World Champs M.Guide AW4.indd - Swimming.Org
World Champs M.Guide AW4.indd - Swimming.Org
World Champs M.Guide AW4.indd - Swimming.Org
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ABOUT MELBOURNE<br />
VENUE INFORMATION<br />
Three venues will be used for the 12th FINA <strong>World</strong> Championships. The <strong>Swimming</strong> and Synchronised <strong>Swimming</strong><br />
programs will be located at Rod Laver Arena; the Water Polo and Diving programs will be held at the Melbourne<br />
Sports and Aquatic Centre; and the Open Water <strong>Swimming</strong> events will be held at St Kilda Beach.<br />
All of these venues are within five kilometres of one another and are also located within walking distance of the<br />
Melbourne central business district.<br />
ROD LAVER ARENA<br />
The venue that will host the <strong>Swimming</strong> and<br />
Synchronized <strong>Swimming</strong> program at the 12th<br />
FINA <strong>World</strong> Championships is Rod Laver Arena<br />
(RLA) which is part of the Melbourne Park<br />
precinct.<br />
RLA was completed in 1988 as part of the<br />
original National Tennis Centre complex. This<br />
multi-use venue is able to host a wide range<br />
of sporting and entertainment events, from<br />
Grand Slam tennis matches and motorbike<br />
super-cross action to rock concerts, conferences<br />
and classical ballets.<br />
Seating capacity at RLA is approximately 15,000 but this will be reduced to approximately 11,270 during the<br />
Championships to allow for the temporary pool and surrounding pool deck that will be installed.<br />
Originally, the venue was known as Melbourne Park, but became known as Rod Laver Arena in January 2000 -<br />
in recognition of the achievements of one of Australia’s greatest tennis heroes, Rod Laver.<br />
Rod Laver remains the only player in history to have captured two tennis Grand Slams.<br />
Laver won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open singles titles in the same calendar year in<br />
1962 and 1969. RLA hosted the gymnastics competition at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2005 <strong>World</strong><br />
Gymnastics Championships.<br />
RLA is approximately 10-minutes walk from Melbourne’s central business district.<br />
MELBOURNE SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTRE<br />
The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) will host the men’s and women’s Water Polo competition and the<br />
Diving competition at the 12th FINA <strong>World</strong> Championships. MSAC is a modern, international-standard sporting venue<br />
and is the largest integrated sports complex of its type in Australia.<br />
5 W O R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P S
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