Campo Marte

This article is about the equestrian venue in Mexico City. For the airport named Campo de Marte in São Paulo, Brazil, see Campo de Marte Airport. For other uses, see Campo Marte (disambiguation).

Campo Marte is an equestrian venue located next to the National Auditorium in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.

Events hosted

It hosted the dressage and individual jumping events of the equestrian competitions for the 1968 Summer Olympics. It was where the 2008 World Polo Championship took place.

Campo Marte is the location of a Mexican flag measuring 50 meters long by 28 meters wide located on flagpole that is 100 meteres high.

References

1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 77.
FIP-Polo.com article on Campo Marte.

Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics

Olympic venues in equestrian

1900: 7th arrondissement of Paris 1912: Fältrittklubben, Liljeholmen, Lindarängen, Östermalm Athletic Grounds, Stockholm Olympic Stadium 1920: Olympisch Stadion 1924: Hippodrome d'Auteuil, Stade de Colombes 1928: Hilversum, Olympic Stadium 1932: Olympic Stadium, Riviera Country Club, Westchester 1936: Döberitz, Mayfield, Olympic Stadium 1948: Aldershot, Empire Stadium, Tweseldown Racecourse 1952: Laakso, Olympic Stadium, Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall, Tali Race Track 1956: Lill-Jansskogen, Olympic Stadium, Ulriksdal 1960: Piazza di Siena, Pratoni del Vivaro 1964: Karuizawa, National Stadium 1968: Avándaro Golf Club, Campo Marte, Estadio Olímpico Universitario 1972: Dressage Facility Nymphenburg, Olympiastadion, Riding Facility, Riem 1976: Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont, Olympic Stadium 1980: Grand Arena, Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex 1984: Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, Santa Anita Park 1988: Olympic Stadium, Seoul Equestrian Park 1992: Club Hípic El Montayá, Real Club de Polo de Barcelona 1996: Georgia International Horse Park 2000: Sydney International Equestrian Centre 2004: Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre 2008: Hong Kong Equestrian Venues 2012: Greenwich Park 2016: National Equestrian Center

Coordinates: 19°25′29″N 99°11′50″W / 19.42472°N 99.19722°W / 19.42472; -99.19722

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