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Seoul Olympic Stadium

Jamsil Olympic Stadium
Seoul Olympic Stadium in 2020
Location	Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Public transit	Seoul Metropolitan Subway: at Sports Complex
Owner	Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center
Operator	Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center
Capacity	69,950
Field size	110 x 75m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	28 November 1977; 47 years ago (1977-11-28)
Opened	29 September 1984; 40 years ago (1984-09-29)
Construction cost	491 billion won
Architect	Kim Swoo-geun
Tenants
South Korea national football team (1984–2000, 2013) Seoul United (2007–2009, 2012) Seoul E-Land (2015–2022)

The Seoul Olympic Stadium (Korean: 서울올림픽주경기장; Hanja: 서울올림픽主競技場), a.k.a. Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as Chamshil), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea. It is the main stadium built for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 10th Asian Games in 1986. It is the centrepiece of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa District, in the southeast of the city south of the Han River. It is the largest stadium in South Korea.

Design and construction

This multi-purpose stadium was designed by Kim Swoo-geun. The lines of the stadium's profile imitate the elegant curves of a Joseon white porcelain. Spectator seats are distributed on two tiers, half-covered; seating capacity is 69,950.

Before its construction, Seoul's largest venues were Dongdaemun Stadium and Hyochang Stadium. Seating 30,000 and 20,000 respectively, they were too small to attract world-class sporting events. Construction on the new stadium began in 1977 with the aim of staging the Asian Games in 1986. When Seoul was awarded the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in September 1981, this stadium became the centrepiece.

Sports

Officially, the stadium opened on 29 September 1984 as the main work for the 10th Asian Games held two years later, then the Olympics in 1988. However, it has not been used to stage a major world sporting event since then. It currently has no occupant, although the Korea Football Association has expressed interest in renovating and modernizing the stadium, transforming it into a permanent ground for national team matches.

The events hosted by the stadium during the Olympics were the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletics, the football finals, and the equestrian jumping individual final. The stadium also performed the same functions during the 1988 Summer Paralympics.

Football

Between the match against Japan on 30 September 1984 to the match against Yugoslavia on 28 May 2000, the Olympic Stadium was the home ground of the Korea Republic national football team. The newly built Seoul World Cup Stadium then became the center match venue for the Korean team. In an effort to revitalize football across the nation, Korea used the Olympic Stadium for the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in a 1–2 losing match against Japan on 28 July 2013. The KFA has expressed interest in continuing to use the venue for future national team matches.

Since 2015, newly formed professional football club Seoul E-Land FC is using this stadium.

Auto racing

The Seoul ePrix had the circuit run over into the Stadium and around the Seoul Sports Complex.

List of concerts

Notes

1. A special concert as part of NCT 127's "Neo City – The Link" world tour.

References

1. "Groundbreaking Ceremony" (in Korean). National News of Video History Museum. 30 December 1977.
2. 10만 환성 담을 아시아 최대 주경기장 (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 19 September 1988.
3. "Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center" (in Korean).
4. "Seoul Olympic Stadium" Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine World Stadiums. Retrieved 12 October 2011
5. "Seoul Jamshil Sports Complex" Archived 12 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine Seoul Tourism Organization. Retrieved 12 October 2011
6. Forgey, Benjamin (16 September 1988). "SEOUL'S OLYMPIC INSPIRATION". The Washington Post.
7. "1988 Summer Olympics Official Report" Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 162-3.
8. "Revealed: 2020 Seoul E-Prix Circuit". FIA Formula E. 1 June 2019.
9. "Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball Kicks Off Amid Protests". MTV. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
10. "g.o.d to Launch Encore Concert Next Month in Seoul Olympic Stadium". CJ E&M enewsWorld. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
11. "Paul to get 'Out There' in Seoul". 3 February 2015.
12. "[엑's 이슈] "엑소 파워 시동"…잠실서 또 신기록 세울까" (in Korean). xportsnews.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
13. Oh, Se-jin (27 July 2022). 아이유, 역시 본업은 가수!···황제가 돌아온다 [UIU, as expected her main job is a singer!...The Emperor is Back] (in Korean). X Sport News. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

External links

• Seoul Sports Facilities Management Center (in Korean)

v t e Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)
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Olympic Park	Mongchontoseong Olympic Fencing Gymnasium Olympic Gymnastics Arena Olympic Tennis Center Olympic Velodrome Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium
New venues	Busan Yachting Center Han River Regatta Course/Canoeing Site Hanyang University Gymnasium Saemaul Sports Hall Sangmu Gymnasium Seoul Equestrian Park Seoul National University Gymnasium Suwon Gymnasium
Football venues	Busan Stadium Daegu Stadium Daejeon Stadium Dongdaemun Stadium Gwangju Stadium
Existing venues	Hwarang Archery Field Jangchung Arena Royal Bowling Center Seongnam Stadium Taenung International Shooting Range Tongillo Road Course

v t e Olympic venues in athletics
19th century	1896: Marathon (city), Panathenaic Stadium
20th century	1900: Croix-Catelan Stadium 1904: Francis Field 1908: White City Stadium 1912: Stockholm Olympic Stadium 1920: Olympisch Stadion 1924: Stade Yves-du-Manoir 1928: Olympic Stadium 1932: Olympic Stadium, Riverside Drive at Griffith Park 1936: Avus Motor Road, Olympic Stadium 1948: Empire Stadium 1952: Olympic Stadium 1956: Melbourne Cricket Ground 1960: Arch of Constantine, Raccordo Anulare, Stadio Olimpico, Via Appia Antica, Via Cristoforo Colombo 1964: Fuchu City, Karasuyama-machi, National Stadium, Sasazuka-machi, Shinjuku 1968: Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Zócalo 1972: Olympiastadion 1976: Montreal Botanical Garden, Olympic Stadium, Streets of Montreal 1980: Grand Arena, Streets of Moscow 1984: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Santa Monica College, Streets of Los Angeles, Streets of Santa Monica 1988: Seoul Olympic Stadium, Streets of Seoul 1992: Estadi Olímpic de Monjuïc, Marathon course, Mataró, Walking course 1996: Marathon course, Olympic Stadium, Walking course
21st century	2000: Marathon course, North Sydney, Olympic Stadium 2004: Marathon (city), Olympic Stadium, Panathenaic Stadium, Stadium at Olympia 2008: Beijing National Stadium, Olympic Green Promenade Walking course, Streets of Beijing Marathon course 2012: Marathon Course, Olympic Stadium 2016: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Pontal, Sambódromo 2020: Japan National Stadium, Odori Park 2024: Stade de France, Champs-Élysées 2028: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, BMO Stadium, Grand Park 2032: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Alexandra Headland

v t e Olympic venues for equestrian events
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21st century	2000: Sydney International Equestrian Centre 2004: Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre 2008: Hong Kong Equestrian Venues 2012: Greenwich Park 2016: Olympic Equestrian Centre 2020: Tokyo Equestrian Park, Central Breakwater 2024: Palace of Versailles 2028: Sepulveda Dam 2032: Victoria Park, Brisbane Showgrounds

v t e Olympic venues in association football
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