Summer Olympic Games 2016 Venues

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Olympic Golf Course

 

Sports: Golf

Zone: BARRA

Location: Reserve at Lake Marapendi

After a 112 years absence from the Olympic Games, golf is returning to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. and to host this historic event a venue has been build northern of the Reserve at Lake Marapendi.

 

the Golf course is located approximately nine kilometres from the Olympic and paralympic Village and seven kilometres from the Main Press Centre (MPC) and the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).

 

After the 2016 Olympic Games, the course will be used as a public facility with the chief purpose of promoting golf in Brazil and the globe, representing one of the most important Olympic Games legacies for sport development in the country.

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Carioca Arena 3

 

Sports: Fencing, Taekwondo

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

Carioca Arena 3 is located in Barra Olympic Park, five minutes from the Olympic and Paralympic Village. During the Olympic Games it will host fencing in first week and taekwondo the second week.

 

With more than 20,000 square meters the arena will be able to receive 10,000 spectators during the Games.

 

Carioca Arena 3 will be transformed after the games to become a sports high school with space for 1,000 full-time students.

 

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Pontal

 

Sports: Athletics (Race Walk), Road Cycling (Time Trial)

Zone: BARRA

Location: Pontal Beach

Immortalised in the song "Do Leme ao Pontal" by legendary Brazilian musician Tim Maia, Pontal is a beautiful beachside location west of Barra. It will be the start and finish point of the both Olympic road cycling time-trial events and the all 3 athletics race walk events.

 

Pontal is a small peninsula and beach area in the "Recreio dos Bandeirantes" neighborhood, located in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro.

 

The men's and women's road cycling  time trials will be held August 10th on the 29.8 km Grumari circuit. The race start and finish of the course is set to be at the Tim Maia Square (Estrada do Pontal), then enters the Grumari circuit to reach the first climb (Grumari climb) after 9.7 km and the second climb (Grota Funda climb) at 19.2 km.

The circuit will also feature in the men's and women's road race, 4 laps for men's and 1 for women's.

 

 

 

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Edited March 18, 2016 by hukbrazil

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Rio Olympic Velodrome

 

Sports: Track Cycling

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

The Home venue of the Track Cycling at Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games the Rio Olympic Velodrome will be located within the Rio Olympic Park Precinct near the IBC/MPC and within less than ten minutes of the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

 

The Olympic Velodrome’s 250m track is constructed of Siberian pine, banked to an angle of 12 degrees at its shallowest point and 42 degrees at its steepest point. Spectator capacity is 5,800.

 

After the GamesThe venue will be an integral part of the Olympic Training Centre (OTC), one of the important legacies of Rio 2016.

 

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Youth Arena

 

 

Sports: Basketball, Modern Pentathlon (Fencing)

Zone DEODORO

Location: Deodoro Olympic Park

The Youth Arena is an indoor Arena in Deodoro inside the Deodoro Olympic Park Complex. The venue will host some womens Basketball preliminary round matches also the Fencing section of both Modern Pentathlon events. The Arena is about 300 metres of all others Modern Pentathlon venues.

 

The Youth Arena will have 3,000 temporary and 2,000 permanent seats.

 

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Deodoro Olympic Hockey Centre

 

 

Sports: Field Hockey

Zone DEODORO

Location: Deodoro Olympic Park

The venue of the Field Hockey competitions the Deodoro Olympic Hockey Centre is constructed in the same location where Field Hockey competitions took place also in the 2007 Pan American Games.  In the Deodoro Olympic Park, the second largest Rio de Janeiro Venue Cluster.

 

However a new facility has been built to fit all new requirements. For the Olympic Games the facilities will have 10000 seats on the main court and 5000 seats in the secondary court.

 

 

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Hockey Centre is ridiculously minimalistic.

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1 hour ago, LDOG said:

Hockey Centre is ridiculously minimalistic.

 

Temporary stands will be placed yet. The photos above do not represent the final configuration.

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4 minutes ago, hukbrazil said:

 

Temporary stands will be placed yet. The photos above do not represent the final configuration.

 

Really? I don't see much space left from the aerial pic. Or you mean pitch 2?