The Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex was a covered swimming centre in Moscow, Russia. The venue, built for the 1980 Summer Olympics, makes up the Olimpiysky Sports Complex architectural ensemble together with the Olimpiysky Arena.
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During the Olympics, it hosted the swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon events.[1] It also hosted 2002 Short Course World Championships.
The venue consists of a 50x25x2,25m swimming pool (with capacity for 7,500 spectators), separated by an acoustic partition from the 35x25x6 m diving pool (with capacity for 4,500 spectators).[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 72-5.
- ^ SEE YOU AT "OLYMPIJSKY" Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
External links
editMedia related to Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Russian) Official website of the Olympiisky Sports Complex