Olympic Stadium, Athens
Athens, Greece
69,618
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Olympic Stadium, Athens is the largest of the 16 listed stadiums in Greece. It was a venue of the 2004 Summer Olympics, and it is counted among the Olympic stadiums.
It opened in 1982. Its capacity equals 16.6% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Greece. The nearest listed stadium is Agia Sophia Stadium, 4.1 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics and football
- Tenants
- Panathinaikos
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 38.04° N, 23.79° E
Where it stands in Greece
- Olympic Stadium, Athens69,618
- Panathenaic Stadium19,618 fewer50,000
- Karaiskakis Stadium36,284 fewer33,334
- Agia Sophia Stadium38,518 fewer31,100
- 12 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1979
- Owner
- Government of Greece
- Operator
- OAKA S.A.
- Recorded construction cost
- €265 million
- Record attendance
- 74,465 (1986)
- Opening order in Greece
- 12th of 16, earliest first
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2026, more recent than 11 of the other 11 listed stadiums in Greece with such a year
- Compared with the median in Greece
- 3.0 times the median capacity of 23,194 across its 16 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1980s in Greece
- 2 of the 16 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- İzmir Atatürk Stadium, 299 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 4
Chronology
- 1982 Opened
- 2002 Renovated
- 2004 Renovated, Summer Olympics venue
- 2024 Renovated
- 2026 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Agia Sophia Stadium · west31,100 places, opened 20224.1 km
- Georgios Kamaras Stadium · west14,200 places, opened 19484.2 km
- Leoforos Alexandras Stadium · south-west16,003 places, opened 19226.2 km
- Panathenaic Stadium · south-west50,000 places, completed 18968.6 km
- Nea Smyrni Stadium · south-west11,700 places, opened 193912.4 km
Source: Wikipedia, Olympic Stadium (Athens).