List of Olympic venues in gymnastics

Stade de Colombes hosted the gymnastics events for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Messuhalli hosted the gymnastics event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
The Montreal Forum hosted gymnastics events for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 34 venues that have been or will be used for gymnastics. Before World War II, the competitions were held outdoors. Since then with the exception of 1960, gymnastics have taken place indoors.

List

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venues for those games Capacity Ref.
1896 Athens Panathinaiko Stadium Athletics, Weightlifting, Wrestling 80,000 [1]
1900 Paris Vélodrome de Vincennes Cricket, Cycling, Football, and Rugby union Not listed. [2]
1904 St. Louis Francis Field Archery, Athletics, Cycling, Football, Lacrosse, Roque, Tennis, Tug of war, Weightlifting, and Wrestling 19,000. [3]
1908 London White City Stadium Archery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling 97,000. [4]
1912 Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium Athletics, Equestrian, Football (final), Modern pentathlon (running), Tug of war, Wrestling 33,000. [5]
1920 Antwerp Olympisch Stadion Athletics, Equestrian, Field hockey, Football (final), Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Tug of war, Weightlifting 12,771 [6]
1924 Paris Stade de Colombes Athletics, Cycling (road), Equestrian, Fencing, Football (final), Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union, Tennis 22,737 [7]
1928 Amsterdam Olympic Stadium Athletics, Cycling (track), Equestrian (jumping), Football (final) 31,600 [8]
1932 Los Angeles Olympic Stadium Athletics, Equestrian (eventing, jumping), Field hockey 105,000 [9]
1936 Berlin Dietrich Eckart Open-Air Theatre None 20,000 [10]
1948 London Empress Hall, Earl's Court Boxing, Weightlifting, Wrestling 19,000 [11]
1952 Helsinki Messuhalli Basketball (final), Boxing, Weightlifting, Wrestling 5,500 [12]
1956 Melbourne West Melbourne Stadium Basketball, Boxing 7,000 [13]
1960 Rome Baths of Caracalla None 5,402 [14][15]
1964 Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium None 6,500 [16][17]
1968 Mexico City National Auditorium None 12,450 [18]
1972 Munich Olympiahalle None 10.563 [19]
1976 Montreal Montreal Forum Basketball (final), Boxing (final), Handball (final), Volleyball (final) 18,000 [20]
1980 Moscow Sports Palace Judo 11,500 [21]
1984 Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion None 12,829 [22]
1988 Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Hall None 14,730 [23]
1992 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona (rhythmic) Volleyball 8,000 [24]
Palau Sant Jordi (artistic) Handball (final), Volleyball (final) 15,000 [25]
1996 Atlanta Georgia Dome (artistic) Basketball (final), Handball (men's final) 34,500 (each side) [26][27]
University of Georgia Coliseum (rhythmic) Volleyball (indoor) 10,000 [28][29]
2000 Sydney Sydney SuperDome (artistic, trampolining) Basketball (final) 21,000 [30]
The Dome and Exhibition Complex (rhythmic) Badminton, Handball, Modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), Volleyball (indoor) 10,000 [31]
2004 Athens Galatsi Olympic Hall (rhythmic) Table tennis Not listed. [32]
Olympic Indoor Hall (artistic, trampolining) Basketball (final) 19,250 [33]
2008 Beijing Beijing National Indoor Stadium (artistic, trampoline) Handball (final) 19,000 [34]
Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (rhythmic) Badminton 7,500 [35]
2012 London North Greenwich Arena (artistic, trampolining) Basketball (final) 20,000 [36]
Wembley Arena (rhythmic) Badminton 6,000 [37]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Rio Olympic Arena None 12,000 [38]
2020 Tokyo Ariake Gymnastics Centre None 12,000
2024 Paris Bercy Arena (artistic, trampoline) Basketball (finals) 15,000
Porte de La Chapelle Arena (rhythmic) Badminton 8,000
2028 Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena None 18,000
2032 Brisbane Chandler Indoor Sports Centre None 10,000

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