The North Sydney Olympic Pool is a swimming and exercise complex located adjacent to Sydney Harbour at

Milsons Point Milsons Point is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of North Sydney Council. ...

between the

Sydney Harbour Bridge The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded ...

and Luna Park. Designed by architects Rudder & Grout in the Inter-War Free Classical style with

art deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unit ...

-style decorations, the Olympic-sized outdoor pool was built on part of the Dorman Long workshops site following the completion of the Harbour Bridge. The pool opened 4 April 1936 and hosted the swimming and diving events for the

1938 Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 year ...

. Heating was added in 2000 and a indoor pool was added in 2001. Eighty-six world records have been set at the pool by such swimming greats as, for example, Jon Konrads and

Ilsa Konrads Ilsa Konrads ( lv, Ilze Konrade; born 29 March 1944) is an Australian former freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In her career, she set 13 individual ...

, Lorraine Crapp, Frank O'Neill,

Judy Joy Davies Judith Joy Davies (5 June 1928 – 27 March 2016) was an Australian former backstroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, who won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. At the national level, she won 17 Au ...

, John Devitt,

Shane Gould Shane Elizabeth Gould (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she won the fifth season of '' Australian Survivor,'' beco ...

and

Michelle Ford Michelle Jan Ford (born 15 July 1962) is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-metre butterfly, and 4th in the 400-metres ...

. In 1960, at the Australian National Swimming Championships and Olympic Trials, the most world records were set in the one pool at the one meet ever. It closed on 28 February 2021 to allow for construction of a replacement pool and associated buildings. It is scheduled to reopen in 2023.Grave concerns: North Sydney orders probe into pool revamp
'' Sydney Morning Herald'' 11 October 2022

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* Sports venues in Sydney Swimming venues in Australia Stadiums of the Commonwealth Games 1936 establishments in Australia Sports venues completed in 1936 Commonwealth Games swimming venues Milsons Point, New South Wales Art Deco architecture in Sydney North Sydney Council {{NewSouthWales-struct-stub