List of Olympic venues in athletics

For the Summer Olympics, there are 60 venues that have been or will be used for athletics. These venues have been the main stadium that has also served as host for both the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics, with a notable exception being the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, who hosted athletics events at Rio 2016; the ceremonies were hosted in the Maracanã.

Panathinaiko Stadium hosted the athletics events for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. In 2004, it was the finish line for the athletics marathon events.

Olympic Stadium in Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Olympic athletic events.

Other uses for the stadiums have included the FIFA World Cup, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the World Series, the National Football League's Super Bowl, the Asian Games, the Pan American Games (North and South America), and the IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

For the FIFA World Cup, the athletic stadiums of 1908 (1966), 1924 (1938 final), 1936 (1974, 2006 final), 1948 (1966 final), 1960 (1990 final), 1968 (1986), 1972 (1974 final), and 1980 (2018) hosted the final match.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

As of 2019, seven of the athletic stadiums have played host to seven IAAF World Championships in Athletics. They are from 1936 (2009), 1952 (1983, 2005), 1960 (1987), 1964 (1991), 1980 (2013), 2004 (1997), 2008 (2015), and 2012 (2017).[10][11][12][13][14][15] Another athletic venue used for the Olympics will host the IAAF World Championships in the future will be London's Olympic Stadium (2012) in 2017.[16][17]

Two athletic stadiums used for the Summer Olympics have hosted the Asian Games. They are 1964 (1958) and 1988 (1986).[18][19] Two other stadiums played host to the Pan American Games were from 1968 (1955) and 2016 (2007).[20][21]

Three athletic venues hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game with the stadium for 1932 and 1984 hosting the second 1959 game, the 1976 venue hosting in 1982, and the 1996 venue (reconfigured as Turner Field after the 1996 Games) in 2000.[22][23][24] The World Series would be hosted at the 1932 and 1984 athletics Summer Olympics in 1959 while the 1996 athletics venue would host forty years later.[25][26] The 1976 athletics venue hosted the Canadian Football League Grey Cup six times between 1977 and 2008.[27][28] Finally, the athletics venues used for the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics played host to the National Football League's Super Bowl's I and VII.[29][30]

Games	Venue	Other sports hosted at venues for games	Capacity	Ref.
1896 Athens	Marathon (city) (Marathon start)	Cycling (Individual road race)	Not listed.	[31]
	Panathinaiko Stadium	Gymnastics, Weightlifting, and Wrestling	80,000	[32]
1900 Paris	Croix-Catelan Stadium	None	Not listed.	[33]
1904 St. Louis	Francis Field	Archery, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Roque, Tennis, Tug of war, Weightlifting, and Wrestling	19,000.	[34]
1908 London	White City Stadium	Archery, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling	68,000.	[35]
1912 Stockholm	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Equestrian, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (running), Tug of war, Wrestling	33,000.	[36]
1920 Antwerp	Olympisch Stadion	Equestrian, Field hockey, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Tug of war, Weightlifting	30,000	[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
1924 Paris	Stade de Colombes	Cycling (road), Equestrian, Fencing, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union, Tennis	60,000	[46]
1928 Amsterdam	Olympic Stadium	Cycling (track), Equestrian (jumping), Football (final), Gymnastics	33,025	[47]
1932 Los Angeles	Olympic Stadium	Equestrian (eventing, jumping), Field hockey, Gymnastics	105,000	[48]
	Riverside Drive at Griffith Park (50 km walk)	None	Not listed.	[49]
1936 Berlin	Avus Motor Road (Marathon, 50 km walk)	Cycling (road)	Not listed.	[50]
	Olympic Stadium	Equestrian (jumping), Football (final), Handball (final)	110,000	[51]
1948 London	Empire Stadium	Equestrian (jumping), Field hockey (medal matches), Football (medal matches)	82,000	[52]
1952 Helsinki	Olympic Stadium	Equestrian (jumping), Football (final)	70,000	[53]
1956 Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Field hockey (final), Football (final)	104,000	[54]
1960 Rome	Arch of Constantine (Marathon – finish line)	None	Not listed.	[55][56]
	Raccordo Anulare (Marathon)	None	Not listed.	[55]
	Stadio Olimpico	Non-road	65,000	[57]
	Via Appia Antica (Marathon)	None	Not listed.	[58][59]
	Via Cristoforo Colombo (Marathon)	Cycling (road team time trial)	Not listed.	[60][61]
1964 Tokyo	Fuchu City (Marathon, 50 km walk)	None	Not listed.	[62]
	Karasuyama-machi (Marathon, 50 km walk)	None	Not listed.	[63]
	National Stadium	Equestrian (team jumping), Football (final)	71,600	[63][64]
	Sasazuka-machi (Marathon, 50 km walk)	None	Not listed	[62]
	Shinjuku (Marathon, 50 km walk)	None	Not listed	[63]
1968 Mexico City	Estadio Olímpico Universitario	Ceremonies (opening/ closing), Equestrian (jumping team)	83,700	[65]
	Zócalo (Marathon start)	None	Not listed	[66]
1972 Munich	Olympiastadion	Ceremonies (opening/ closing), Equestrian (jumping team), Football (final), Modern pentathlon (running)	77,000	[67]
1976 Montreal	Montreal Botanical Garden (20 km walk)	Modern pentathlon (running)	Not listed.	[68]
	Olympic Stadium	Ceremonies (opening/ closing), Equestrian (jumping team final), Football (final)	70,000	[69]
	Streets of Montreal (Marathon)	None	Not listed.	[68]
1980 Moscow	Central Lenin stadium	Equestrian (jumping individual), Football (final), Opening/closing ceremonies	80,000	[70]
	Streets of Moscow (Marathon, walks)	None	Not listed.	[71]
1984 Los Angeles	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Ceremonies (opening/ closing)	92,516	[72]
	Santa Monica College (Marathon start)	None	Not listed.	[73]
	Streets of Los Angeles (Marathon, walks)	None	Not listed.	[73]
	Streets of Santa Monica (Marathon)	None	Not listed.	[73]
1988 Seoul	Olympic Stadium	Equestrian (jumping individual final), Football (final)	100,000	[74]
	Streets of Seoul (Marathon, walks)	None	Not listed.	[75]
1992 Barcelona	Estadi Olímpic de Monjuïc	Ceremonies (opening/closing)	67,007	[76]
	Marathon course (Marathon)	None	Not listed.	[77]
	Mataró (Marathon start)	None	Not listed.	[77]
	Walking course (Walks)	None	Not listed.	[78]
1996 Atlanta	Marathon course (Marathon)	None	800	[79][80]
	Olympic Stadium	Ceremonies (opening/ closing)	85,600	[79][81]
	Walking course (Walks)	Athletics (walks)	800	[79][80]
2000 Sydney	Marathon course (Marathon)	None	Not listed.	[82]
	North Sydney (Marathon start)	None	Not listed.	[82]
	Olympic Stadium	Ceremonies (opening/closing), Football (final)	114,700	[83]
2004 Athens	Marathon (city) (Marathon start)	None	Not listed.	[84]
	Olympic Stadium (All but shot put)	Ceremonies (opening/ closing), Football (final)	72,000	[85]
	Panathinaiko Stadium (Marathon finish)	Archery	7,500 (archery) 34,500 (athletics marathon finish)	[86]
	Stadium at Olympia (Shot put)	None	Not listed.	[84]
2008 Beijing	Beijing National Stadium	Football (final), Ceremonies (opening/closing)	91,000	[87]
2012 London	Marathon Course (with Race Walk in The Mall)	Cycling (road start and finish)	Not listed.	[88]
	Olympic Stadium	Ceremonies (opening/ closing)	80,000	[89]
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Pontal (Walks)	Cycling (time trial)	5,000	[90]
	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange	Football (8 group matches)	60,000	[91]
	Sambódromo (Marathon)	Archery	72,000	[92]
2020 Tokyo	New National Stadium (Tokyo)	Ceremonies (opening/closing), Football (women's final)	68,000
	Tokyo Imperial Palace (Marathon, Walks)	None	700
2024 Paris	Champs-Élysées (Walks, Marathon finish line)	Cycling (road events), Skateboarding (street)	10,000
	Stade de France	Ceremonies (opening/closing)	75,000
	Eiffel Tower (Marathon start)	Triathlon, Swimming (marathon)	13,000

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