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Rio 2016; The Swimming Pools of Rio 2016

Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

Do you know how many swimming pools an Olympic host city needs to have? In this post an overview of all the pools that were used during the Rio 2016 Olympics.

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Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre

Photo gallery

 

50x25x3m Competition Pool

  • Competition pool for Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming.
  • Training pool for Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming.
  • Type: Existing / Permanent / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Regional and international competitions. Part of the Olympic training centre.

 

30x25x3,8-5m Diving Pool

  • Competition pool for Diving.
  • Training pool for Diving.
  • Warm-up pool for Diving.
  • Type: Existing / Permanent / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Regional and international competitions. Part of the Olympic training centre.

 

50x25x3m, 10 lane Warm-up Pool

  • Training pool for Synchronised Swimming.
  • Warm-up pool for Synchronised Swimming.
  • Type: New / Permanent / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Part of the Olympic training centre.

 

25x14x3m Warm-up Pool

  • Warm-up pool for Water Polo.
  • Type: New / Temporary / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Moved and turned into a 50m pool in the city of Manaus.

 

Olympic Aquatics Stadium

Photo gallery

 

50x25x3m, 10 lane Competition Pool

  • Competition pool for Swimming and Water Polo.
  • Training pool for Swimming.
  • Warm-up pool for Swimming.
  • Type: New / Temporary / Indoor
  • Legacy: Moved to a military base in Fortaleza de Sao Joao, Rio de Janeiro.

 

50x25x3m, 10 lane Warm-up Pool

  • Training pool for Swimming and Marathon Swimming.
  • Warm-up pool for Swimming and Water Polo.
  • Type: New / Temporary / Indoor
  • Legacy: To be decided.

 

Deodoro Aquatics Centre

Photo

Photos courtesy of Miriam Jeske/Heusi Action/Brasil2016.gov.br

 

50m, 10 lane Competition Pool

  • Competition pool for Modern Pentathlon.
  • Training pool for Marathon Swimming and Modern Pentathlon.
  • Warm-up pool for Modern Pentathlon.
  • Type: Existing / Permanent / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Part of the Olympic training centre.

 

Athletes’ Park

2x 50x25x2m, 10 lane Competition Pools

  • Training pool for Marathon Swimming, Swimming, Water Polo and Triathlon.
  • Type: New / Temporary / Indoor
  • Legacy: Moved to Guarantiguetà (military base) and to Salvador de Bahía (new community facility).

 

CEFAN

Training Pool

  • Training pool for Water Polo.
  • Type: Existing / Permanent / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Pool for the Navy Physical Education Centre.

 

UFRJ

50x25x3m Training Pool

  • Training pool for Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming.
  • Type: Existing-Renovated / Permanent / Outdoor
  • Legacy: Pool for the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

 

UNIFA

50x25x2m Training Pool

  • Training pool for Water Polo.
  • Type: New / Permanent / Indoor
  • Legacy: Training Centre.

 

Map

 

Video legacy Olympic Pools by the Olympic Channel

 

In conclusion

Beside the 3 competition venues with four pools for Swimming, Water Polo, Diving and Synchronised Swimming, Rio 2016 needed 8 additional training/warm-up pools.

  • Total number of pools: 12
  • Competition and training venues:  3 (7 pools)
  • Training venues:  4 (5 pools)
  • 50m: 10 / 25m: 1 / Diving pool: 1
  • Indoor: 5 / Outdoor: 7
  • Temporary: 5 / New and permanent:  2 / Existing: 5

 

The Parque Aquático Júlio Delamare was the proposed venue for Water Polo. Because of the high renovation costs these games eventually moved to the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center. Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

 

Special thanks to

  • Christian Koedam (input and feedback)
  • Myrtha Pools (photos and technical information)

 

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