 African Championships in Athletics, 2004 Pan Arab Games, 2007 All-Africa Games, 2018 African Youth Games Association football  
32 Nanjing Olympic Sports Center 61,443 Nanjing   China IAAF World Challenge (Nanjing World Challenge), 2005 National Games of China, 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Association football
33 Moshood Abiola National Stadium 60,491 Abuja   Nigeria 2003 All-Africa Games Association football  
34 Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre 60,334 Shenzhen   China 2011 Summer Universiade Association football
35 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,000[12] Delhi   India 1982 Asian Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games Association football  
36 Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi 60,000 Radès   Tunisia 2001 Mediterranean Games Association football
37 National Heroes Stadium 60,000 Lusaka   Zambia Association football  
38 Mogadishu Stadium 60,000 Mogadishu   Somalia Association football
39 Odi Stadium 60,000 Mabopane   South Africa Association football
40 Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium 60,000 Kuwait City   Kuwait Association football
41 Shenyang Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 60,000 Shenyang   China 2013 National Games of China Association football  
42 Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 Hefei   China Association football
43 Guangxi Sports Center 60,000 Nanning   China Association football
44 Mmabatho Stadium 59,000 Mahikeng   South Africa Association football
45 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,860 Chongqing   China Association football
46 Stadio San Nicola 58,270 Bari   Italy 1997 Mediterranean Games Association football
47 Estadio de La Cartuja 57,619 Seville   Spain 1999 World Championships Association football  
48 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes 57,000 Córdoba   Argentina Association football  
49 Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium 56,808 Jinan   China 2009 National Games of China Association football  
50 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926 Barcelona   Spain 1955 Mediterranean Games, 1998 IAAF World Cup, 1992 Summer Olympics, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics Association football  
51 Stadion Śląski 55,211 Chorzów   Poland 2021 World Athletics Relays, 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League, 2028 European Athletics Championships Association football  
52 Kaohsiung National Stadium 55,000 Kaohsiung   Taiwan Association football  
53 Helong Sports Center Stadium 55,000 Changsha   China Association football  
54 Stadion Plovdiv 55,000 Plovdiv   Bulgaria Association football
55 Tianhe Stadium 54,856 Guangzhou   China 1987 National Games of China Association football  
56 Stadio Diego Armando Maradona 54,726 Naples   Italy 2019 Summer Universiade Association football
57 Tianjin Olympic Center 54,696 Tianjin   China 2017 National Games of China Association football
58 Boris Paichadze Stadium 54,549 Tbilisi   Georgia Association football, rugby union  
59 Hrazdan Stadium 54,208 Yerevan   Armenia Association football
60 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium 54,000 Wuhan   China 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, Association football  
61 Busan Asiad Main Stadium 53,864 Busan   South Korea 2002 Asian Games Association football
62 Aleppo International Stadium 53,200 Aleppo   Syria Association football
63 Rajko Mitić Stadium 53,000 Belgrade   Serbia Association football  
64 Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 Hangzhou   China Association football  
65 Franklin Field 52,593 Philadelphia   United States Liberty Bell Classic, Penn Relays American football
66 Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,638 Guiyang   China Association football  
67 Hohhot City Stadium 51,632 Hohhot   China Association football  
68 İzmir Atatürk Stadium 51,295 İzmir   Turkey 1971 Mediterranean Games, Islamic Games, 2005 Summer Universiade Association football  
69 Shizuoka Stadium 50,889 Fukuroi   Japan Association football, rugby union  
70 Ernst Happel Stadion 50,865 Vienna   Austria 1938 European Championships Association football  
71 King Baudouin Stadium 50,024 Brussels   Belgium IAAF Diamond League (Memorial Van Damme), 1950 European Championships Association football
72 Singapore National Stadium 50,000 Singapore   Singapore 2015 Southeast Asian Games Associention football, Cricket, rugby sevens  
73 Nagai Stadium 50,000 Osaka   Japan 2007 World Championships Association football  
74 Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000 Kuala Terengganu   Malaysia 2008 Sukma Games Association football
75 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 50,000 Phnom Penh   Cambodia Association football
76 Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 Nanchang   China Association football
77 Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,000 Ürümqi   China Association football
78 Kim Il-sung Stadium 50,000 Pyongyang   North Korea Association football
79 Khalifa International Stadium 50,000 Doha   Qatar IAAF Diamond League (Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix), 2006 Asian Games, 2019 Asian Championships Association football  
80 Max-Morlock-Stadion 50,000 Nuremberg   Germany Association football  
81 Pars Shiraz Stadium 50,000 Shiraz   Iran Association football  
82 Rajamangala National Stadium 49,722 Bangkok   Thailand Association football
83 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium 49,500 Beirut   Lebanon Association football
84 Miyagi Stadium 49,133 Rifu   Japan Association football  
85 Incheon Munhak Stadium 49,084 Incheon   South Korea Association football  
86 Stade Mohammed V 45,891 Casablanca   Morocco 1983 Mediterranean Games Association football  
87 Stade de Marrakesh 45,240 Agadir   Morocco Association football
88 Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium 45,000 Surabaya   Indonesia Association football  
89 Harapan Bangsa Stadium 45,000 Banda Aceh   Indonesia Association football
90 Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000 Seremban   Malaysia Association football
91 Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium 45,000 Kobe   Japan Association football

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Chinese Architecture- Guangdong Olympic Stadium. Chinese-architecture.info. Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
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  4. ^ Stadiums in Iran. Fussballtempel.net. Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
  5. ^ Istanbul Atatürk Olympic Stadium Official Website Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Ataturkolimpiyatstadi.net. Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
  6. ^ Wir haben Ihre Weihnachts(t)räume: Olympiastadion Berlin. Olympiastadion-berlin.de. Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
  7. ^ Brief Guide to Olympic Stadium of Rome | SPOSTARE LA FINALE DA ROMA? NO! GRAZIE. Maspostatevilaregina.com (2009-04-23). Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
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  9. ^ Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA). Stadia.gr (1983-11-03). Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
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