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An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the host city for the purpose of accommodating all of the delegations. Olympic Villages are usually located close to the Olympic Stadium within an Olympic Park. [1]

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Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes during the two weeks of the Games, as well as officials and athletic trainers. [1] After the Games are over, the Olympic Village is typically sold or rented to the local population and turned into a new residential zone for the host city.

The accommodation provided for the 1932 Summer Games in Los Angeles is considered to be the first official modern Olympic Village, [1] and the first permanent Olympic Village was established at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

After the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics, the Villages have been made extremely secure. Only athletes, trainers and officials are allowed to room at the Village, though family members and former Olympic athletes are allowed inside with proper checks. Press and media are also barred.

History

For the first editions of the modern Olympic Games, between 1896 and 1920, there were no official living arrangements for athletes. Some athletes stayed in hotels or hostels, others in schools or barracks, and some even slept in the boats they had taken to the host city. [2]

The protype for the Olympic Village comes from Pierre de Coubertin, then president of the International Olympic Committee. The "General Technical Rules" applicable to the 1924 Summer Games in Paris stipulated that "The Organising Committee for the Olympic Games is required to provide the athletes with accommodation, bedding and food, at a fixed rate which shall be set beforehand per person and per day…." [3]

As result, the organizers built wooden huts and established an accommodation centre near the Stade Olympique de Colombes called the "Olympic Village," allowing the various world teams to stay in the same location, under the same conditions, and with common services. [3]

Consideration was given to creating an Olympic Village ahead of the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, but the organizers opted for other solutions. [3]

Athletes assisting in the construction of the 1932 Olympic village, (left to right) Frank Wykoff, Vic Williams, Levi Casey, Bob Hall, Herman Brix, Hector Dyer and Buster Crabbe. The Pittsburgh Press Sun May 1 1932 - Olympic Village.jpg
Athletes assisting in the construction of the 1932 Olympic village, (left to right) Frank Wykoff, Vic Williams, Levi Casey, Bob Hall, Herman Brix, Hector Dyer and Buster Crabbe.

The accommodation provided for the 1932 Summer Games in Los Angeles is considered to be the first official modern Olympic Village, with a capacity of 2,000 people and located to the west of the city. [1] [3] Consisting of a group of buildings with rooms to lodge athletes (men only), as well as providing a place to eat and train, it serves as the model for today's Olympic Villages. It also provided certain community services for the first time, including a hospital, a fire station, and a post office. [2]

Following the 1932 Games, a Village would be created for every edition of the Summer Games, apart from the 1948 London Games due to material challenges brought on by the immediate post-war period. For the Winter Games between 1924 and 1956, the teams would still mainly stay in hotels, with the exception of the 1952 Games in Oslo, where three accommodation sites were created. [3]

Women, on the other hand, stayed in other accommodation sites until 1952. This changed with the Melbourne Games of 1956, where women had their own part of the main Olympic Village. [2] This area of the Village would not admit male athletes, and it was only from the 1984 Games in Los Angeles onward that athletes were accommodated by team rather than gender. [3]

The first permanent Olympic Village was established at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. [3]

After the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympics, the Villages have been made extremely secure.

List of Olympic Villages

Prototype complexes:

Official Olympic Villages

Berlin Olympic village of 1936 OlympDorf Berlin 08-2013 img04.jpg
Berlin Olympic village of 1936
Helsinki Olympic Village of 1952. Olympiakyla.jpg
Helsinki Olympic Village of 1952.
Montreal Olympic Village of 1976. Montreal - QC - Olympisches Dorf.jpg
Montreal Olympic Village of 1976.
Salt Lake Olympic Village of 2002, now used as student housing. University of Utah - Student Housing - 28 November 2012.JPG
Salt Lake Olympic Village of 2002, now used as student housing.
London Olympic Village of 2012, now part of East Village Olympic Village, London, 16 April 2012.jpg
London Olympic Village of 2012, now part of East Village
Rio de Janeiro Olympic Village of 2016. Vila Olimpica.jpg
Rio de Janeiro Olympic Village of 2016.
2020 Tokyo Olympics Village of 2020. Olympic village 2020 tokyo.jpg
2020 Tokyo Olympics Village of 2020.

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