The Ying Tung Natatorium () is a swimming venue located in the Olympic Sports Centre in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, China with a seating capacity of 4,852. It was upgraded for the 2008 Summer Olympics and expanded to 44,635 square metres. It hosted Olympic

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 ...

matches and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon event. The renovations were complete by September 10, 2007. It also served as the main swimming venue in the

1990 Asian Games ) , Nations participating = 36 , Athletes participating = 6,122 , Events = 308 in 27 sports , Opening ceremony = 22 September 1990 , Closing ceremony = 7 October 1990 , Officially opened by = Yang Shangkun , O ...

and in the

2001 Summer Universiade The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 spor ...

. It is named after Henry Fok Ying Tung, a businessman who left a large amount of money toward Olympics construction. Image:2008 Olympic Sports Center Yingdong Natatorium 2.JPG, The Yingdong Natatorium Image:2008 Olympic Sports Center Yingdong Natatorium Indoor.JPG, Inside the Yingdong Natatorium

References

Beijing2008.cn profile.

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* Sports venues in Beijing Swimming venues in China Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic water polo venues Sports venues completed in 1990 Venues of the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games diving venues Asian Games swimming venues Asian Games water polo venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub