A stage for many football heroes to shine, it will be the venue for the Olympic Opening Ceremony and a football venue during the 2016 Olympic Games.
During the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Sydney Opera House served as the focal point for the triathlon events. Australia’s Michellie Jones started from there and won silver for her nation.
In 1980 it hosted Olympic swimming events as well as diving and modern pentathlon. Make it your Olympic Day destination. Go for a swim in the Olympic pool!
Iconic 1980 Moscow Olympic venue which is now a multisport training centre. One of the best spots to practise team sports on Olympic Day! Check-in at the Complex and check it out.
The famous Copacabana Beach saw Olympic beach volleyball medallists Adriana and Shelda practising here. It will host Olympic triathlon and beach volleyball tournaments in 2016.
Facing Guanabara Bay and Sugar Loaf come Rio 2016 time, the park will become the venue for road cycling and race walking.
This 7km bike track facing the lagoon and Christ the Redeemer will be the rowing and canoeing sprint venue in 2016. One more reason for you to explore it and love it!
Once an Olympic basketball venue for the 1980 Moscow Olympics, it is now a multifunctional sports centre. Come by on Olympic Day and choose your own way to stay active!
Consistently ranked as North America's top ski resort, Whistler Blackcomb welcomed the world in 2010 as a host venue for the Olympic Winter Games.
Sitting at the waterfront it is the most popular recreational facility in Vancouver and is on the "to do" lists of many visitors.
BC Place Stadium was home for the Vancouver Opening Ceremony in 2010. Check-in to BC Place on Olympic Day June 23 and be part of Olympic history!
The Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre is the venue that hosted swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events during Sydney 2000.
Was the venue for the men’s and women’s hockey for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It serves as a training and competition venue for players of all levels.
The beach volleyball tournament was held here during the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. Check-in and get active!
Host to millions of visitors a year and an annual Independence Day concert and fireworks display, the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Park is the place to check-in on Olympic Day June 23.
During the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics it hosted the athletics 20km walk and the running part of the modern pentathlon event.
Was part of the Olympic Park during the 1976 Olympic Games. The venue hosted swimming, diving and water polo.
Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc was the main stadium for the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics. Its great view of the harbour makes it probably the best place to check-in on Olympic Day.
During the Games it was the primary Olympic venue. In summer it is used for warm-weather sports. Come here for a bike ride and don’t forget to check-in!
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is the only stadium to have hosted the Olympic Games twice, in 1932 and 1984. It is also the only Olympic stadium to have also hosted Super Bowls and World Series.
The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc hosted the diving events for the 1992 Summer Olympics. There is a great panoramic view here.
The Port Olímpic is a marina that hosted the sailing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The Los Angeles Tennis Center hosted the demonstration tennis event during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The center currently hosts the Los Angeles Open, an ATP Tour event.
US gymnast George Eyser is unique in Olympic history: the only man with an artificial leg to win an Olympic medal: 3 gold, 2 silver and 1bronze all at the St Louis 1904 Games.]
Team Australia had yet to win a gold medal and Ian Thorpe was their great hope. He held his nerve to win in a world record time. The same night he anchored the 4x100m freestyle relay team to victory
The Estació del Nord Sports Hall Formerly a train station, it hosted table tennis competitions during the 1992 Summer Olympics.
in 1984,16 year-old gymnast Mary Lou Retton became the first American, woman or man, to win the all-around after earning perfect 10s for the floor exercise and vault.
Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad Ali won Olympic gold at the 1960 Games. He loved the medal so much he slept with it and wore it on its ribbon on his journey home to Louisville, Kentucky.
The original Dream Team, with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and other NBA superstars such as Michael Jordan and David Robinson on the 1992 roster, was perhaps the greatest assembly of talent ever.
M. Johnson broke his world record in 200m by .34 seconds in 1996 en route to becoming the 1st man to win the 200 & 400 at the same Games.He blazed through the last 100 in 9.20 secs to finish in 19.32
In the 10k the gold medal came down to D.Tulu (ETH) & E.Meyer (RSA). Meyer led for most of the race but Tulu surged & won.Afterwards each carrying her country's flag joined hands in a victory lap
Where Cathy Freeman lit the cauldron - Cathy Freeman, an Australian with Aboriginal heritage who days earlier lit the cauldron to open the 2000 Sydney Olympics,won the 400m under a searing spotlight.
Here Bolt added a 2nd Beijing gold in the 200m,breaking M.Johnson's 12-year WR with a time of 19.30.Bolt later capped his unforgettable Games with another WR & gold medal in the 4x100m relay
Phelps set world records in the 1st 6 of his gold medals of the 2008 Games. The seventh he won by 1/1000th of a second. He secured his 8th gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay in another record time
This is where Michael Phelps out-touched US rival I. Crocker in the 100m butterfly for the closest finish of his 6 gold-medal races at the Athens 2004 Olympics.
Here M.Spitz broke the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympics with 7 gold medals. This record was not surpassed until fellow swimmer M.Phelps won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics
As part of the triumphant British men's four, Steve Redgrave rowed into history: the 3d athlete to win gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics. Redgrave was knighted for his feat - becoming "Sir Steve."
In the biggest upset in wrestling history, Rulon Gardner defeated the previously invincible Russian here, the 29-year-old Karelin, who had won the past three Olympic gold medals, 1-0 in overtime.
Beamon’s remarkable long jump in the Mexico City’s Olympic stadium moved the world record a remarkable 55cm and made him the 1st man to jump both 8.53m and 8.83m. His record stood for 23 years
Fosbury revolutionised the sport with his famous “flop”. He won the gold medal with an Olympic record leap of 2.24m but, more importantly, forever changed the way athletes compete in his chosen sport
This is where Bikila became the first African to win an Olympic gold medal - and he did it with typical African style and panache by running the marathon in world record time in bare feet.
Lausanne, Switzerland, Quai de Ouchy, The Olympic Museum (CGN Boat) - where Olympic history comes to life
Welcome to the Headquarters of the Olympics. Look around there are lots of fun sporting activities that you can do here! :-)
Deutsches Haus in the Museum of London Docklands will be opened from 26 July-11 August. It is the exclusive hospitality area of the German Olympic Sports Confederation for the London 2012 Games.
Come to celebrate the Games at the German Fan Fest.Live bands will rock the stage.Traditional German food and drinks will provide for a true celebration.Open daily from noon to 1am from 26/7 – 12/8.
London 2012 Olympic champion Lucie Décosse (France) and bronze medallist Yoshie Ueno (Japan) competed here at the 2011 World Judo Championships.
If you're at Centre Court, find the famous Rudyard Kipling excerpt above the Players Entrance. We won't give it away, but it's all about encountering "triumph" and "disaster." It's some deep stuff.
Be prepared to see some unreal hand-eye coordination on display here for the Badminton competition during London 2012.
If you’re here for the Olympics, there’s one word you need to know: “Bullseye!”
Be prepared for an unreal athletic demonstration. Volleyball players have some of the highest vertical jumps of any group of athletes.
During London 2012, this is the home of the Road Cycling Time Trial. During the race, there’s a “hot seat,” where the leading rider sits until they are beaten.
Cadbury House is a completely free attraction packed with chocolate and Olympic games within the Live Site. Go early to beat the queues!
This is where the marathon and cycling road race will begin & end. For Brits, this is where they hope countryman Mark Cavendish grabs gold.
This place will have the gymnastics competition and the basketball gold medal game. In other words, it’s not a bad place to spend some quality time while at the Olympics.
Phelps. Lochte. Records being broken. This is the place to see all three.
TIME released five separate covers for the Summer Olympics Special featuring athletes Gabby Douglas, Ryan Lochte, Lolo Jones, Jessica Ennis & Homare Sawa. Read more.
It took 5 ½ Olympic swimming pools worth of dirt to build the BMX track. That’s a lot of dirt, but the awesome riding here will make it worth it.
The Velodrome will play host to all cycling events for the Olympics. It is also endearingly known as The Pringle due to its unique shape akin to the popular snack.
This entire arena has been built as a temporary. One idea for its usage after the Games is to pack it all up and ship it to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.
True story: the waters here are credited by the Royal Yachting Association as the best in Northern Europe. Guess it’s not too bad a spot for Olympic Sailing.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will look to hold court here and recapture their Beach Volleyball gold.
The home of tennis and of The Championships, Wimbledon, Olympic tennis will have one major difference here: The players do not have to wear white.
The site of Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events, this 183-acre park provides some amazing views of the River Thames and St. Paul's Cathedral.
Beneath your feet here is the track from the athletes' warm-up area to the stadium. Real Olympians will run on it. That's it Read more.
Olympic Stadium, the centerpiece of Olympic Park, is the site of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Read more.
This is the first venue built exclusively for Water Polo at the Olympics. Read more.
On this side of the bank you can see the Copper Box, venue for handball, goalball and the fencing -made from more than 3,000sq m of copper cladding designed to develop a rich natural colour as it ages Read more.
Cal State Fullerton served as one of the official venues for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984—the Titan Gym housed the team handball competition.
The tented-roof construction of the Olympic stadium is an architectural masterpiece. The 185-metre-high communications tower offers a unique view and a attraction is its revolving restaurant.
The tented-roof construction of the Olympic stadium is an architectural masterpiece. The 185-metre-high communications tower offers a unique view and a attraction is its revolving restaurant.
