List of Winter Olympics venues: L

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La Patinoire Municipale (Halle Clemenceau since 2001) hosted some of the ice hockey matches for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Hall Clemenceau - Grenoble.JPG
La Patinoire Municipale (Halle Clemenceau since 2001) hosted some of the ice hockey matches for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.
Lake Misurina in 2005. The venue hosted the speed skating events for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Lago di misurina.jpg
Lake Misurina in 2005. The venue hosted the speed skating events for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Lysgardsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena hosted the ski jumping, Nordic combined ski jumping, and ceremonies for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Lysgard.JPG
Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena hosted the ski jumping, Nordic combined ski jumping, and ceremonies for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

For the Winter Olympics, there are 23 venues that start with the letter 'L'.

VenueGamesSportsCapacityRef.
La halle de glace Olympique 1992 Albertville Figue skating, Short track speed skating 9,000 [1]
La Patinoire Municipale 1968 Grenoble Ice hockey 2,700 [2]
La piste bob 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Bobsleigh 4,650 [3]
La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins 1924 Chamonix Bobsleigh Not listed. [4]
La pista di Misurina 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Speed skating 8,550 [5]
La Plagne 1992 Albertville Bobsleigh, Luge Not listed. [6]
L'Anneau de Vitesse 1968 Grenoble Speed skating 2,500 [7]
L'anneau de vitesse 1992 Albertville Speed skating 10,000 [8]
Lake Placid 1932 Lake Placid Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [9]
Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium 1980 Lake Placid Opening ceremoniesNot listed. [10]
Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center 1980 Lake Placid Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (Cross-country skiing)Not listed. [11]
Le Stade de Glace 1968 Grenoble Closing ceremonies, Figure skating, Ice hockey 12,000 [12]
Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont 1924 Chamonix Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping Not listed. [13]
Les Arcs 1992 Albertville Speed skiing (demonstration)Not listed. [14]
Les Ménuires 1992 Albertville Alpine skiing (men's slalom)Not listed. [15]
Les Saisies 1992 Albertville Biathlon, Cross-country skiing 12,500 [16]
Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Hafjell 1994 Lillehammer Alpine skiing (slalom, giant slalom, combined)Not listed. [17]
Lillehammer Olympic Alpine Centre Kvitfjell 1994 Lillehammer Alpine skiing (downhill, super giant slalom, combined)Not listed. [18]
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track 1994 Lillehammer Bobsleigh, Luge 10,000 [19]
Lillestrøm Stadion 1952 Oslo Ice hockey Not listed [20]
Lo Stadio del ghiaccio 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Figure skating, Ice hockey 12,042 [21]
Lo Stadio della neve 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)9,650 [22]
Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena 1994 Lillehammer Nordic combined (Ski jumping), Ski jumping, Ceremonies (opening/closing)35,000 [23]

Related Research Articles

For the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, a total of eight sports venues were used. All of the venues used were new or rebuilt. To make use of television coverage for the first time in the Winter Olympics, the cross-country skiing stadium was constructed to allow the best coverage. Five of the venues used for these games would appear in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only twenty-five years later.

References

  1. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 83, 87. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  2. 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 106, 108. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
  3. The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 175-9, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
  4. 1924 Olympic Games official report (combines Chamonix and Paris). Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 652-3. (in French)
  5. The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 180-88, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
  6. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 92-95, 350-5. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  7. 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 105-6. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
  8. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 84-7. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  9. 1932 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 145-6, 199. Accessed 12 October 2010.
  10. 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 78-81. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
  11. 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 29-35, 39-42. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
  12. 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 108-11. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
  13. 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 650-2. (in French)
  14. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 96-99. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  15. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 100-1. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  16. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 102-5. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  17. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 42-6. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  18. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 47-50. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  19. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 37-41. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  20. 1952 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine pp. 31-2.
  21. The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 124-32, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
  22. The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 155-63, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
  23. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 18-22. Accessed 8 December 2010.