41°49′35.93″N 12°27′24.83″E / 41.8266472°N 12.4568972°E / 41.8266472; 12.4568972
Velodromo Olimpico Velodromo Olimpico, pictured in 1960
Location Viale della Tecnica / Owner CONI - Comune di Roma Broke ground 10 August 1957 Opened 30 April 1960 Closed 1968 Demolished 24 July 2008 Construction cost £ 1.050.000.000Architect Cesare Ligini, Dagoberto Ortensi , Silvano Ricci
The Olympic Velodrome (Italian : Velodromo Olimpico ) was a sports venue located in Rome , Italy . Constructed for the 1960 Summer Olympics , it hosted the track cycling and field hockey events.
The velodrome was constructed between 1957 and early 1960. Soon after it was built problems were found, as water was draining away the foundations on one side of the velodrome. Concrete was injected into the foundations, which solved the problem only temporarily. It was last used for competition in 1968, when it hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships .[1] imploded on 24 July 2008.
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19th century 20th century
1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Olympic Field 1908 White City Stadium 1912 Liljeholmen , Mälaren 1920 Antwerp , Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg 1924 Stade Yves-du-Manoir , Vélodrome de Vincennes 1928 Amsterdam , Olympic Stadium 1932 Los Angeles Avenue , Pacific Coast Highway , Rose Bowl in Pasadena , Vineyard Avenue 1936 Avus Motor Road , BSV 92 Field & Stadium 1948 Herne Hill Velodrome , Windsor Great Park 1952 Käpylä , Maunula , Pakila , Velodrome 1956 Broadmeadows , Velodrome 1960 Olympic Velodrome , Via Cassia , Via Flaminia , Via Cristoforo Colombo , Via di Grottarossa 1964 Hachioji City , Hachioji Velodrome 1968 Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome , Satellite Circuit 1972 Bundesautobahn 96 , Grünwald , Radstadion 1976 Mount Royal Park , Olympic Velodrome , Quebec Autoroute 40 1980 Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit , Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome , Moscow-Minsk Highway 1984 Artesia Freeway , Olympic Velodrome , Streets of Mission Viejo 1988 Olympic Velodrome , Tongillo Road Course 1992 A-17 highway , Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Sant Sadurní Cycling Circuit , Velòdrom d'Horta 1996 Cycling road course, Georgia International Horse Park , Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome 21st century
2000 Centennial Parklands , Dunc Gray Velodrome , Western Sydney Parklands 2004 Athens Olympic Velodrome , Kotzia Square , Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue , Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre 2008 Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue , Laoshan Mountain Bike Course , Laoshan Velodrome , Urban Road Cycling Course 2012 BMX Circuit , Hadleigh Farm , London Velodrome , Hampton Court Palace 2016 Fort Copacabana , Mountain Bike Centre , Olympic BMX Centre , Pontal , Rio Olympic Velodrome 2020 Izu Velodrome , Izu MTB Course , Fuji Speedway , Ariake Urban Sports Park 2024 Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines , Champs-Élysées , Élancourt Hill 2028 VELO Sports Center , Los Angeles Convention Center , Grand Park , Downtown Long Beach , Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park 2032 Sunshine Coast Region , Alexandra Headland, Queensland , Sleeman Centre , Victoria Park
20th century
1908 : White City Stadium 1920 : Olympisch Stadion 1928 : Old Stadion 1932 : Olympic Stadium 1936 : Hockey Stadion (final), Hockey Stadion #2 1948 : Empire Stadium (medal matches), Guinness Sports Club , Lyons' Sports Club , Polytechnic Sports Ground 1952 : Velodrome 1956 : Eastern Sportsground , Melbourne Cricket Ground (final)1960 : Campo Tre Fontane , Olympic Velodrome (final), Stadio dei Marmi 1964 : Komazawa Hockey Field 1968 : Municipal Stadium 1972 : Hockeyanlage 1976 : Molson Stadium, McGill University 1980 : Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena ; Young Pioneers Stadium (final)1984 : Weingart Stadium 1988 : Seongnam Stadium 1992 : Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa 1996 : Clark Atlanta University Stadium , Morris Brown College Stadium (final) 21st century
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