Stade Pierre de Coubertin is an outdoor stadium in the city of

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

(

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

). It normally seats 6,000 spectators and can be expanded to seat twice that number of spectators when needed.

History

Since 1915, the city of Lausanne is home to the

headquarters Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the to ...

of the

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

. The venue is named for

Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; ...

, the founder of the

Modern Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

. The Stadium was notably used from 1977 to 1985 for the Athletissima, an international athletics event. It also hosts the finish of the

20 km of Lausanne The 20 km of Lausanne (French ''20 km de Lausanne'') is an annual road running event in Lausanne ( Switzerland). It includes races on 20, 10, 4 and 2 kilometres. The 20 km of Lausanne takes place in spring (April) and the Marathon of Lausanne ...

History

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