Olympic Stadium (Grenoble)

Olympic Stadium
Construction

Full name	Opening Stadium
Location	Grenoble, France
Coordinates	45°09′57″N 5°43′56″E / 45.16583°N 5.73222°E / 45.16583; 5.73222Coordinates: 45°09′57″N 5°43′56″E / 45.16583°N 5.73222°E / 45.16583; 5.73222
Capacity	60,000
Opened	1968
Demolished	1968

Olympic Stadium, also known as Opening Stadium, was a temporary stadium in Grenoble, France. Built to only host the opening ceremonies for the 1968 Winter Olympics, the stadium was immediately disassembled following the games. The stadium held 60,000 spectators.

References

1968 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 86–7. (English) & (French)
Further information on stadium

External links

Winter Olympic stadiums

Stade Olympique de Chamonix (Chamonix 1924)
St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink (St. Moritz 1928)
James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink (Lake Placid 1932)
Große Olympiaschanze (Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936)
St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink (St. Moritz 1948)
Bislett Stadium (Oslo 1952)
Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio (Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956)
Blyth Arena (Squaw Valley 1960)
Bergiselschanze (Innsbruck 1964)
Olympic Stadium (Grenoble 1968)
Makomanai Open Stadium (Sapporo 1972)
Bergiselschanze (Innsbruck 1976)
Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium (Lake Placid 1980)
Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium (Sarajevo 1984)
McMahon Stadium (Calgary 1988)
Théâtre des Cérémonies (Albertville 1992)
Lysgårdsbakken (Lillehammer 1994)
Nagano Olympic Stadium (Nagano 1998)
Rice-Eccles Stadium (Salt Lake City 2002)
Stadio Olimpico di Torino (Turin 2006)
BC Place (Vancouver 2010)
Fisht Olympic Stadium (Sochi 2014)
Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium (Pyeongchang 2018)
Beijing National Stadium (Beijing 2022)

Venues of the 1968 Winter Olympics

Autrans Chamrousse La Patinoire Municipale L'Anneau de Vitesse Olympic Stadium (Grenoble) Le Stade de Glace Piste de Bobsleigh Piste de Luge Recoin de Chamrousse Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte

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