List of Olympic venues in beach volleyball
For the Summer Olympics there are 7 venues that have been or will be used for beach volleyball.
Beach | Location | Games | Events | Notes | |
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Atlanta Beach | Clayton County International Park, Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia, USA | Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Artificial beach | [1] |
Bondi Beach | Bondi Beach, Waverley Council, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Ocean coast beach | [2][3] |
Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre | Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex Faliro, Athens, Greece | Athens 2004 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Artificial beach | [4] |
Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground | Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China | Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics | Artificial beach with sand imported from Hainan | [5] |
Horse Guards Parade | Whitehall, London, England, UK | London 2012 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics | Artificial beach on royal parade grounds | [3] |
Copacabana Beach | Copacabana Stadium, Copacabana Beach, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Rio 2016 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics | Ocean coast beach | [3] |
Shiokaze Park Stadium | Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Waterfront, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan | Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics | Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
See also
References
- Georgia Department of Economic Development. "Clayton County International Park". Explore Georgia.
- Bondi Beach. "2000 Olympic Games". Bondi Village.
- International Olympic Committee (5 August 2016). "Volleyball comes home to Copacabana". Olympic News. Olympics.org.
- Jill Petzinger (9 May 2016). "Greece has found a use for its decaying Olympic volleyball stadium". Quartz.
- Burbex Brin (29 October 2018). "Serving to Ghosts at Beijing's Abandoned Olympic Beach Volleyball Court". The Beijinger.
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