Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall

The Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall is an indoor arena in Nikaia, near Piraeus. It hosted the weightlifting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece.[1] The venue was officially opened on August 14, 2004, the day after the beginning of the Games. The building had a capacity of 5,100, though only 3,500 seats are publicly available for the games.[2]

History

After the 2004 Olympics, the facility has hosted fencing competitions,[3] but was recently turned over to the University of Piraeus, for use as an academic lecture and conference center.[4][5]

References
  1. 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. p. 425.
  2. "OlympicProperties". OlympicProperties.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2010-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Olympic News - Official Source of Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 21 June 2019.


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