The Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium was a venue used for diving, water polo and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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| Full name | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium |
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| Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°20′51″N 4°51′22″E / 52.347611°N 4.856061°E |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Demolished | 1929 |
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| Swimming and Water Polo events for the 1928 Summer Olympics, | |
The swimming basin was made of reinforced concrete that was 50 m long and 18 m wide with the deepest part near the diving area at 5 m. Stands were erected on both sides with one of them most accommodating 6000 spectators. There were 20 men's and 16 women's dressing rooms.
A temporary structure, it was demolished following the Olympics in 1929. Its site forms part of the district Olympisch Kwartier.
References
edit- 1928 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 193, 205–9, 277.
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