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
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Los Angeles, USA
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. The facility features two pools: a
long course
An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ...
pool (50x25 meters), and a diving well (25x25 yards) with towers.
[McDondald's Olympic Swim Stadium page](_blank)
of the Los Angeles Sports Council's website (www.lasports.org); retrieved 2008-08-24. The facility is the home pool for the USC Trojans swimming and diving teams.
The facility was originally constructed for the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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. It marked the sec ...
, and opened in July 1983.
Financial assistance for the construction of the facility came from
McDonald's
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, and for the first 29 years of its existence, the stadium bore the name McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium.
At the time of the '84 Games, it was called the "Olympic Swim Stadium", and was the main
aquatics venue at the Games, hosting competitions in
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
,
diving
Diving most often refers to:
* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
Sports
* Dive (American football), a ...
, and
synchronized swimming. (
Water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
was held at
Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in
Malibu, California
Malibu ( ; es, Malibú; Chumash: ) is a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, situated about west of Downtown Los Angeles. It is known for its Mediterranean climate and its strip of the Malib ...
.) For the Games, the facility featured temporary bleacher seating around the two pools, which was removed after the Games. In 1989, the
Lyon Center
The Lyon Center or Lyon Recreation Center is a student recreational facility and part-time varsity athletics facility located on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The Lyon Center's full name is the General William ...
was built on a portion of the land where the Games stands were.
The pool has hosted several high-level national meets since 1984, including the 1989
U.S. Swimming Nationals, the Swimming competitions at the 1991
U.S. Olympic Festival, and the 1993 U.S. Diving Nationals. It hosted the
NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship
The NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship has existed since the 2001 season. Seven conferences have teams competing in women's water polo: the Big West Conference, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the single-sport Golden Coast Conferen ...
in 2002 and is slated to host again in 2014. It also hosted the
NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship is an annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Beginning in 1969, it has been held every year except 2020, when it was postponed to March 2021 because of the C ...
in 2012.
The pool was closed in 2013, was rebuilt, and reopened in 2014 with its current name, a homage to USC alumnus,
Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
businessman
Fred Uytengsu, who donated $8 million for the renovations.
The pool is named for former USC swim coach
Peter Daland, while the diving tower was dedicated to Olympian diver
Sammy Lee.
Gallery
Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center SC Trojan Aquatics.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center SC Trojan Aquatics
Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Trojan.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Trojan
Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Competition and Dive Pool.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Peter Daland Pool and Dive Well
Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Grandstand.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Grandstand
Image:Uytengsu Aquatics Center Dive Pool.jpg, Uytengsu Aquatics Center Dive Well
Image:Uscswimstadium.jpg, McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium (1983–2013)
References
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College swimming venues in the United States
Venues of the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic diving venues
Olympic swimming venues
Olympic synchronized swimming venues
Swimming venues in Los Angeles
USC Trojans sports venues
McDonald's buildings and structures
1983 establishments in California
Sports venues completed in 1983