The Olympic Pool, formerly Swimming Pool of the
Central Lenin Stadium
Luzhniki Stadium ( rus, стадион «Лужники», p=stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi, ''Stadion Luzhniki'') is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the ...
is an aquatics center that is part of the
Luzhniki Sports Complex
The Luzhniki Olympic Complex (russian: Олимпийский комплекс «Лужники») is one of the biggest multifunctional sports complexes of the world, built between 1955 and 1956, located in the Khamovniki district of Moscow, Russ ...
in Moscow, Russia. It was opened in 1957 and renovated in 1980. The 10,500-seat venue hosted
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
events at the
1980 Summer Olympics.
1980 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 55-7. It also hosted events of the 1973 Summer Universiade
The 1973 Summer Universiade, also known as the VII Summer Universiade, took place in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The c ...
, 12th World Festival of Youth and Students
The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and the International Union of Students after 1947. History
The festival has been held regularly since 1947 as an eve ...
, 1986 Goodwill Games, Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR and others.
Google satellite images show that the Olympic Pool has been demolished. In official reports by the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin states that it will be reconstructed as an Multipurpose Aquatic Centre (link to the full repor
. "Apart from the swimming pool, the facility will include a water area with fun rides, a fitness club and a spa centre."
References
External links
Official webpage
Swimming venues in Russia
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
Sports venues in Moscow
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo venues
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