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The Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium was a venue used for the
diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...
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, and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1928 Summer Olympics in
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. The swimming basin was made of reinforced concrete that was 50 m long by 18 m wide with the deepest part near the diving area at 5 m. Stands were erected at both sides with one of them at most accommodating 6000 spectators. There were 20 men's and 16 women's dressing rooms. A temporary structure, it was demolished following the Olympics in 1929.


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1928 Summer Olympics official report.
pp. 193, 205–9, 277. Venues of the 1928 Summer Olympics Defunct sports venues in the Netherlands Olympic diving venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic swimming venues Olympic water polo venues Sports venues in Amsterdam Sports venues completed in 1928 1928 establishments in the Netherlands 20th-century architecture in the Netherlands {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub