The Olympia Schwimmhalle is an aquatics centre located in the

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. It hosted the

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, diving,

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, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon events at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. At the Olympics, the stadium had a 9000-seat temporary capacity which was reduced to 1,500 soon after. During the 1972 Summer Olympics.In all,the 29 Olympic swimming events,all the Olympic Records were broken as well as the new 20 World Records were achivied.

Construction

Olympia-Schwimmhalle vom Olympiaberg Muenchen-1

The Schwimmhalle is unique for its roof construction, which is a lightweight stressed-skin structure. This curved structure bears loads through tension only, not compression. The double curvature in the roof design provides the support, which is further stabilized through pretensioned guy wires.

History

The Olympia Schwimmhalle is where swimmer

Mark Spitz Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record ti ...

broke the record for most individual gold medals won in a single Olympics with seven gold medals. This record was not surpassed until fellow swimmer

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

won eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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References

1972 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 184–7.

External links

Sports venues in Munich Venues of the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimming venues in Germany Olympic diving venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic swimming venues Olympic water polo venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub