Jamsil Sports Complex

The Seoul Sports Complex, and Jamsil Sports Complex, included the Olympic Stadium, Jamsil Gymnasium, the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, the boxing arena and the Jamsil Baseball Stadium and so was the center of the Olympic Summer Games 1988. It is located in the district of Songpa -gu Seoul, South Korea, in the neighborhood Jamsil -dong.

Location

The Seoul Sports Complex is located in the district of Songpa -gu, about thirteen kilometers southeast of the center of the South Korean capital. The entire complex covers 591,000 square kilometers, of which 295,000 were built. The terrain is connected in various ways to the Seoul transportation network. The Olimpic Expressway, which connects the area with the Gimpo airport and the city center, adjacent to the complex, which includes a parking space for 10,000 vehicles. There are also bus and subway connections. In the north the plant is adjacent to the river Hangang. Located near the Seoul Sports Complex, the Olympic Village, the Olympic Park and the Olympic press center were.

History

The Seoul Sports Complex was already planned before was thinking about the Olympic Games. In January 1973, the city government of Seoul 330 508 square meters for the construction of a sports complex, which meets international standards, are provided. This planning was associated with a general development program for the Seoul Jamsil -dong neighborhood. They saw before that a stadium and two gyms should be built. First, a gymnasium was built, the schools in the area served as a hall for physical education. The construction lasted from November 1972 to 31 December 1976. The Prime Minister was presented a report to the plan of construction on 28 September 1976. On October 5, the approval of the President, which enabled the establishment of an office for monitoring and execution of works by the city government on November 1, followed. On 1 December 1976 gymnasium was begun with the construction of Jamsil. Then began the construction of the future Olympic stadium and the swimming pool on 28 November 1977. The sports hall was completed on 18 April 1979. Finally, the baseball stadium was built from April 1980. On 20 December 1980, the work was completed at the pool hall. On 15 July 1982 the completion of the baseball stadium followed, on 29 September 1984, the Olympic Stadium.

Development and use at the Olympic Games

Part of the Seoul Sports Complex is designed by com - geun Swoo Olympic Stadium. It is modeled after the shape of a porcelain vase from the Joseon Dynasty. Inside the stadium, find 100,000 spectators. It was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies. In addition, the athletics competitions, and the football final and the jumping took place there. In the Jamsil Gymnasium basketball tournaments were held. The roof of the Jamsil Sports Hall symbolized a leading in the sky stairs. The Jamsil Swimming Hall offers 8,000 spectators. During the Olympic Games competitions in synchronized swimming, water jumping and the water polo tournament were played in it. The appearance of the Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the form of Korean percussion instrument, the Janggu modeled. The stadium holds 30,500 spectators and was the venue for the Olympic baseball tournament.

The Seoul Sports Complex also includes in addition to these Olympic venues, a sports center, and which is used for training and schools.