Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine
70,050
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Olympic Stadium, Kyiv is the largest and 2nd-oldest (opened 1923) of the 26 listed stadiums in Ukraine. It was a venue of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Its capacity equals 11.7% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Ukraine. The nearest listed stadium is Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, 2.1 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics and football
- Tenants
- Ukraine national football team
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 50.43° N, 30.52° E
Where it stands in Ukraine
- Olympic Stadium, Kyiv70,050
- Metalist Sports Complex28,743 fewer41,307
- Arena Lviv35,135 fewer34,915
- Chornomorets Stadium35,886 fewer34,164
- 22 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
- Architect
- L. I. Pilvinsky Mykhailo Hrechyna GMP
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m
- Record attendance
- 102,000 (1977)
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2011, more recent than 8 of the other 11 listed stadiums in Ukraine with such a year
- Compared with the median in Ukraine
- 3.1 times the median capacity of 22,664 across its 26 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1920s in Ukraine
- 2 of the 26 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Luzhniki Stadium, 751 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 1923 Opened
- 1966 Expanded
- 1967 Renovated
- 1979 Expanded
- 1980 Summer Olympics venue
- 1999 Renovated
- 2011 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium · north-east16,873 places, opened 19332.1 km
- CSK ZSU Stadium · west12,000 places, opened 19673.3 km
- Chernihiv Stadium · north-east12,060 places, opened 1936131.5 km
- Cherkasy Arena · south-east10,321 places, opened 1957156.0 km
- Tsentralnyi Stadion · south-west24,000 places, opened 1949196.8 km
Source: Wikipedia, Olympic Stadium (Kyiv).