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From the marble horseshoe in Athens to Beijing’s steel lattice, the main stadium can set the look of an entire Summer Games. These photographs show where athletes competed and how host cities used the venues for Olympic ceremonies.

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Panathenaic Stadium, Athens
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens: Marble tiers wrap around a narrow track in a long horseshoe. Rebuilt for the first modern…
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National Stadium, Beijing
National Stadium, Beijing: The overlapping steel beams give the Bird’s Nest its uneven outline. The stadium held athletics…
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: The aerial photograph shows the Coliseum’s open bowl and its columned peristyle at one end…
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Olympiastadion, Munich
Olympiastadion, Munich: A sheet of acrylic panels hangs from a web of cables above the stands. The roof’s sweeping edges…
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Olympiastadion, Berlin
Olympiastadion, Berlin: A broad roof now rings the bowl of the stadium built for the 1936 Olympics. The bright running…
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Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Olympic Stadium, Montreal: The slanted tower rises above the ribbed concrete stadium Roger Taillibert designed for the 1976…
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London Stadium
London Stadium: This aerial photo shows the stadium before the 2012 Olympics, with its broad oval bowl set beside the…
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Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Paris 2024 installed a purple running track inside the stadium. The venue hosted Olympic…
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Francis Field, St. Louis
Francis Field, St. Louis: Spectators fill the stand at Francis Field in a photograph from the St. Louis Games of 1904. The…
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White City Stadium, London
White City Stadium, London: This archival view looks across the broad oval built for the 1908 Games. In its original…
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Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Stockholm Olympic Stadium: A 1919 photograph shows the brick towers and open field of the stadium built for the 1912 Summer…
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Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp
Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp: The long stands overlook the infield in this archival photograph of Antwerp’s main 1920 venue…
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Stade Olympique de Colombes
Stade Olympique de Colombes: The stadium at Colombes was the main arena of Paris 1924, hosting both athletics and the…
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Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam: This 1928 aerial photograph shows the new oval stadium beside its older neighbor. The venue…
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Empire Stadium, Wembley
Empire Stadium, Wembley: Spectators pack the original Wembley Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 1948 Games. The…
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium: A tall white tower stands above the curved roof of the stadium that hosted the 1952 Summer Games…
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Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground: This historical view takes in the old grandstands and wide oval of the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
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Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Stadio Olimpico, Rome: This photograph shows the stadium in 1960, when the uncovered bowl hosted Olympic track and field…
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Original National Stadium, Tokyo
Original National Stadium, Tokyo: From above, Tokyo’s original National Stadium is an open oval with its running track in…
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Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City: Diego Rivera’s stone relief curves around the entrance to the university…
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Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow: Olympic rings hang above the colonnaded exterior in this 1980 photograph. Then called Central…

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