Summer Olympic Games 2016 Venues

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Zone BARRA

• Carioca Arena 1 (Basketball)
• Carioca Arena 2 (Judo, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling)
• Carioca Arena 3 (Fencing, Taekwondo)
• Future Arena (Handball)
• Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre (Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo)
• Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Swimming, Water Polo)
• Olympic Tennis Centre (Tennis)
• Rio Olympic Arena (Artistic Gymnastics, Rhytmic Gymnastics, Trampoline)
• Rio Olympic Velodrome (Track Cycling)
• Riocentro Pavilion 2 (Weightlifting)
• Riocentro Pavilion 3 (Table Tennis)
• Riocentro Pavilion 4 (Badminton)
• Riocentro Pavilion 6 (Boxing)
• Rio Olympic Golf Course (Golf)
• Pontal (Athletics Walk Race, Road Cycling Time Trial)

Zone DEODORO

• Rio X-Park Mountain Bike Centre (Mountain Bike Cycling)
• Rio X-Park Olympic BMX Centre (BMX Cycling)
• Rio X-Park Whitewater Stadium (Canoeing Slalom)
• Youth Arena (Basketball, Modern Pentathlon Fencing)
• Deodoro Aquatics Centre (Modern Pentathlon Swimming)
• Deodoro Stadium (Rugby 7s, Modern Pentathlon Riding and Combined Event)
• Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Centre (Equestrian)
• Deodoro Olympic Hockey Centre (Field Hockey)
• Deodoro Olympic Shooting Centre (Shooting)

Zone MARACANA

• Olympic Stadium (Athletics Track and Field Events, Football)
• Sambodromo (Archery, Athletics Marathon Start and Finish)
• Maracana Stadium (Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, Football)
• Maracanazinho (Volleyball)

Zone COPACABANA

• Beach Volleyball Arena (Beach Volleyball)
• Fort Copacabana (Triathlon, Marathon Swimming, Road Cycling Road Race Start and Finish)
• Lagoa Stadium (Rowing, Canoeing Sprint)
• Marina Da Gloria (Sailing)

Football Cities

• Belo Horizonte (Mineirao Stadium)
• Brasilia (Mane Garrincha Stadium)
• Manaus (Amazonia Arena)
• Salvador (Fonte Nova Arena)
• Sao Paolo (Corinthians Arena)

 

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Carioca Arena 1

 

Sports: Basketball

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

Carioca Arena 1 is located in Barra Olympic Park, five minutes from the Olympic and Paralympic Village. During the Olympic Games it will host basketball.

Carioca Arena 1, which is 33m tall and has a floor-space of 38,000m², has a facade inspired by the mountainous Rio landscape. Construction followed Rio 2016’s sustainability guidelines with features such as metallic covering that reflects sunlight, therefore reducing energy consumption (on air conditioning) during the day. The venue – which has 282 rooms, 49 bathrooms and eight changing rooms – was designed to be accessible for people with a disability.

The  608m² court was constructed with two types of wood, one for the playing area and another for the out-of-bounds areas. It has a support system that uses rubber shock absorbers to guarantee the best conditions for athlete performance.

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Future Arena

 

Sports: Handball

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

Future Arena is located in Barra Olympic Park, The arena with capacity 12.000 is one of the nine olympic venues in the Barra Olympic Park complex, only few minutes from the Olympic and Paralympic Village. During the OG it will be the venue of all Handball Matches.

 

Thanks to the use of innovative design ‘nomadic architecture’ the venue will leave a valuable social legacy. After the Games, it will be taken down and its parts will be used in the construction of four public schools each large enough for 500 childrens.

 

 

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Olympic Tennis Centre

 

Sports: Tennis

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games Tennis venue, The Olympic Tennis Centre is located in Barra Olympic Park, The heart of Rio 2016 Games.

 

The centre court has been named after Maria Esther Bueno, Brazil’s greatest ever player, who won 19 grand slam titles (seven singles and 12 doubles) in the late 1950s and 1960s. Bueno, according to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) the most graceful and artistic player of her generation

 

With 16 courts – 10 for competition and six for training, including a permanent 10,000-seat centre court and two other show courts with 5,000 and 3,000 temporary seats – the tennis centre is one of seven new venues being constructed along two existing ones in the main Olympic Park. After the Games it will be part of the Olympic Training Centre, providing top-level facilities for elite athletes and youngsters from social projects, while allowing Brazil to host more major tournaments.

 

 

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Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre

 

Sports: Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre is located in Barra Olympic Park, and will host 3 of the five aquatics sports of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games.

During the first week Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre will welcome the worlds best water polo players, all preliminary matches of both Water Polo tournaments will be played there. the Knock-out phase had already been confirmed to take place at the Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium, after the swimming competitions of the 1st olympic week has finished.

 

It´s not the only sport to be contested in this venue, during the OG sport fans will enjoy also at Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre the whole program of Diving and Synchronized Swimming olympic events.

 

Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre was constructed for the 2007 Pan American Games. The venue is owned by Rio's city government and managed by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. After the Games, it will be integrated into the Olympic Training Centre (OTC).

 

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Carioca Arena 2

 

Sports: Judo, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling

Zone: BARRA

Location: Barra Olympic Park

Carioca Arena 2 (the Middlle part of the 3 Carioca Arenas complex) is located in Barra Olympic Park, only few minutes from the Olympic and Paralympic Village.

 

The Venue will be the home of two traditional combat sports, Judo during the first week followed by the both olympic wrestling styles on the later part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

 

Currently the construction works in the venue are in finishing phase. After the Games, all 3 Carioca Arenas will be part of the Olympic Training Centre (OTC).

 

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Arena Carioca 1 in Judo test-event

 

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Olympic Park general overview:

 

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Olympic Village (I really like this photo):

Photo: Martin Pernheim