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Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Athens Olympic Sports Complex is situated at Maroussi and will be the centre of the Olympic Games 2004.
Location: 11 km south of the Olympic village
Events: Basketball (Finals), Athletics, Cycling – Track, Diving, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Trampoline, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Tennis, Waterpolo
Competition Schedule: 20-29 August (Athletics), 28 August (Football), 25-28 Aug (Basketball Finals), 14-19, 22-24 Aug (Gymnastics Artistic), 20-21 Aug (Trampoline), 14-21 Aug (Swimming), 15-27, 29 Aug (Water Polo), 23-27 Aug (Synchronised Swimming), 14-16, 20-28 Aug (Diving), 15-22 Aug (Tennis), 20-25 Aug (Cycling)
It is situated at Maroussi and will be the centre of the Olympic Games 2004. Following an ATHENS 2004 and Ministry of Culture initiative, the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed the upgrade of OAKA and constructed the new roof structure for the Olympic Stadium.
It is the largest athletic complex in Greece and occupies an area of 1000 square feet.
The Complex includes the Olympic Stadium, which will host the Opening and the Closing ceremonies, the Athletics events and the Football gold medal match. It will be a host to 72,000 spectators and includes the new roof structure which has been one of the interesting aspects of the stadium.
The Olympic Indoor Hall, where the finals of Basketball will take place. It will also host Gymnastics (Artistic & Trampoline) and will have the capacity to seat 19,250 for Basketball and 17,000 for Gymnastics. The other venues enclosed within the OAKA is the Olympic Aquatic Centre which will host Swimming, Water Polo, Synchronised Swimming and Diving events. The Centre is divided into two consisting of two outdoor and one indoor pool. The Swimming and Water Polo events will be held at the Main Pool.
The Olympic Tennis Centre consists of the main court (8,600 seats), two semi-final courts (4,300 seats), and 13 other courts (200 seats each).
The Olympic Velodrome at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, is the venue where the Track Cycling discipline will take place. It is expected to host around 5,250 spectators, who will have the opportunity to view the fast-paced sport in the modern Velodrome venue.
The field of play is a wooden track made by afzelia hard wood and the banking at the two bends is 42 degrees and at the two straights is 12 degrees.
The renovation of the Velodrome is included in the project “Aesthetic Unification of OAKA”, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.
