is a swimming venue in
Kōtō, Tokyo,
Japan
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. The swimming centre has hosted several Japanese swimming championships.
History
The swimming complex was designed by the Environment Design Institute, a Tokyo architecture firm.
It was commissioned by the Bureau of Port and Harbour, a unit of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The is the government of the Tokyo Metropolis. One of the 56 prefectures of Japan, the government consists of a popularly elected governor and assembly. The headquarters building is located in the ward of Shinjuku. The metropolitan governme ...
. The building is built largely of steel-reinforced concrete except for the roof, which is a steel pipe space-truss structure. The structural design was by Kozo Keikaku Engineering.
The complex was substantially completed in March 1993.
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The swimming centre was used for the water polo events at the ]2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
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, with the name Tatsumi Water Polo Centre.
World records broken in the TTISC
Long course
*200 m breaststroke 2:07.51 Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at ...
; 8 June 2008
*200 m breaststroke 2:06.67 Ippei Watanabe; 29 January 2017
Short course
*200 m butterfly 2:03.12 Yūko Nakanishi; 23 February 2008
References
External links
Official website
Sports venues in Tokyo
Swimming venues in Japan
Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo
Sports venues completed in 1993
1993 establishments in Japan
Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo venues
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