Rio Olympic Velodrome

Rio Olympic Velodrome
Construction

Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°58′28.93″S 43°23′32.04″W / 22.9747028°S 43.3922333°W / -22.9747028; -43.3922333Coordinates: 22°58′28.93″S 43°23′32.04″W / 22.9747028°S 43.3922333°W / -22.9747028; -43.3922333
Capacity	5,000
Broke ground	2015
Built	2016
Opened	2016
Construction cost	$143.6 million
Tenants
Track cycling events - 2016 Summer Olympics Track cycling events - 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Olympic velodrome will be a sports venue to be located on the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and built to host the track cycling events in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[1]^[2]

References

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Barra Cluster	Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Maria Lenk Aquatic Center Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Center HSBC Arena Pontal Riocentro (four venues) Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Copacabana Arena Fort Copacabana Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Aquatics Centre Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic BMX Center Olympic Hockey Center Mountain Bike Centre Olympic Whitewater Stadium Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Maracanãzinho Sambódromo

Football stadia	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena Fonte Nova Mineirão Arena Corinthians Arena da Amazônia

Venues of the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Barra Cluster	Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Center Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Pontal Rio Olympic Arena Riocentro - Pavilion 3 Riocentro - Pavilion 6 Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Fort Copacabana Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic Hockey Center Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Sambódromo

Olympic venues in cycling

1896 Marathon (city), Neo Phaliron Velodrome 1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Field 1908 White City Stadium 1912 Liljeholmen, Mälaren 1920 Antwerp, Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg 1924 Stade de Colombes, Vélodrome de Vincennes 1928 Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium 1932 Los Angeles Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Vineyard Avenue 1936 Avus Motor Road, BSV 92 Field & Stadium 1948 Herne Hill Velodrome, Windsor Great Park 1952 Käpylä, Maunula, Pakila, Velodrome 1956 Broadmeadows, Velodrome 1960 Olympic Velodrome, Via Cassia, Via Flaminia, Via Cristoforo Colombo, Via di Grottarossa 1964 Hachioji City, Hachioji Velodrome 1968 Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Satellite Circuit 1972 Bundesautobahn 96, Grünwald, Radstadion 1976 Mount Royal Park, Olympic Velodrome, Quebec Autoroute 40 1980 Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit, Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome, Moscow-Minsk Highway 1984 Artesia Freeway, Olympic Velodrome, Streets of Mission Viejo 1988 Olympic Velodrome, Tongillo Road Course 1992 A-17 highway, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Sant Sadurní Cycling Circuit, Velòdrom d'Horta 1996 Cycling road course, Georgia International Horse Park, Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome 2000 Centennial Parklands, Dunc Gray Velodrome, Western Sydney Parklands 2004 Athens Olympic Velodrome, Kotzia Square, Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue, Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre 2008 Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue, Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan Velodrome, Urban Road Cycling Course 2012 BMX Circuit, Hadleigh Farm, London Velodrome, Hampton Court Palace 2016 Fort Copacabana, Olympic BMX Center, Mountain Bike Centre, Pontal, Rio Olympic Velodrome

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