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These Images of Abandoned Olympic Venues Are Haunting

Janaya Wecker 4-5 minutes 2/11/2022
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Every four years, the world's best athletes gather for their chance at gold in the Olympic Games. For only a few short weeks, these Olympic communities are bustling, playing host to droves of athletes and providing the structures they need to compete, eat, and sleep in. For each Olympic Games, millions of dollars are spent constructing stadiums, swimming pools, living quarters, and more for this very reason.

But what happens to these structures once the games have concluded? Some Olympic villages have been converted to university housing developments, private residences, and shopping plazas. Others, however, have fallen into disarray, forever frozen in time. Below, browse through some of the most hauntingly beautiful photos of abandoned Olympic venues from decades past.

2 Berlin, 1936

Athlete House

3 Sochi, 2014

Olympic Stadium

4 Sarajevo, 1984

Olympic Rings on Ski Jump

5 Beijing, 2008

BMX Track

6 Berlin, 1936

Olympic Village

7 Athens, 2004

Hellinikon Olympic Complex

8 Beijing, 2008

Olympic Mascot

9 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1936

Bobsleigh Track

10 Athens, 2004

Canoe/Kayak Stadium

11 Athens, 2004

Beach Volleyball Stadium

12 Berlin, 1936

Event Space

13 Turin, 2006

Olympic Village

14 Athens, 2004

Hockey Stadium

15 Rio, 2016

Olympic Aquatics Stadium

16 Atlanta, 1996

Centennial Olympic Park

18 Berlin, 1936

Swim Hall

19 Sarajevo, 1984

Bobsled Track

21 Beijing, 2008

Olympic Mascot

22 Sarajevo, 1984

Ski Jump

23 Athens, 2004

Beach Volleyball Stadium

24 Moscow, 1980

Linnahall Multipurpose Venue

25 Athens, 2004

Softball Stadium

26 Sarajevo, 1984

Zetra Olympic Hall

27 Cortina, 1944 (Rescheduled to 1956)

Ski Jump

29 Sarajevo, 1984

Bobsleigh Track

30 Athens, 2004

Baseball Stadium

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