TheSwimming Pool at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex was a covered swimming centre inMoscow,Russia. Construction took place from 1977 until the summer of 1980.[1] The facility was built for the1980 Summer Olympics and made up the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex architectural ensemble together with theOlimpiyskiy Arena.[2]
During the Olympics, it hosted theswimming,diving, andwater polo events, as well as the swimming portion of themodern pentathlon events.[3] It also the hosted the2002 Short Course World Championships. The complex included a 2-meter-deep (6.6 feet) pool measuring 50m by 25m (164 feet by 82 feet) with capacity for 7,500 spectators.[4] It was separated by an acoustic partition from the 6-meter-deep (20 feet) diving pool measuring 35m by 25m (115 feet by 82 feet) with capacity for 4,500 spectators.[5][6] A training pool, gym, and sauma were also built.[7]
In 1982, architects Mikhail Posokhin and Boris Tkhor won theLenin Prize for its design.[8] The pool complex was demolished in 2020 to make way for a fitness club, cinemas, a planetary, and a concert hall.[9]
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