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| Full name | Stade olympique Yves-du-Manoir |
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| Former names | Stade du Matin (1907–1919) Stade olympique de Colombes (1920–1927) |
| Location | Colombes,France |
| Capacity | 15,000[2] Formerly List
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| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1907 |
| Renovated | 2017, 2022–24 |
| Expanded | 2022–24 |
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| Racing Club de France Football (1907–1985, 2012–present)[1] Racing 92 (1907–2017) | |
| Website | |
| paris2024.org | |
TheStade Yves-du-Manoir (officiallyStade olympique Yves-du-Manoir, also known as theStade olympique de Colombes, or simplyColombes to the locals) is a rugby, track, and association football stadium inColombes, nearParis,France.
Named in memory of French rugby playerYves du Manoir in 1928, it was the main stadium for the1924 Summer Olympics and had a capacity of 45,000 at the time.[4] During the 1924 games, it hosted theathletics, some of thecycling, some of thehorse riding,gymnastics,tennis, some of thefootball,rugby, and two of themodern pentathlon events (running, fencing).
It was later expanded to a capacity of over 60,000. Colombes was also the venue for the1938 World Cup Final betweenItaly andHungary, and also hosted thehome team's two matches in the tournament.
Colombes hosted several French Cup finals and home games of thenational football andnational rugby union teams into the 1970s. It remained the nation's largest capacity stadium until the renovatedParc des Princes was inaugurated in 1972. Due to increasingly stringent safety regulations, the Colombes' capacity had dropped to under 50,000. The last games of thenational rugby union andfootball teams at Colombes were respectively in 1972 and 1975.
France's professional football teamRC Paris used Colombes as their home ground until about 1985, then moved on to other stadia before returning in the 2010s. Unlike RC Paris,Racing 92 rugby did not leave Colombes until November 2017. They originally planned to redevelop Yves-du-Manoir into a stadium to be shared withRacing Club de France Football. Instead, they builtParis La Défense Arena in nearbyNanterre, playing their first match in the new venue in December 2017.[5] It remains to be seen whether the Racing Club de France football club will move as well.
It was closed and redeveloped between 2022–24 and served as thefield hockey venue for the2024 Summer Olympics.[6][7]
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir hosted three games of the 1938 FIFA World Cup, including the final.
| Date | Time | Team #1 | Res. | Team #2 | Round | Attendance |
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| 5 June 1938 | 17:00 |  France | 3–1 |  Belgium | Round of 16 | 30,454 |
| 12 June 1938 | 17:00 | France | 1–3 |  Italy | Quarter-final | 58,455 |
| 19 June 1938 | 17:00 | Italy | 4–2 |  Hungary | Final | 45,000 |
The site has been completely renovated between 2021 and 2023. Designed by the architectural firm Celnikier et Grabli Architectes and rebuilt by the construction group Léon Grosse, the work was completed in December 2023. The new complex will house the French Field Hockey Federation and its national training center, which will have the two floodlit synthetic pitches from the Olympic tournament, one of which has a 1,000-seat stand around a building constructed with administrative premises, meeting rooms and changing rooms.
The complex also includes seven new football and rugby union pitches. The legendary main pitch sees its famous Olympic athletics track surrounding it removed in favor of a small 200 m ring (only suitable for warming up) located a few hundred metres away. The track therefore now excludes any possibility of athletics competition, being now reserved for schools and associations.
However, its historic grandstand has been upgraded with new seats. It can now accommodate 6,000 spectators. The historic stadium has approximately 9,500 seats with the temporary grandstands installed for the 2024 Olympic Games. The natural grass pitch is being replaced by a brand new blue synthetic pitch.
The entire sports complex can accommodate around 13,500 spectators during the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The total cost of the project is 101 million euros; this budget was financed by theHauts-de-Seine department and the Olympic Works Delivery Company (Solidéo).
In addition to the installation of the French Field Hockey Federation and its national training centre, it is planned that the field hockey section ofRacing Club de France and the football section,Racing Club de France Football, will eventually become the resident clubs of the stadium and thatRacing 92 may play a few rugby union matches and train there.
The Olympic races involvingHarold Abrahams andEric Liddell, which are portrayed in the filmChariots of Fire, were run here, although the Colombes stadium was not used for the film.[8] The stand-in stadium for filming was the Oval Sports Centre, Bebington, Merseyside, near Liverpool, England.
The stadium was portrayed in the 1981 filmEscape to Victory starringSylvester Stallone andMichael Caine, but the stand-stadium used in the filming was theHidegkuti Nándor Stadion (1947) inBudapest,Hungary.
| Preceded by | Summer Olympics Main Venue (Stade de Colombes) 1924 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Summer Olympics Athletics competitions Main Venue 1924 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Summer Olympics Football Men's Finals (Stade de Colombes) 1924 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Stadio del PNF Rome | FIFA World Cup Final Venue 1938 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Oi Hockey Stadium Tokyo | Summer Olympics Hockey competitions 2024 | Succeeded by |
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