List of Summer Olympics venues: Q–R

For the Summer Olympics, there are four venues starting with the letter 'Q' and 29 venues starting with the letter 'R'.

Q

Quebec Autoroute 40 and Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse in 2009. A 25 km (16 mi) stretch of the route was used for the cycling road team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in neighboring Montreal.
Venue Games Sports Capacity Ref.
Qingdao International Sailing Centre 2008 Beijing Sailing Not listed. [1]
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 2008 Beijing Football 33,572 [2]
Quebec Autoroute 40 1976 Montreal Cycling (road team time trial) Not listed. [3]
Queen's Club 1908 London Jeu de paumeNot listed. [4]

R

Råsunda Stadium in 2007. For the 1912 Summer Olympics in neighboring Stockholm, the venue hosted some of the football and shooting events.
Main entrance to the Rose Bowl Stadium in 2008. For the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the venue hosted track cycling events. Fifty-two years later, the venue hosted the football final.
Venue Games Sports Capacity Ref.
Raccordo Anulare 1960 Rome Athletics (marathon) Not listed. [5]
Radstadion 1972 Munich Cycling (track) 4,157 [6]
Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool 1984 Los Angeles Water polo 5,000 [7]
Råsunda Stadium 1912 Stockholm Football, Shooting Not listed. [8]
RCD Espanyol Stadium 1992 Barcelona Football 42,000 [9]
Real Club de Polo de Barcelona 1992 Barcelona Equestrian (dressage, jumping, eventing final), Modern pentathlon (riding) 9,600 [10]
Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim 1972 Munich Canoeing (sprint), Rowing 41,000 [11]
Regent's Park 2012 London Cycling (road) Not listed. [12]
Republican Stadium 1980 Moscow Football 80,000 [13]
Reserva de Marapendi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Golf Not listed.
Revolution Ice Rink 1968 Mexico City Volleyball 1,500 [14]
RFK Memorial Stadium 1996 Atlanta Football 56,500 [15]
Riding Facility, Riem 1972 Munich Equestrian (jumping individual, eventing cross-country), Modern pentathlon (riding) 23,000 [16]
Riocentro – Pavilion 2 2016 Rio de Janeiro Boxing 9,000 [17]
Riocentro – Pavilion 3 2016 Rio de Janeiro Table tennis 7,000 [18]
Riocentro – Pavilion 4 2016 Rio de Janeiro Badminton 6,500 [19]
Riocentro – Pavilion 6 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting 6,500 [20]
Riverbank Arena 2012 London Field hockey 16,000 [21]
Riverside Drive at Griffith Park 1932 Los Angeles Athletics (50 km walk) Not listed. [22]
Riviera Country Club 1932 Los Angeles Equestrian (dressage, eventing), Modern pentathlon (riding) 9,500 [23]
Rose Bowl 1984 Los Angeles Football (final) 103,300 [24]
Rose Bowl in Pasadena 1932 Los Angeles Cycling (track) 85,000 [25]
Rosenaustadion 1972 Munich Football 28,000 [26][27][28]
Royal Artillery Barracks 2012 London Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting 7,500 [29]
Royal Australian Air Force, Laverton Air Base 1956 Melbourne Shooting (shotgun) Not listed [30]
Royal Bowling Center 1988 Seoul Bowling (demonstration) Not listed. [31]
Royal Exhibition Building 1956 Melbourne Basketball (final), Modern pentathlon (fencing), Weightlifting, Wrestling 3,500 [32]
Royal Military Academy 1948 London Modern pentathlon (running) Not listed. [33]
Ruhleben 1936 Berlin Modern pentathlon (shooting) Not listed. [34]
Ruskeasuo Equestrian Hall 1952 Helsinki Equestrian (dressage, eventing) Not listed. [35]
Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre 2000 Sydney Water polo (women's final) 3,900 [36]

References

  1. ↑ "Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  3. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 156-8. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  4. ↑ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 314. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  5. ↑ 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 80. Accessed 28 October 2010.
  6. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 187-88. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  7. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 147-9. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  8. ↑ 1912 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 221-3. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  9. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 225-7. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  10. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 221-24. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  11. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 204-5. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  12. ↑ London2012.com profile of road cycling featuring Regent's Park. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  13. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 122-3. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  14. ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. (English) & (French)
  15. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 543. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  16. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 207–8. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  17. ↑ "Riocentro - Pavilion 2", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 60–61, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  18. ↑ "Riocentro - Pavilion 3", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 62–63, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  19. ↑ "Riocentro - Pavilion 4", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 66–67, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  20. ↑ "Riocentro - Pavilion 6", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF), 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 64–65, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  21. ↑ London2012.com profile of the Hockey Centre. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  22. ↑ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. p. 86.
  23. ↑ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 73-4, 572.
  24. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 129-31. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  25. ↑ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. p. 74.
  26. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 121. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  27. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 359. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  28. ↑ Rosenaustadion profile. Accessed 8 November 2010. (German)
  29. ↑ London2012.com profile of the Royal Artillery Barracks. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  30. ↑ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 46. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  31. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 206. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  32. ↑ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 43. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  33. ↑ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. p. 47. Accessed 19 October 2010.
  34. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 827-36. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  35. ↑ 1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 58. Accessed 21 October 2010.
  36. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 378. Accessed 17 December 2010.
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