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Sports venue in Beijing, China
The indoor arena of the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.
The Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium (simplified Chinese : 奥体中心体育馆 ; traditional Chinese : 奧體中心體育館 ; pinyin : Ào Tǐ Zhōngxīn Tǐyùguǎn ) is an indoor arena next to the Olympic Sports Center Stadium at the southern part of the Olympic Green in Beijing , China .
It was reformed for the 2008 Summer Olympics where it hosted the handball tournaments up to and including the quarter-finals, after which they moved to the larger Beijing National Indoor Stadium . Following the handball competitions, the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament took place at the venue.
It has a seating capacity of 7,000 expanded from the original 6,000 and a floor space of 47,410 square meters from the current 43,000. Three handball training courts were put to use in 2008. The renovation was complete in August 2007.
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New venues Existing venues Temporary venues Venues outside Beijing
20th century
1936 : BSV 92 Field & Stadium , Olympic Stadium (final), Police Stadium
1972 : Böblingen Sportshalle , Donauhalle Ulm , Hohenstaufenhalle Göppingen , Olympiahalle (final), Sporthalle Augsburg
1976 : Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard , Montreal Forum (final), Pavillion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval
1980 : Dynamo Palace of Sports , Sokolniki Sports Palace (final)
1984 : Titan Gymnasium
1988 : Suwon Gymnasium , Olympic Gymnastics Arena (men's medal matches)
1992 : Palau D'Esports de Granollers , Palau Sant Jordi (final)
1996 : Georgia Dome (men's final), Georgia World Congress Center
21st century
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