Olympic Stadium

The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece sports arena of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening ceremony and the track & field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. Many, though by no means all, of these arenas actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their name. The Winter Olympic Games do not have a central Olympic Stadium. Some of the Olympic stadia have usually been built specifically to host the Olympics, as opposed to being an already existing facility. Others have been already completed when their city has been awarded the Olympics, and have had the title added:

Related Topics:
Summer Olympic Games - Winter Olympic Games

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• Specially Built
• Olympisch Stadion - Amsterdam
• Olympisch Stadion - Antwerp
• Centennial Olympic Stadium - Atlanta
• Olympiastadion - Berlin (1916, 1936)
• Olympiastadion - Helsinki (1940, 1952)
• Olympic Stadium - London (2012)
• Stade Olympique - Montreal
• Olympiastadion - Munich
• Stade Olympique de Colombes - Paris (1924)
• Stadio Olimpico - Rome
• Stockholms Olympiastadion - Stockholm
• Already Constructed
• Olympiako Stadio Athinas 'Spyros Louis' - Athens (2004)
• Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic - Barcelona
• Estadio Olímpico Universitario - Mexico City
• Jamsil Olympic Stadium - Seoul
• National Olympic Stadium - Tokyo

There have been a number of other stadia that have been used as the main stadium for the Olympics, but which have not incorporated the words Olympic Stadium into their name - again, some of these were specially built for the games, while others were already existing:

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• Specially Built
• Beijing National Stadium - Beijing
• White City Stadium - London (1908)
• Francis Field - St. Louis
• Stadium Australia - Sydney
• Already Built
• Panathinaiko Stadio - Athens (1896)
• Wembley Stadium - London (1944, 1948)
• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles (1932 & 1984)
• Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
• Lenin Stadium - Moscow
• Vélodrome de Vincennes - Paris (1900)

In addition to these, there are other stadia called Olympic Stadium around the world, which have either been built as part of a prospective bid for the Games (Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu, Istanbul and Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja, Seville) or have simply been named that way (Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat).

Related Topics:
Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu - Istanbul - Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja - Seville - Olympic Stadium - Ashgabat

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