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Rio 2016; Olympic Hockey Centre

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Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

 

OLYMPIC HOCKEY CENTRE

  • Architect; Vigliecca & Associados
  • Year completed; 2016
  • Type + Facilities; New, permanent. Two arenas, warm-up field, changing rooms, medical center and administrative offices
  • Capacity; Pitch 1: 7.800 seats (2.500 permanent) / Pitch 2: 4.100 temporary seats
  • Olympic Sports; Hockey
  • Paralympic Sports; –
  • Legacy; New hockey centre for the Brazilian Hockey Confederation. Part of the Olympic Training Centre

 

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Rio 2016; Olympic Tennis Centre

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Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

 

OLYMPIC TENNIS CENTRE

  • Architect; Blac Arquitetura
  • Year completed; 2015/2016
  • Capacity; Centre Court: 10.000 seats / Court 1: 5.000 temporary seats / Court 2: 3.000 temporary seats / Court 3-9: 7×250 temporary seats
  • Olympic Sports; Tennis
  • Paralympic Sports; Wheelchair Tennis (Centre Court, Court 2-9) / Football 5-a-side (Court 1)
  • Legacy; Part of the Olympic Training Centre

 

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Rio 2016; Sambódromo

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SAMBÓDROMO

  • Architect; Oscar Niemeyer
  • Year completed; 1984
  • Type; Existing, upgraded in 2012
  • Capacity; Marathon: 18.000 seats / Archery: 1.800 seats
  • Olympic Sports; Athletics (marathon) + Archery
  • Paralympic Sports; Archery
  • Legacy; Permanent parade ground

 

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Rio 2016; Beach Volleyball Arena

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Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

 

BEACH VOLLEYBALL ARENA

  • Type; Temporary
  • Capacity; 12.000 seats
  • Olympic Sports; Beach Volleyball
  • Paralympic Sports; –

 

 

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Results Poll of the Month; August 2016

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Let us know which three Rio 2016 venues you like the most

1 Maracanã (24%)
2 Beach Volleyball Arena (22%)
3 Olympic Aquatics Stadium (20%)

4 Olympic Tennis Centre (16%)
5 Carioca Arena 1/2/3 (11%)
6 Olympic Stadium (11%)
7 Rio Olympic Velodrome (9%)
8 Olympic Golf Course (9%)
9 Future Arena (9%)
10 Fort Copacabana (7%)

 

New poll September 2016: Do you plan on watching the Rio2016 Paralympic Games?

Let us know what you think! You can find the poll in the sidebar of almost all posts and pages on AotG.

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Barcelona 1992; Camp Nou

Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games
Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

 

Camp Nou hosted part of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic football competition.

  • 3 Group matches
  • 2 Quarter-finals
  • 1 Semi-final
  • Bronze Medal match: Australia – Ghana 0-1 (Attendance 15,000)
  • Gold Medal match: Poland – Spain (Attendance 95,000 – See video)

 

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