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The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track & field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their name. The Winter Olympic Games do not have a central Olympic Stadium, however some edifices are designated as the Olympic Stadium, which usually hosts the opening and closing ceremonies.
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The following is a list of all Summer Olympics stadiums.
Some of the Olympic stadiums have usually been built specifically to host the Olympics, as opposed to being an already existing facility. Others have been already completed when their city has been awarded the Olympics, and have had the title added:
There have been a number of other stadia that have been used as the main stadium for the Olympics, but which have not incorporated the words Olympic Stadium into their name - again, some of these were specially built for the games, while others were already existing:
In addition to these, there are other stadia called Olympic Stadium around the world, which have been built as part of a prospective bid for the Games:
The term "Olympic Stadium" may also be used to describe any stadia that contain an athletic track with the official measures adopted by the IAAF and IOC. Some stadia have simply been named that way, even though they were neither part of an Olympic bid, nor host to any Olympic events:
At least one facility bearing the Olympic name has absolutely no relation to the Olympic Games. Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam, Washington, is named for the nearby Olympic Peninsula and Olympic Mountains. Built in 1937, this 9,000 seat stadium is used primarily for baseball, but can also be used for other field sports including American Football. It has no athletic track.
A number of stadiums have been used in more than one Olympics, in those cities that have held the Games twice. While only one (the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) has been the main stadium twice, both the Panathinaiko Stadio and the Vélodrome de Vincennes have hosted events at subsequent Olympics. Wembley Stadium will also be used again at the 2012 Games, although that stadium is a completely rebuilt structure on the same site as the 1948 stadium. The only stadium to have been used twice but only host one Olympics is the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was the venue in 1956 and hosted the first game of the Sydney 2000 football tournament.
The following is a list of all main Winter Olympics stadiums.
 Beijing National Stadium (aka The Bird's Nest). |
 Entrance to the Coliseum in Los Angeles. |
 Inside the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. |
 The Olympiastadion in Munich at a Bird's Eye view. |
 The Panathinaiko Stadium, The first stadium meant for the Olympics. |
 The Stadium Australia in Sydney. |
 The Stadio Olimpico di Torino in 2006. |
 The McMahon Stadium, which was used for the 1988 Winter Olympics. |
 The Bislett stadion, which was used for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. |
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 A skii slide at Lysgårdsbakken. |
 The Olympic Cauldron at the Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium. |
 The Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium in Sarajevo. |
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Olympic Stadium is a Olympic Games Main Stadium.
| Date | City | Stadium | Other use during the Olympics |
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| 2010 | Vancouver | BC Place Stadium | BC Lions of the CFL |
| 2006 | Torino | Stadio Olimpico | Not used for any other purpose. |
| 2002 | Salt Lake City | Rice-Eccles Stadium | University of Utah football stadium |
| 1998 | Nagano | Minami Sports Park Stadium | Not used for any other purpose. |
| 1994 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakkene Stadion | Ski Jumping stadium. |
| 1992 | Albertville | Théâtre des Cérémoniestemp stadium next to the speed skating oval. | Temporary - dismantled after the Games. |
| 1988 | Calgary | McMahon Stadium | Calgary Stampeders of the CFL |
| 1984 | Sarajevo | Koševo StadiumClosing in the Olympic Hall Zetra. | Koševo - Not used for any other purposeZetra - Figure Skating. |
| 1980 | Lake Placid | Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium Closing in the Indoor Rink of the Olympic Centre. | Equestrian Stadium - Not used for any other purpose.Indoor Rink - Figure Skating/ Ice Hockey. |
| 1976 | Innsbruck | Olympic Ski Jump (Bergisel Stadium) | Ski jumping stadium. |
| 1972 | Sapporo | Makomanai Open Stadium | Speed Skating venue. |
| 1968 | Grenoble | Stade Lesdiguières Opening Stadium (temporary seating at existing football ground) | Not used for any other purpose. |
| 1964 | Innsbruck | Olympic Ski Jump (Bergisel Stadium) | Ski jumping stadium. |
| 1960 | Squaw Valley | Blyth Arena and surrounds | Ice Hockey / Figure Skating venue. |
| 1956 | Cortina | Cortina Olympic Ice Stadium | Speed Skating venue. |
| 1952 | Oslo | Bislett stadion | Speed Skating venue. |
| 1948 | St. Moritz | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink | Speed skating oval |
| 1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Olympia Skistadion | Ski jumping stadium. |
| 1932 | Lake Placid | Lake Placid Speedskating Oval | Speed Skating venue |
| 1928 | St. Moritz | Olympic Ice Rink | Multi use skating venue (Figure, speed etc) |
| 1924 | Chamonix | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | Multi use skating venue |
  | Aerial and Satellite Photography of Olympic Stadiums - SightSeeBySpace.com - Famous sites viewed from space - Olympic Stadiums |
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