The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc ( en, Montjuïc Municipal Pool) is a sports venue situated in the Olympic Ring in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

. The venue consists of two swimming pools: a pool for diving and a 25m outdoor pool. It hosted the

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events and the

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preliminaries for the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. The location of the venue on a slope of the

Montjuïc Montjuïc () is a hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Etymology Montjuïc translates to "Jewish Mountain" from medieval Latin and Catalan, and remains of a medieval Jewish cemetery have been found there. Some sources suggest that Montjuïc ...

hill gives a panoramic view of the city of Barcelona. The swimming pools are open to the public during the summer.

History

The venue, that used to consist of a single 50m pool, was opened in 1929 and refurbished to host the swimming events for the

1955 Mediterranean Games The 1955 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the II Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Barcelona 1955, were the 2nd Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Barcelona, Spain over 10 days, from 15 to 25 July 1955, where 1,135 athl ...

. In 1990, refurbishment works began for the 1992 Olympics: the two current pools were built and temporary grandstands were installed, boosting the capacity to 6,500 spectators. In 2003, the venue hosted the diving events of the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. It played the same role for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, since the city of Barcelona repeated as hosts.

In popular culture

The music video for Kylie Minogue's 2003 single, "

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", taken from the album ''

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'', was filmed at Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in August of that year, directed by Baillie Walsh. In 2016,

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used Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc for their 'Dive' commercial for the

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. In 2018,

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shot the adult video 'Speedo cleptomaniac' at Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc for XConfessions.

References

1992 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. pp. 185–8. Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics Montjuic Sports venues in Barcelona Olympic diving venues Olympic water polo venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub

History

In popular culture

See also

References