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Venues of the Olympic
Football Tournament
The Olympic football matches were
staged in Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev,
and Minsk. To this end, in addition to
the Lenin Central Stadium and
Dynamo Stadium in Moscow, the Kirov
Stadium in Leningrad, the Republican
Stadium in Kiev, and the Dynamo
Stadium in Minsk had been prepared.
They were renovated for the Games.
The equipment of the installations was
modernised to meet the recommendations
and regulations of the Fédération
internationale de football associations
(FIFA) and to ensure their effective
use in the post-Olympic period.
The renovation made the competitors
and spectators, as well as officials and
the media, much more comfortable.
The stadia were equipped with the
latest communications facilities. Their
architectural appearance was preserved.
Kirov Stadium in Leningrad
The stadium was built in 1950
on Krestovsky Island in Leningrad
in the area of the Seaside Victory
Park.
The stadium arena consists of a
playing field measuring 105x68
metres, a 400 m running track with a
synthetic surfacing, and areas for
jumping and throwing. Stands with a
seating capacity of 72,000 were installed
on earth embankments around the
arena.
The stadium premises also include
two football training pitches, an area
for throwing, grounds for vehicle driving
contests and carting competitions,
volleyball and basketball courts, a
rowing basin 1.5 km long, the Neva
Ring Circuit for cycling and car races,
and a skiing lodge with an illuminated
route for Nordic skiing.
The earth embankment surrounding
the arena houses four pavilions
with locker rooms and showers for
competitors, a hotel and other services.
The stadium had been renovated
by the start of the Olympic Games.
The stands were repaired and spectator
seats replaced. Precautions were
taken against settling of the soil under
the stands. The interior slope of the
embankment was lined with reinforced
concrete.
The central box on the western
stands was replanned to hold seats
reserved for VIPs, officials, chefs-demission,
and technical officials. Press
stands were located on both sides of
that section and six permanent commentator
booths and control posts for
scoreboards were installed there.
Temporary commentator positions
were adjacent to the booths and were
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sheltered from the weather by a protective
awning.
The arena was illuminated by
blocks of powerful lighting projectors
mounted on four towers to ensure
high-quality color telecasts.
The pavilions containing services
were also replanned.
Pavilion 1, on the first and second
floors, housed a press subcentre. The
medical centre was located on the
ground floor.
New locker rooms, including a
cloak room, washing rooms with a
swimming pool, a sauna, and a massage
room were installed on the first
and ground floors of Pavilion 2. Two
gyms each measuring 150 sq m are
located on the second floor.
Pavilion 3 featured scorekeeping
and information system control posts,
a café, and engineering services. In
pavilion 4 there was a VIP lounge on
the ground floor. The stadium administration
offices are located on the
first floor.
A new main entrance was made
from the Seaside Avenue alley. There
were two ticket offices there, each
with 12 booths.
The renovation project was designed
by the Leningrad Research and
Design Institute.
Republican Stadium in Kiev
The Republican Stadium, with
stands for 100,000 spectators, is
situated in the centre of Kiev within a
block formed by the Krasnoarmeiskaya,
Shota Rustaveli, Kuibyshev, Dimitrov,
and Gospitalnaya streets. The
stadium is served by many buses and
trolley-buses and there is a metro
station in Krasnoarmeiskaya Street.
The stadium is laid out on a steep
slope, which makes it an interesting
landscape feature. Entrances for spectators
are on three sides—from Krasnoarmeiskaya,
Shota Rustaveli, and
Kuibyshev streets.
The competition arena of the
stadium includes the 105x68 m football
playing field, a 400 m track, and
areas for jumping and throwing. Adjacent
to the main arena are also indoor
tennis courts, a training skating rink,
grounds for team sports, and a training
ski-jump.
The stadium was renovated in 1979
for the Olympic football tournament.
Public passages were widened, additional
staircases and exits built.
The surface of the playing field in
the arena was improved, a drainage
system and rain gutters were installed.
The track and the areas for jumping
and throwing were surfaced with a
synthetic material.