List of Olympic venues in basketball

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The Juan Escutia Sports Palace hosted the basketball events for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Palacio de los Deportes.JPG
The Juan Escutia Sports Palace hosted the basketball events for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
The Forum in Inglewood, California, hosted the basketball tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Los Angeles. GreatWesternForum.jpg
The Forum in Inglewood, California, hosted the basketball tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Los Angeles.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 29 venues that have been or will be used for basketball. The first official venue was outdoors under the auspices of the International Basketball Federation although the game was played indoors. [1] Being played on tennis courts of clay, the final was held in a heavy rain which turned the courts into mud. [2] Since those games, the basketball games have been played indoors.

GamesVenueOther sports hosted at venues for those gamesCapacityRef.
1936 Berlin Tennis Courts Fencing (épée)832. [3]
Tennis Stadium (final)NoneNot listed. [3]
1948 London Harringay Arena Wrestling Not listed. [4]
1952 Helsinki Messuhalli (final) Boxing, gymnastics, weightlifting, wrestling 5,500 [5]
Tennis Palace None1,250 [6]
1956 Melbourne West Melbourne Stadium Boxing, gymnastics 7,000 [7]
Royal Exhibition Building (final) Modern pentathlon (fencing), weightlifting, wrestling 3,500 [8]
1960 Rome Palazzo dello Sport (final) Boxing 15,000 [9]
Palazzetto dello sport Weightlifting Not listed. [10]
1964 Tokyo National Gymnasium Diving, modern pentathlon (swimming), swimming 4,000 (basketball)
11,300 (diving, swimming)		 [11] [12]
1968 Mexico City Juan Escutia Sports Palace Volleyball 22,370 [13]
1972 Munich Basketballhalle Judo 6,635 [14]
1976 Montreal Centre Étienne Desmarteau None2,200 [15]
Montreal Forum (final) Boxing (final), gymnastics, handball (final), volleyball (final)18,000 [16]
1980 Moscow CSKA Palace of Sports None5,500 [17]
Indoor Stadium (final) Boxing 16,500 [18]
1984 Los Angeles The Forum None17,505 [19]
1988 Seoul Jamsil Gymnasium Volleyball (final)12,751 [20] [21]
1992 Barcelona Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona None12,500 [22]
1996 Atlanta Georgia Dome (final) Gymnastics (artistic), handball (men's final)34,500 (each side) [23] [24]
Morehouse College Gymnasium None6,500 [25] [26]
2000 Sydney Sydney SuperDome (final) Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)21,000 [27]
The Dome and Exhibition Complex Badminton, gymnastics (rhythmic), modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), volleyball (indoor)10,000 [28]
2004 Athens Helliniko Indoor Arena Handball (final)15,000 [29]
Olympic Indoor Hall (final) Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)19,250 [30]
2008 Beijing Wukesong Indoor Stadium None18,000 [31]
2012 London Basketball Arena Handball (medal round)12,000 [32]
The O2 Arena [33] (final) Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)20,000 [34]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Carioca Arena 1 None16,000 [35]
Youth Arena (women's group stage) Modern pentathlon (fencing)5,000 [36]
2020 Tokyo Saitama Super Arena None21,000 [37]
Aomi Urban Sports Park (3x3) Sport climbing 7,100
2024 Paris Accor Arena [38] (final) Gymnastics (artistic, trampolining)15,000
Stade Pierre-Mauroy Handball (finals)26,000
Place de la Concorde (3x3) Breaking, cycling (BMX freestyle), skateboarding Not listed.
2028 Los Angeles Intuit Dome [39] None18,000
Santa Monica State Beach and Venice Beach (3x3) Beach volleyball 6,000
2032 Brisbane Brisbane Indoor Sports Centre None12,000
South Bank Piazza (3x3)None4,500

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For the 1964 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-three sports venues were used. Six of the venues were built before the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1964 Games to Tokyo in 1959. This included two venues that hosted the 1958 Asian Games. There were thirteen new, eight temporary, and five reconstructed and/or renovated venues that were used during the event. During the Olympics, wind and weather had issues with two athletic events. After the Olympics, one venue hosted both a FIFA World Cup and a World Athletics Championship event while another also hosted a World Athletics Championship event.

References

  1. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. p. 1074.
  2. ↑ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Basketball: Men". In The Completed Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 400.
  3. 1 2 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 162-3. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  4. ↑ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine pp. 42, 50. Accessed 19 October 2010.
  5. ↑ 1952 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine p. 51. Accessed 21 October 2010.
  6. ↑ 1952 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine p. 57. Accessed 21 October 2010.
  7. ↑ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine p. 42. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  8. ↑ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine p. 43. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  9. ↑ 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. pp. 68, 70, 72. Accessed 28 October 2010.
  10. ↑ 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. pp. 60, 62. Accessed 28 October 2010.
  11. ↑ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  12. ↑ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 121-4. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  13. ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. p. 72. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
  14. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 201-2. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  15. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 124-9. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  16. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 138-43. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  17. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 82-5. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  18. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 67-71. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  19. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 102-4. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  20. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 164. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  21. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 2. p. 335. Accessed 2 December 2010.
  22. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 276-9. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  23. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 540. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  24. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 451, 456. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  25. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 542. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  26. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. p. 451. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  27. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2000-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 390. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  28. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2000-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 391. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  29. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 273, 349. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  30. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 273, 329, 346. Accessed 22 December 2010.
  31. ↑ "Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  32. ↑ London2012.com profile of the Basketball Arena. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.
  33. ↑ Because of IOC rules disallowing corporate sponsorship of venue names, The O2 Arena was renamed North Greenwich Arena during the games.
  34. ↑ London2012.com profile of the North Greenwich Arena. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.
  35. ↑ "OTC - Hall 1", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), vol. 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 38–39, archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2013, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  36. ↑ Rio2016.com profile of the Youth Arena. Archived 2016-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 4 July 2016.
  37. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 set to save $1 billion as venues moved". Insidethegames.biz. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  38. ↑ Because of IOC rules disallowing corporate sponsorship of venue names, the Accor Arena was renamed to Bercy Arena during the games.
  39. ↑ Because of IOC rules disallowing corporate sponsorship of venue names, Intuit Dome will be given a yet-to-be-determined name during the games.
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