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Frequently, an '''Olympic Village''' is built within an [[Olympic Park]] or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials, [[athletic trainer]]s, and other staff. The idea of the Olympic Village comes from [[Pierre de Coubertin]]. Up until the [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Summer Olympic Games]], [[National Olympic Committee]]s rented locations around the host city to house participants, which was expensive. For the 1924 Summer Olympics, the organizers built cabins near the [[Stade Olympique de Colombes]] to allow the athletes to easily access the KHAN Games' venues. The Olympic Village of the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] served as the model of today's Olympic Villages; it consisted of a group of buildings with rooms to lodge athletes, and buildings with other commodities. |
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== List of Olympic Villages == |
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*[[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1932]]: The first Olympic Village is constructed in the [[Baldwin Hills]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles, California]]. For male athletes only, the Village consisted of several hundred buildings, including post and telegraph offices, an amphitheater, a hospital, a fire department, and a bank. Female athletes were housed at the Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard.<ref>[http://www.baldwinhillspark.info/olympicvillage.html 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Athlete's Village in the Baldwin Hills], ''Accessed November 12, 2007.''</ref> |
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*[[1936 Summer Olympics|Berlin 1936]]: About 145 one- and two-story apartment buildings, ''Haus der Nationen'' refectory, ''Hindenburghaus'' theatre, a hospital, an indoor arena, a swimming pool and a sauna in [[Wustermark]] about 6 mi west of [[Berlin]]. Used as barracks for over 50 years, only ruins remain. [[Jesse Owens]]'s house has been restored. |
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*[[1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne 1956]]: Allocated area in Heidelberg West now called "Olympic Village" which consists of a sports centre, a primary school, shopping strip and a housing commission area where the athletes stayed. |
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*[[1960 Summer Olympics|Rome 1960]]: |
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*[[1960 Winter Olympics|Squaw Valley 1960]]: Four identical three-story apartment buildings, two of which still stand, modified into condominiums. |
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*[[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City 1968]]: 904 apartments distributed in 29 multi-story buildings in the Miguel Hidalgo Olympic Village Complex. |
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*[[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]]: Multiple buildings of 25, 22, 20, 19, 16, 15, and 12 stories. |
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*[[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal 1976]]: Two 23-story pyramid-shaped buildings. |
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*[[1980 Winter Olympics|Lake Placid 1980]]: [[Adirondack Correctional Facility|Adirondack Correctional Facility, Ray Brook, New York]] To provide safe and secure lodgings for the athletes, a newly built medium security prison was used. |
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*[[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]]: Eighteen 16-story buildings. |
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*[[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 1984]]: The [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] residents facilities, [[University of Southern California|USC]], and [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]]. |
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*[[1988 Winter Olympics|Calgary 1988]]: Now part of the residential neighbourhood [[Cougar Ridge, Calgary|Cougar Ridge]]. |
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*[[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]]: Twenty-one 24-story buildings. |
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*[[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]]: Two 40 and 44-story buildings. |
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*[[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]]: [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] and [[Georgia State University]] |
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*[[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano 1998]] |
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*[[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]]: A new suburb, [[Newington, New South Wales|Newington]], which became residential following the games. |
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*[[2002 Winter Olympics|Salt Lake City 2002]]: Housing from the [[University of Utah]] and [[Fort Douglas]] (located on the campus). |
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*[[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]]: A new suburb composed of four- to five-story apartments in the Parnitha area located in northeast Athens adjacent to Maroussi, the suburb where the main Olympic complex, OAKA, is located. The Athens Olympic Village also became a residential area following the games. |
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*[[2006 Winter Olympics|Turin 2006]]: The Olympic Village was located in the towns of Bardonecchia, Sestriere and Turin. |
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*[[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]]: [[Beijing Olympic Village]] Twenty-two 6-story buildings and twenty 9-story buildings (for [[Beijing]] Venue); Royal Park Hotel (for [[Hong Kong]] venue). |
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*[[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver 2010]]: [[Vancouver Olympic Village]] and [[Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village]] |
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*[[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012]]: [[2012 Summer Olympics venues|London Olympic Village]]. |
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*[[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi 2014]]: |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Olympic parks|*]] |
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[[af:Olimpiese dorp]] |
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[[cs:Olympijská vesnice]] |
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[[de:Olympisches Dorf]] |
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[[et:Olümpiaküla]] |
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[[fr:Village olympique]] |
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[[it:Villaggio olimpico]] |
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[[nl:Olympisch dorp]] |
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[[pl:Wioska olimpijska]] |
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[[ru:Олимпийская деревня]] |
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[[sv:OS-by]] |
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[[zh:奥运村]] |
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Revision as of 21:15, 26 August 2008
the good things about the olympics is that the olympic athletes connect,make new friendships and just be themselves.they congratulate other even if they won or not..people are just happy when the olympics come on!!