Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their names, such as stadiums in Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki, Montreal, and Paris. Olympic Stadium may also be named a multi-purpose stadium which hosts Olympic sports.Olympic Stadium . Big Olympic Encyclopedia. Moscow 2006-2016.
In the case of the Summer Olympic Games, athletics competitions and the football final are traditionally held in the Olympic Stadium. Exceptions to this have occurred though at the 1900, 1996, 2012, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics as well as at the 2010 and 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Early Winter Olympic Games often used figure skating venues as focal points. These were often designated as the Olympic Stadium, usually hosting the opening and closing ceremonies.
A number of stadiums have been used in more than one Olympics in cities that have held the Games more than once. For instance, Lysgårdsbakken was the main stadium of a Winter Olympics and a Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Bergiselschanze was the main stadium of two Winter Olympics and one Winter YOG. Olympiahalle jointly shared the Olympic Stadium role with Bergiselschanze during the two Winter Olympics, but not during the Winter YOG.
Only one stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, has been the main stadium of two Summer Olympics, and it is going to be the main stadium a record third time in the 2028 Games. In addition to the inaugural Summer Olympics, the Panathinaiko Stadio was also the main stadium of the only Intercalated Games held. The National Stadium in Tokyo was the main stadium that hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics (the first in Asia), but the 2020 Games was hosted in a new stadium on the same site. Beijing National Stadium was the main stadium of two Olympics, but with a special distinction: it was the only stadium to have been such at both a Summer and a Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.
A number of stadiums have hosted events at subsequent Olympics. In the 2004 Athens Games, the Panathinaiko Stadio hosted the archery competition and was the finish of both women's and men's marathon events. The Vélodrome de Vincennes, the main stadium of the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the track cycling venue of the 1924 Paris Games. Similarly, the Stade Yves-du-Manoir, the 1924 Games main stadium, was used for the field hockey tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The London Games of 2012 were not opened and closed at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium, the site of the 1948 Olympic Stadium, but instead at a new stadium in Stratford. Wembley was, however, the venue for some 2012 Olympic football matches, including both men's and women's finals. Likewise, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was the centrepiece stadium for the 1956 games, later hosted the first games of the Sydney 2000 football tournament. Lake Placid's 1932 Olympic Stadium was utilized in the 1980 Lake Placid games as the speed skating venue. Olympiahalle hosted figure skating and short-track speed skating during the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Stockholm Olympic Stadium hosted equestrian events for the 1956 Summer Olympics (while the 1956 Games were held in Melbourne, Australia, quarantine restrictions prevented equestrian events from being held domestically, thus Stockholm, Sweden hosted the 2029 equestrian competitions).
Stadiums ImageOlympicsSeasonStadiumNative nameCityCountryNew/oldCapacityExisting? 1896 Summer Panathenaic Stadium Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο Athens Existing 80,000 Yes 1900 Vincennes Velodrome (ceremony) Vélodrome de Vincennes Paris 50,000 Yes Croix-Catelan Stadium (athletics) Stade Croix-Catelan No 1904 Francis Field St. Louis New 19,000 Yes 1906 Intercalated Panathenaic Stadium Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο Athens Existing 80,000 Yes 1908 White City Stadium London New 68,000 No 1912 Olympic Stadium Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholm New 20,000 Yes 1920 Olympic Stadium Olympisch Stadion Antwerp New 12,771 Yes 1924 Winter Olympic Stadium Stade Olympique de Chamonix Chamonix New 45,000 Yes 1924 Summer Olympic Stadium Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Paris Existing 45,000 Yes 1928 Winter St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink Badrutts Park St. Moritz New 4,000 Yes 1928 Summer Olympic Stadium Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam Existing, renovated 31,600 Yes 1932 Winter Lake Placid Speedskating Oval Lake Placid New 7,500 Yes 1932 Summer Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Existing, expanded 101,574 Yes 1936 Winter Olympia Skistadion Garmisch-Partenkirchen Existing 40,000 Yes 1936 Summer Olympic Stadium Olympiastadion Berlin New 110,000 Yes 1948 Winter St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink Badrutts Park St. Moritz Existing 4,000 Yes 1948 Summer Wembley Stadium London Existing 82,000 No (replaced) 1952 Winter Bislett Stadium Bislett stadion Oslo Existing 20,000 No (replaced) 1952 Summer Olympic Stadium Olympiastadion Helsinki Existing 70,470 Yes 1956 Winter Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio Cortina d'Ampezzo Existing, renovated 12,000 Yes 1956 Summer Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Existing 104,000 Yes1960 Winter Blyth Arena Squaw Valley New 8,500 No 1960 Summer Olympic Stadium Stadio Olimpico Rome Existing 75,513 Yes 1964 Winter Bergiselschanze (opening ceremony)Innsbruck Existing 26,000 YesOlympiahalle (closing ceremony) New 10,836 Yes 1964 Summer National Stadium 国立競技場 Tokyo Existing 71,556 No (replaced) 1968 Winter Olympic Stadium (opening ceremony) Stade olympique Grenoble Temporary 60,000 NoLe Stade de Glace (closing ceremony) New 12,000 Yes 1968 Summer Estadio Olímpico Universitario Mexico City Existing 83,700 Yes 1972 Winter Makomanai Open Stadium (opening ceremony) 真駒内屋外競技場 Sapporo New 30,000 Yes Makomanai Ice Arena (closing ceremony) 真駒内屋内競技場 New11,500 Yes 1972 Summer Olympiastadion Munich New 77,000 Yes 1976 Winter Bergiselschanze (opening ceremony) Innsbruck Existing 26,000 Yes Olympiahalle (closing ceremony) Existing 10,836 Yes 1976 Summer Olympic Stadium Stade olympique Montreal New 72,400 Yes 1980 Winter Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium (opening ceremony)Lake Placid Temporary stadium at existing equestrian grounds 30,000 No Olympic Center Arena (closing ceremony)New10,000Yes 1980 Summer Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium Большая спортивная арена центрального стадиона имени Ленина Moscow Existing, renovated 91,251 Yes 1984 Winter Olympic Stadium (opening ceremony) Olimpijski stadion Sarajevo Existing 50,000 Yes Zetra Olympic Hall (closing ceremony) Olimpijska dvorana Zetra New 12,000 Yes 1984 Summer Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Existing 92,516 Yes 1988 Winter McMahon Stadium Calgary Existing, renovated 38,205 Yes 1988 Summer Olympic Stadium 올림픽주경기장 Seoul Existing 69,950 Yes 1992 Winter Theatre of Ceremonies Théâtre des Cérémonies Albertville Temporary 35,000 No1992SummerOlympic StadiumEstadi OlímpicBarcelonaExisting60,000Yes 1994 Winter Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena Lysgårdsbakkene hoppanlegg Lillehammer New 35,000 Yes 1996 Summer Centennial Olympic Stadium Atlanta New 85,000 Yes (rebuilt) 1998 Winter Nagano Olympic Stadium 長野オリンピックスタジアム Nagano New 30,000 Yes 2000 Summer Stadium Australia Sydney New 115,600 Yes 2002 Winter Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City Existing, replacement 45,017 Yes 2004 Summer Olympic Stadium Ολυμπιακό Κεντρικό Στάδιο Αθήνας "Σπύρος Λούης" Athens Existing, renovated 72,000 Yes 2006 Winter Olympic Stadium Stadio Olimpico Turin Existing 28,000 Yes 2008 Summer National Stadium 国家体育场 Beijing New 91,000 Yes 2010 Winter BC Place Vancouver Existing, renovated 54,500 Yes 2010 Youth Summer The Float@Marina Bay Pentas Terapung Teluk Marina滨海湾浮动舞台மரீனா பே மிதக்கும் மேடை (Tamil) Marina Bay Existing 30,000 No 2012 Youth Winter Bergiselschanze Innsbruck 26,000 Yes 2012 Summer Olympic Stadium London New 80,000 Yes 2014 Winter Fisht Olympic Stadium Олимпийский стадион Sochi 40,000 Yes 2014 Youth Summer Olympic Stadium 南京奥林匹克体育中心 Nanjing Existing 61,443 Yes 2016 Youth Winter Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena (opening ceremony) Lysgårdsbakkene hoppanlegg Lillehammer 35,000 Yes Håkons Hall (closing ceremony) 11,500 Yes 2016 SummerEstádio do Maracanã (ceremonies, football) Rio de Janeiro 74,738 Yes Olympic Stadium (athletics and football) Estádio Olímpico Existing, expanded 60,000 Yes 2018 Winter Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium 평창 올림픽 스타디움 Pyeongchang Temporary 35,000 No 2018 Youth Summer Obelisco de Buenos Aires (opening ceremony) Obelisco de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Existing, temporary N/A Yes Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Village (closing ceremony) New 15,500 Yes 2020 Youth Winter Vaudoise Arena Vaudoise Aréna Lausanne New 9,600 Yes 2020 Summer Olympic Stadium 国立競技場 (tentative name) Tokyo Existing, replacement 68,000 Yes 2022 Winter National Stadium 国家体育场 Beijing Existing 80,000 Yes 2024 YouthWinterGangneung Oval (opening ceremony, speed skating)강릉 스피드 스케이팅 경기장 Gangwon Existing8,000 YesYongpyong Dome (opening ceremony)용평돔ExistingYesGangwon Olympic Stage (closing ceremony)Temporary structure next to existing venueN/ANo 2024 Summer River Seine (opening ceremony) Paris Temporary 300,000 No Jardins du Trocadéro (opening ceremony) 30,000 No Stade de France (athletics, rugby sevens, closing ceremony) Existing 77,083 Yes 2026 WinterSan Siro (opening ceremony) Milan Existing 75,923 Yes Verona Arena (closing ceremony) Verona 15,000 Yes 2026 Youth Summer Diamniadio Olympic Stadium Stade olympique de Diamniadio Dakar Existing 50,000 Yes 2028 Youth WinterStelvio (opening ceremony, alpine skiing) Bormio Existing 5,000 Yes Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal (closing ceremony) Tesero 15,000 Yes 2028 SummerLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum (ceremonies, athletics) Los Angeles Existing, renovated 60,000 Yes SoFi Stadium (opening ceremony, swimming) Inglewood Existing 70,240-100,24038,000 (swimming) Yes 2030 Winter TBA Lyon TBA TBA No 2032 Summer Olympic Stadium Brisbane New 63,000 Yes 2034 Winter Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City Existing 53,644 Yes
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Other major events held at Olympic stadiums