is a swimming venue in
Akita, Akita
is the capital and most populous Cities of Japan, city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a Core cities of Japan, core city since 1 April 1997. , the city has an estimated population of 300,502 persons in 136,628 households and a ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. An Olympic competitor,
Hiroko Nagasaki
is a Japanese former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She won the 100m breaststroke event at New Delhi Asiad in 1982.
Nagasaki was named to the Japanese national swimming team at the age of twelv ...
is the honorary director. It hosted the
2001 World Games
The 2001 World Games (), the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.
Titles
140 titles (invitational sports not included) were awarded in the following official sports. There were five invitational sport ...
, and it is the largest swimming pool in the prefecture.
Events
*
2001 World Games
The 2001 World Games (), the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.
Titles
140 titles (invitational sports not included) were awarded in the following official sports. There were five invitational sport ...
-
Lifesaving
Lifesaving is the act involving rescue, resuscitation and first aid. It often refers to water safety and aquatic rescue; however, it could include ice rescue, flood and river rescue, swimming pool rescue and other emergency medical servic ...
and
Finswimming
Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath or ...
*
National Sports Festival of Japan
The is the national premier sports event of Japan. It consists of three stages. The skating and ice hockey stage takes place in January, the skiing stage takes place in February, and the main Autumn tournament takes place in September and Octob ...
(2007)
Aquatic timing system
*
Seiko
, commonly known as Seiko ( , ), is a Japanese maker of watches, clocks, electronic devices, and semiconductors. Founded in 1881 by Kintarō Hattori in Tokyo, Seiko introduced the world's first commercial quartz wristwatch in 1969.
Seiko is ...
timing system
Closing days
*The third Monday
*December 29-January 1, January 20-February 3
Gallery
Image:Akita prefectural swimming pool2.jpg, Front view
Image:Akita Prefectural General Pool.jpg, Satellite view
Other swimming pools in Akita City
Image:Quardome_The_Boon_20170521-1.jpg, Quardome The Boon
Image:The Boon.jpg, Satellite view of Quardome The Boon ()
Image:Sunlife Akita.jpg, Sunlife Akita ()
Image:Central Silver Area.jpg, Central Silver Area Swimming Pool ()
Image:Akita Athletic Club.jpg, Akita Athletic Club ()
Image:Central Sports Hiroomote 2020.jpg, Central Sports Hiroomote ()
Image:Central Sports Tsuchizaki.jpg, Central Sports Tsuchizaki ()
Other swimming pools in Akita prefecture
Image:Aikawa Pool.jpg, Aikawa Pool ()
Image:Noshiro-Yamamoto Sports and Resorts Center.jpg, Arinasu ()
Image:Noshiro City Swimming Pool.jpg, Noshiro City Swimming Pool ()
Image:Daisen city Kamioka B&G swimming pool.jpg, Daisen City Kamioka B&G Ocean Center ()
Image:Yuzawa City B&G Ocean Center.jpg, Yuzawa City B&G Ocean Center ()
Defunct swimming pools in Akita prefecture
Image:Akita City Swimming Pool 1975.jpg, Akita City Swimming Pool in 1975 (1956–2002)
Image:Akita Kosei Nenkin Pool.png, Kosei Nenkin Swimming Pool ()
Image:Shogunno Yuenchi.png, Shogunno Yuenchi Swimming Pool
References
External links
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Buildings and structures completed in 2001
Sports venues completed in 2001
Sports venues in Akita (city)
Swimming venues in Japan
2001 World Games