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List of Summer Olympics venues: W–Z

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For the Summer Olympics, there are 25 venues starting with the letter 'W', no venues starting with the letter 'X', three venues starting with the letter 'Y', and four venues starting with the letter 'Z'.

W

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The White City Stadium during the 1908 Summer Olympics. This venue hosted 13 different sports for those games.

Workers Indoor Arena hosted boxing competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Venue	Games	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Walking course	1992 Barcelona	Athletics (walks)	Not listed.	^[1]
Walking course	1996 Atlanta	Athletics (walks)	800	^[2]^[3]
Wannsee Golf Course	1936 Berlin	Modern pentathlon (running)	Not listed.	^[4]
Wannsee Shooting Range	1936 Berlin	Shooting	Not listed.	^[4]
Waseda Memorial Hall	1964 Tokyo	Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing)	2,200	^[5]^[6]
Wassaw Sound	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	1,000	^[7]^[8]
Water Polo Arena	2012 London	Water polo	5,000	^[9]
Weingart Stadium	1984 Los Angeles	Field hockey	22,000	^[10]
Wembley Arena	2012 London	Badminton, Gymnastics (rhythmic)	6,000	^[11]
Wembley Palace of Engineering	1948 London	Fencing	Not listed.	^[12]
Wembley Stadium	2012 London	Football (final)	90,000	^[13]
West Melbourne Stadium	1956 Melbourne	Basketball, Boxing, Gymnastics	7,000	^[14]
Westchester	1932 Los Angeles	Equestrian (cross-country riding)	Not listed.	^[15]
Westend Tennis Hall	1952 Helsinki	Fencing	Not listed.	^[16]
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy	2012 London	Sailing	None.	^[17]
White City Stadium	1908 London	Archery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling	97,000.	^[18]
White Hart Lane	1948 London	Football	36,310	^[19]
Williamstown	1956 Melbourne	Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (pistol, rifle)	Not listed.	^[20]
Windsor Great Park	1948 London	Cycling (road)	Not listed.	^[21]
Winter Stadium, Université de Montréal	1976 Montreal	Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing)	2,461	^[22]
Wolf Creek Shooting Complex	1996 Atlanta	Shooting	7,500	^[7]^[23]
Workers Indoor Arena	2008 Beijing	Boxing	13,000	^[24]
Workers Stadium	2008 Beijing	Football	70,161	^[25]
Wukesong Baseball Field	2008 Beijing	Baseball	18,000	^[26]
Wukesong Indoor Stadium	2008 Beijing	Basketball	18,000	^[27]

X

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There are no Summer Olympic venues that started with the letter 'X'. This includes the 2012 Summer OlympicsinLondon and the 2016 Summer OlympicsinRio de Janeiro.

Y

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Venue	Games	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Ying Tung Natatorium	2008 Beijing	Water Polo, Modern pentathlon (swimming)	4,852	^[28]
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium	1964 Tokyo	Volleyball (final)	3,800	^[5]^[29]
Young Pioneers Stadium	1980 Moscow	Field hockey (final)	5,000	^[30]

Z

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Panoramic view of the Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución), Mexico City. Looking east from the roof top restaurant on the Portal de Mercaderes to the Palacio Nacional in 2007. Zócalo was the starting point of the marathon event for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Venue	Games	Sports	Capacity	Ref.
Zappeion	1896 Athens	Fencing	Not listed.	^[31]
Zeeburg Shooting Grounds	1928 Amsterdam	Modern pentathlon (shooting)	10,455	^[32]
Zócalo	1968 Mexico City	Athletics (marathon start)	Not listed	^[33]
Zuiderzee	1928 Amsterdam	Sailing	2,263	^[34]

References

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^ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 202-3. Accessed 6 December 2010.

^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 542. Accessed 9 December 2010.

^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. p. 108. Accessed 9 December 2010.

^ ^a ^b 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 817-36. Accessed 17 October 2010.

^ ^a ^b 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.

^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 127-8. Accessed 31 October 2010.

^ ^a ^b 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 544. Accessed 9 December 2010.

^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. p. 467. Accessed 9 December 2010.

^ London2012.com profile of the Water Polo Arena. Archived 2011-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.

^ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 83-6. Accessed 24 November 2010.

^ London2012.com profile of Wembley Arena. Archived 2011-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.

^ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine p. 45. Accessed 19 October 2010.

^ London2012.com profile of Wembley Stadium. Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.

^ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine p. 42. Accessed 25 October 2010.

^ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 77, 86-7.

^ 1952 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine p. 50. Accessed 21 October 2010.

^ London2012.com profile of Weymouth and Portland. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.

^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine pp. 32-5, 40. Accessed 5 October 2010.

^ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine pp. 45-6. Accessed 19 October 2010.

^ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine p. 45. Accessed 25 October 2010.

^ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine pp. 43-4. Accessed 19 October 2010.

^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 144-9. Accessed 14 November 2010.

^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. p. 460. Accessed 9 December 2010.

^ "Beijing Workers' Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-10. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

^ "Beijing Workers' Stadium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

^ "Beijing Wukesong Sports Center Baseball Field". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-10. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

^ "Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

^ "Yingdong Natatorium of National Olympic Sports Center". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-10. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 139. Accessed 31 October 2010.

^ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 80-1. Accessed 18 November 2010.

^ Zappeion history. Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 3 October 2010.

^ 1928 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine p. 277.

^ Sports-reference.com Mexico City Summer Olympics athletics 20 October 1968 men's marathon results. Accessed 4 November 2010.

^ 1928 Summer Olympics official report, featuring map of the Buiten IJ. Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine pp. 271-2, 274.