List of Olympic venues in swimming

Olympic Swimming Stadium in Berlin hosted the 1936 Summer Olympic swimming competitions.
National Gymnasium in Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympic swimming competitions.
Georgia Tech Aquatic (now Campus Recreation) Center hosted the swimming competitions when the 1996 Summer Olympics were in Atlanta.

For the Summer Olympics there are 31 venues that have been or will be used for swimming. The first venue took place in The Bay of Zea for the 1896 Games.[1] Four years later, the events took place on the River Seine.[2] They were part of events that were on the same venue as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.[3] By the 1908 Games, the first venue for swimming that was not in a lake or a river took place.[4] It was not until 1920 Games that a separate venue was created for the aquatic events.[5] The first venue where indoor swimming took place was after World War II at London in 1948.[6]

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Type Capacity Ref.
1896 Athens Bay of Zea None Bay Not listed. [1]
1900 Paris Seine Rowing, Water polo River Not listed. [2]
1904 St. Louis Forest Park Diving, Water Polo Artificial lake Not listed. [3]
1908 London White City Stadium Archery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling Outdoor pool 97,000. [4]
1912 Stockholm Djurgårdsbrunnsviken Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Rowing, Water polo Outdoor pool Not listed. [7]
1920 Antwerp Stade Nautique d'Antwerp Diving, Water polo Outdoor pool Not listed. [5][8][9]
1924 Paris Piscine des Tourelles Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo Outdoor pool 8,023 [10]
1928 Amsterdam Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo Outdoor pool 4,440 [11]
1932 Los Angeles Swimming Stadium Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo Outdoor pool 10000 [12]
1936 Berlin Olympic Swimming Stadium Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo Outdoor pool 20,000. [13]
1948 London Empire Pool Boxing, Diving, Water polo (final) Indoor pool 12,500 [6]
1952 Helsinki Swimming Stadium Diving, Water polo Outdoor pool 12,500 [14]
1956 Melbourne Swimming/Diving Stadium Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo Indoor pool 6,000 [15]
1960 Rome Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo (final) Outdoor pool 20,000 [16][17]
1964 Tokyo National Gymnasium Basketball (final), Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming) Indoor pool 4,000 (basketball)
11,300 (diving, swimming)		 [18][19]
1968 Mexico City Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo (final) Indoor pool 15,000 [20]
1972 Munich Schwimmhalle Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo (final) Indoor pool 9,182 [21]
1976 Montreal Olympic Pool Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo (final) Indoor pool 10,000 [22]
1980 Moscow Swimming Pool - Olimpisky Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Water polo (final) Indoor pool 13,000 [23]
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Swim Stadium Diving, Synchronized swimming Outdoor pool 16,500 [24]
1988 Seoul Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Synchronized swimming, Water polo Indoor pool 8,000 [25]
1992 Barcelona Piscines Bernat Picornell Modern pentathlon (swimming), Synchronized swimming, Water polo (final) Outdoor pool 10,000 [26]
1996 Atlanta Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Synchronized swimming, Water polo Indoor pool 15,000 [27][28]
2000 Sydney Sydney International Aquatic Centre Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Synchronized swimming, Water polo (men's final) Indoor pool 17,000 [29]
2004 Athens Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre Diving, Synchronized swimming, Water polo Outdoor pool 23,000 (total of three pools) [30]
2008 Beijing Beijing National Aquatic Center Diving, Synchronized swimming Indoor pool 17,000 [31]
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (marathon) Canoeing, Rowing Canal 37,000 [32]
2012 London London Aquatics Centre Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Synchronized swimming Indoor pool 17,500 [33]
Hyde Park (marathon) Triathlon Lake 3,000 [34]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Fort Copacabana (marathon) Cycling (road), Triathlon Ocean 5,000 [35]
Olympic Aquatics Stadium Synchronized swimming, Water polo Indoor pool 18,000 [36]
2020 Tokyo Odaiba Marine Park (marathon) Triathlon Bay tbc
Tokyo Aquatics Centre Diving, Synchronized swimming Indoor pool 15,000
2024 Paris Paris La Défense Arena Water polo (finals) Indoor pool 15,220
Pont d'Iéna (marathon) Athletics (marathon, race walk), Cycling (road, time trial), Triathlon River tbc
2028 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium Ceremonies (opening/closing) Outdoor pool 38,000
Long Beach Waterfront (marathon) BMX racing, Water polo, Triathlon Bay 2,000
2032 Brisbane Brisbane Live Water polo (finals) Indoor pool 17,000
Southport Broadwater Parklands (marathon) Triathlon Ocean 5,000

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