Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their names, such as stadiums in Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki and Paris. Olympic Stadium may also be named a multi-purpose stadium which hosts Olympic sports.[1]
In the case of the Summer Olympic Games, athletics competitions and the football final are traditionally held in the Olympic Stadium. Exceptions to this have occurred though at the 1900, 1996 and 2016 Summer Olympics as well as at the 2010 and 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Early Winter Olympic Games often used figure skating venues as focal points. These were often designated as the Olympic Stadium, usually hosting the opening and closing ceremonies.
A number of stadiums have been used in more than one Olympics, in those cities that have held the Games more than once.
Lysgårdsbakken was the main stadium of a Winter Olympics and a Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Bergiselschanze was the main stadium of two Winter Olympics and one Winter YOG. Olympiahalle jointly shared the Olympic Stadium role with Bergiselschanze during the two Winter Olympics, but not during the Winter YOG. Only one stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, has been the main stadium of two Summer Olympics (and it will be a main stadium a third time during the 2028 games). In addition to the inaugural Summer Olympics, Panathinaiko Stadio was also the main stadium of the only Intercalated Games held. The other, National Stadium in Tokyo was the main stadium hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics (the first in Asia), when the 2020 games chosen to be as the main stadium and was decided to rebuild a new one. Beijing National Stadium was the main stadium being hosted at two Olympics, but with a special distinction: it would become the only stadium to have been such at both a Summer and a Winter Olympics.
A number, including both the Panathinaiko Stadio and the Vélodrome de Vincennes, have hosted events at subsequent Olympics. The London Games of 2012 were not opened and closed at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium, the site of the 1948 Olympic Stadium, but instead at a new stadium in Stratford. Wembley was, however, the venue for some 2012 Olympic football matches. Likewise, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was the centrepiece stadium for the 1956 games, later hosted the first games of the Sydney 2000 football tournament. Lake Placid's 1932 Olympic Stadium was utilized in the 1980 Lake Placid games as the speed skating venue. Olympiahalle hosted figure skating and short-track speed skating during the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Stockholm Olympic Stadium hosted equestrian events for the 1956 Summer Olympics (while the 1956 games were held in Melbourne, Australia, quarantine restrictions prevented equestrian events from being held domestically, thus Stockholm, Sweden hosted the 1956 equestrian competitions).
Image | Olympics | Season | Stadium | Native name | City | Country | New/old | Capacity | Existing? |
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1896 | Summer | Panathenaic Stadium | Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο | Athens | ![]() | Existing | 80,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1900 | Vincennes Velodrome (ceremony) | Vélodrome de Vincennes | Paris | ![]() | 50,000 | Yes | ||
Croix-Catelan Stadium (athletics) | Stade Croix-Catelan | No | |||||||
![]() | 1904 | Francis Field | St. Louis | ![]() | New | 19,000 | Yes | ||
![]() | 1906 Intercalated | Panathenaic Stadium | Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο | Athens | ![]() | Existing | 80,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1908 | White City Stadium | London | ![]() | New | 68,000 | No | ||
![]() | 1912 | Olympic Stadium | Stockholms Olympiastadion | Stockholm | ![]() | New | 20,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1920 | Olympic Stadium | Olympisch Stadion | Antwerp | ![]() | New | 12,771 | Yes | |
![]() | 1924 | Winter | Olympic Stadium | Stade Olympique de Chamonix | Chamonix | ![]() | New | 45,000 | Yes |
![]() | 1924 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | Paris | Existing | 45,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1928 | Winter | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink | Badrutts Park | St. Moritz | ![]() | New | 4,000 | Yes |
![]() | 1928 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Olympisch Stadion | Amsterdam | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 31,600 | Yes |
![]() | 1932 | Winter | Lake Placid Speedskating Oval | Lake Placid | ![]() | New | 7,500 | Yes | |
![]() | 1932 | Summer | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles | Existing, expanded | 101,574 | Yes | ||
![]() | 1936 | Winter | Große Olympiaschanze | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | ![]() | Existing | 40,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1936 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Olympiastadion | Berlin | New | 110,000 | Yes | |
1948 | Winter | St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink | Badrutts Park | St. Moritz | ![]() | Existing | 4,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1948 | Summer | Wembley Stadium | London | ![]() | Existing | 82,000 | No (replaced) | |
![]() | 1952 | Winter | Bislett Stadium | Bislett stadion | Oslo | ![]() | Existing | 20,000 | No (replaced) |
![]() | 1952 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Olympiastadion | Helsinki | ![]() | Existing | 70,000 | Yes |
![]() | 1956 | Winter | Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio | Cortina d'Ampezzo | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 12,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1956 | Summer | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | ![]() | Existing | 115,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1960 | Winter | Blyth Arena | Squaw Valley | ![]() | New | 8,500 | No | |
![]() | 1960 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Stadio Olimpico | ![]() | Existing | 90,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1964 | Winter | Bergiselschanze (opening ceremony) | Innsbruck | ![]() | Existing | 26,000 | Yes | |
![]() | Olympiahalle (closing ceremony) | New | 10,836 | Yes | |||||
1964 | Summer | National Stadium | 国立競技場 | Tokyo | ![]() | Existing | 71,556 | No (replaced) | |
![]() | 1968 | Winter | Olympic Stadium (opening ceremony) | Stade olympique | Grenoble | ![]() | Temporary | 60,000 | No |
Le Stade de Glace (closing ceremony) | New | 12,000 | Yes | ||||||
![]() | 1968 | Summer | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | Mexico City | ![]() | Existing | 83,700 | Yes | |
![]() | 1972 | Winter | Makomanai Open Stadium (opening ceremony) | 真駒内屋外競技場 | Sapporo | ![]() | New | 30,000 | Yes |
![]() | Makomanai Ice Arena (closing ceremony) | 真駒内屋内競技場 | New | 11,500 | Yes | ||||
![]() | 1972 | Summer | Olympiastadion | Munich | ![]() | New | 80,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1976 | Winter | Bergiselschanze (opening ceremony) | Innsbruck | ![]() | Existing | 26,000 | Yes | |
![]() | Olympiahalle (closing ceremony) | Existing | 10,836 | Yes | |||||
![]() | 1976 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Stade olympique | Montreal | ![]() | New | 70,000 | Yes |
![]() | 1980 | Winter | Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium (opening ceremony) | Lake Placid | ![]() | Temporary stadium at existing equestrian grounds | 30,000 | No | |
![]() | Olympic Center Arena (closing ceremony) | New | 10,000 | Yes | |||||
![]() | 1980 | Summer | Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium | Большая спортивная арена центрального стадиона имени Ленина | Moscow | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 103,000 | Yes |
![]() | 1984 | Winter | Olympic Stadium (opening ceremony) | Olimpijski stadion | Sarajevo | ![]() | Existing | 50,000 | Yes |
![]() | Zetra Olympic Hall (closing ceremony) | Olimpijska dvorana Zetra | New | 12,000 | Yes | ||||
![]() | 1984 | Summer | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles | ![]() | Existing | 92,516 | Yes | |
![]() | 1988 | Winter | McMahon Stadium | Calgary | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 38,205 | Yes | |
![]() | 1988 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | 올림픽주경기장 | Seoul | ![]() | Existing | 100,000 | Yes |
1992 | Winter | Theatre of Ceremonies | Théâtre des Cérémonies | Albertville | ![]() | Temporary | 35,000 | No | |
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1992 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Estadi Olímpic | Barcelona | ![]() |
Existing | 60,713 | Yes |
1994 | Winter | Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena | Lysgårdsbakkene hoppanlegg | Lillehammer | ![]() | New | 35,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 1996 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Atlanta | ![]() | 85,000 | Yes (reconfigured)[lower-alpha 1] | ||
![]() | 1998 | Winter | Nagano Olympic Stadium | 長野オリンピックスタジアム | Nagano | ![]() | 30,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 2000 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Sydney | ![]() | 114,714 | Yes | ||
![]() | 2002 | Winter | Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium | Salt Lake City | ![]() | Existing, replacement | 45,017 | Yes | |
2004 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | Ολυμπιακό Κεντρικό Στάδιο Αθήνας "Σπύρος Λούης" | Athens | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 72,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 2006 | Winter | Olympic Stadium | Stadio Olimpico | Turin | ![]() | Existing | 28,000 | Yes |
![]() | 2008 | Summer | National Stadium | 国家体育场 | Beijing | ![]() | New | 91,000 | Yes |
![]() | 2010 | Winter | BC Place | Vancouver | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 54,500 | Yes | |
2010 Youth | Summer | The Float@Marina Bay | Pentas Terapung Teluk Marina 滨海湾浮动舞台 மரீனா பே மிதக்கும் மேடை (Tamil) | Marina Bay | ![]() | Existing | 30,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 2012 Youth | Winter | Bergiselschanze | Innsbruck | ![]() | 26,000 | Yes | ||
![]() | 2012 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | London | ![]() | New | 80,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 2014 | Winter | Fisht Olympic Stadium | Олимпийский стадион | Sochi | ![]() | 40,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 2014 Youth | Summer | Olympic Stadium | 南京奥林匹克体育中心 | Nanjing | ![]() | Existing | 61,443 | Yes |
![]() | 2016 Youth | Winter | Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena (opening ceremony) | Lysgårdsbakkene hoppanlegg | Lillehammer | ![]() | 35,000 | Yes | |
Håkons Hall (closing ceremony) | 11,500 | Yes | |||||||
![]() | 2016 | Summer | Maracanã (opening and closing ceremony, football) | Rio de Janeiro | ![]() | 74,738 | Yes | ||
![]() | Olympic Stadium (athletics and football) | Estádio Olímpico | Existing, expanded | 60,000[2] | Yes | ||||
![]() | 2018 | Winter | Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium | 평창 올림픽 스타디움 | Pyeongchang | ![]() | Temporary | 35,000 | No |
![]() | 2018 Youth | Summer | Obelisco de Buenos Aires (opening ceremony) | Obelisco de Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires | ![]() | Existing, temporary | N/A | Yes |
![]() | Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Village (closing ceremony)[3] | Existing, expanded | 15,500 | Yes | |||||
![]() | 2020 Youth | Winter | Vaudoise Arena | Vaudoise Aréna | Lausanne | ![]() | New | 9,600 | Yes |
![]() | 2020 | Summer | Olympic Stadium | 国立競技場 (tentative name) | Tokyo | ![]() | Existing, replacement | 68,000 | Yes |
![]() | 2022 | Winter | National Stadium | 国家体育场 | Beijing | ![]() | Existing | 80,000 | Yes |
![]() | 2024 | Summer | River Seine (Opening ceremony) | Paris | ![]() | Temporary | 600,000 | Yes | |
![]() | Jardins du Trocadéro (Closing ceremony) | N/A | Yes | ||||||
![]() | Stade de France (Athletics, rugby sevens) | Existing | 77,083 | Yes | |||||
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2024 Youth | Winter | Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium (Opening ceremony) | SCJ 올림픽 스타디움 | Gangwon | ![]() |
Existing,
replacement |
8,500 | Yes |
SCJ Olympic Stadium (closing ceremony) | |||||||||
![]() | 2026 | Winter | San Siro (opening ceremony) | Milan | ![]() | Existing | 75,923 | Yes | |
![]() | Verona Arena (closing ceremony) | Verona | 15,000 | Yes | |||||
2026 Youth | Summer | Diamniadio Olympic Stadium | Stade olympique de Diamniadio | Dakar | ![]() | New | 50,000 | Yes | |
![]() | 2028 | Summer | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (cultural opening and formal closing ceremony, athletics) | Los Angeles | ![]() | Existing, renovated | 60,000 | Yes | |
![]() | SoFi Stadium[†] (formal opening and cultural closing ceremony, possible exhibition sports and football) | Inglewood | Existing | 70,240-100,240 | Yes | ||||
![]() | 2032 | Summer | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Brisbane | ![]() | Existing, to be demolished then rebuilt [4] | 50,000 | Yes |
^ †: Under present IOC policy, non-sponsoring corporate naming rights are disallowed on venues during the duration of the Games.[5]
Venue | City | Events |
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Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1962 European Cup Final, 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, 1981 UEFA Cup Final, 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship Finals, 1992 UEFA Cup Final, 2016 European Athletics Championships |
Panathenaic Stadium | ![]() | 1967–68 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games |
Olympiako Stadio Athinas 'Spyros Louis' | 1983, 1994 and 2007 UEFA Champions League Finals, 1991 Mediterranean Games 1997 World Championships in Athletics, 2005 and 2006 WRC Acropolis Rally SuperSpecial Stage, 2006 IAAF World Cup | |
Centennial Olympic Stadium | ![]() | as Turner Field: 1999 World Series, 2000 MLB All-Star Game as Center Parc Stadium: annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge, annual GHSA football championships |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1989 IAAF World Cup, 2003 World Police and Fire Games, 2010 European Athletics Championships |
Beijing National Stadium | ![]() | 2009 Race of Champions, 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2017 League of Legends World Championship |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships, annual IAAF Golden League (1998–2009), 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2009 World Championships in Athletics, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015 UEFA Champions League Final, 2018 European Athletics Championships, annual DFB-Pokal final |
Brisbane Cricket Ground | ![]() | 2020 AFL Grand Final |
McMahon Stadium | ![]() | Five Grey Cups, 1972 and 1978 CFL All-Star Games, 1997 World Police and Fire Games |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1957 Bandy World Championship, 1983 and 2005 World Championships in Athletics, 1971, 1994, and 2012 European Athletics Championships, UEFA Women's Euro 2009, 2022 UEFA Super Cup. |
Bergisel Ski Jump | ![]() | 1968 and 2005 Winter Universiades, 1933, 1985, and 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, annual FIS Ski Jumping World Cup |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 2015 Race of Champions, 2015 Rugby World Cup, 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, 2017 World Championships in Athletics, 2018 Athletics World Cup, [‡] |
Wembley Stadium | Original stadium: 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, and 1992 European Cup Finals, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1989-1992 Rugby League World Cup, WWF SummerSlam 1992, 1995 Rugby League World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, annual FA Cup final, League Cup final, and FA Charity Shield Current stadium: 2007 and 2008 Race of Champions, 2011, 2013, and 2024 UEFA Champions League Finals[‡], 2013 Rugby League World Cup, 2015 Rugby World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020, annual FA Cup final, NFL International Series, EFL Cup final, and FA Community Shield | |
White City Stadium | 1934 British Empire Games, 1966 FIFA World Cup | |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ![]() | 1959 World Series, second 1959 MLB All-Star Game, Super Bowl I (1967), Super Bowl VII (1973), 23 Pro Bowls, 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship, 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, (historically) AMA Supercross Championships, 2022 Busch Clash, (historically) Mickey Thompson Off Road Grand Prix |
SoFi Stadium | Super Bowl LVI (2022), 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship[‡], 2026 FIFA World Cup[‡], annual LA Bowl | |
Melbourne Cricket Ground | ![]() | 1992 and 2015 Cricket World Cup Finals, 2006 Commonwealth Games, annual AFL Grand Final (except 2020 & 2021) |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ![]() | 1955 Pan American Games, 1986 FIFA World Cup |
San Siro | ![]() | 1934 and 1990 FIFA World Cups |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1979 IAAF World Cup, 1982 MLB All-Star Game, six Grey Cups, 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
Luzhniki Stadium | ![]() | 1973 Summer Universiade, 1999 UEFA Cup Final, 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, 2013 World Championships in Athletics, 2018 FIFA World Cup |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1979 European Cup Final, UEFA Euro 1988, 1993 and 1997 UEFA Champions League Finals, 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship, 2002 and 2022 European Athletics Championships, 2012 UEFA Women's Champions League Final |
Bislett Stadium | ![]() | 1946 European Athletics Championships, annual IAAF Golden League (1998–2009), annual Diamond League |
Lysgårdsbakken | ![]() | annual FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and FIS Nordic Combined World Cup |
Vélodrome de Vincennes | ![]() | 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974 Tour de France closing stages |
Stade Olympique de Colombes | 1938 FIFA World Cup | |
Stade de France | 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1999 Rugby World Cup, annual IAAF Golden League (1999–2009), 2000 UEFA Champions League Final, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, 2003 World Championships in Athletics, 2006 UEFA Champions League Final, 2007 Rugby World Cup Final, UEFA Euro 2016, annual Coupe de France final, annual Top 14 final, annual Diamond League | |
Estádio do Maracanã | ![]() | 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, 1989, 2019 and 2021 Copas América, 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, 2007 Pan American Games, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup |
Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos | 2007 Pan American Games, 2011 Military World Games, 2021 Copa América | |
Stadio Olimpico | ![]() | UEFA Euro 1968, 1980 and 2020, 1974 European Athletics Championships, 1975 Summer Universiade, 1977 and 1984 European Cup Finals, 1981 IAAF World Cup, 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1996 and 2009 UEFA Champions League Finals, annual IAAF Golden League (1998–2009), annual Diamond League |
Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium | ![]() |
annual AMA Supercross Championships |
Makomanai Open Stadium | ![]() | 1991 Winter Universiade |
Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1986 Asian Games, 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup finals |
Fisht Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup |
Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ![]() | 1958 European Athletics Championships, 1999 World Police and Fire Games, 2001, 2002 and 2004 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, annual Diamond League |
Stadium Australia | ![]() | 2003 Rugby World Cup, 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup[‡], annual NRL Grand Final |
National Stadium | ![]() | Original stadium: 1958 Asian Games, 1967 Summer Universiade, 1991 World Championships in Athletics, annual Intercontinental Cup, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 FIFA Club World Cups, 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, annual Emperor's Cup final Current stadium: annual Emperor's Cup final, 2025 World Athletics Championships |
Stadio Olimpico di Torino | ![]() | 1934 European Athletics Championships, 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1959 and 1970 Summer Universiades |
BC Place | ![]() | Nine Grey Cups, 1983 CFL All-Star Game, 1989 World Police and Fire Games, 1990 Gay Games, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup[‡] |
^ ‡: Future event scheduled to take place at venue.
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