The Seoul Olympic Cyclodrome is a

velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate Track tran ...

located at the Olympic Park in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. It hosted the

track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

events of the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. It was constructed from September 1984 to April 1986 and has a

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of 6,000.

References

1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. p. 176. Velodromes in South Korea Cycle racing in South Korea Sports venues in Seoul Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic cycling venues Sports venues completed in 1986 Olympic Park, Seoul Venues of the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games cycling venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub