Alberca OlÃmpica Francisco Márquez
The Alberca Francisco Márquez Olympic Village is a swimming pool in Mexico City. She was the venue for the competitions in Swimming, Diving, playing in the water polo and swimming of the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics in 1968. 's Namesake is the young cadet Francisco Márquez, who during the Mexican- American War at the Battle of Chapultepec on September 13 1847 fell. Márquez is one of the Niños Héroes.
The Olympic Village is located about ten kilometers from the Swimming Stadium. The hall offers 5000 spectators, with 5,000 temporary seats were created for the Olympic competitions. The swimming pool is 50 meters long, 21 meters wide and 1.8 meters deep. Window under the waterline allowed photographers and television cameras recording the float below the water line. Add to this a 30 x 20 -meter warm-up pool. The jump tower has platforms in three, six and a half and ten meters in height.
After the Olympics, the swimming pool was used for further major events. So there the swimming competitions and water jumping the Pan American Games in 1975, the Universiade 1979 and the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1990 were held. In 2008, the swimming pool was renovated and reopened in the presence of President Felipe Calderón.