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The Uytengsu Aquatics Center (originally the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium) is a 2,500-seat outdoor aquatics venue located on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. [1] The facility features two pools: a long course pool (50x25 meters), and a diving well (25x25 yards) with towers. [2]
The Swim Stadium was later renamed in honor of the LA84 Foundation and for John C. Argue (1931 or 1932–2002), a Los Angeles-based lawyer who served as a key board member player for bringing the Olympics back to Los Angeles 52 years later.
The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena remained home to the University of Southern California's basketball team until the 2005-06 NCAA basketball season when the Trojans moved on campus. [51] For the 1984-85 NBA season, the Clippers franchise relocated from San Diego to Los Angeles where they played at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. [72]
Olympic swimming will move back to the second week of competition to accommodate the change in venue to SoFi Stadium. 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Swimming to move to SoFi Stadium, softball in ...
The swimming competitions of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the University of Southern California (USC) campus. There were a total of 494 participants from 67 countries competing. [1] [2]
This will be the third time Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics, as they had them in 1932 and 1984. The only other three-time hosts are Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024) and London (1908, 1948 and 2012)
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Fifteen years ago, Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics wearing a high-tech swimsuit with a catchy name, the Speedo LZR Racer. The super suit era lasted just one ...