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London Aquatic Center - Olympic Games 2012

Located in the south east corner of the Olympic Park, the Aquatics Centre will be the ‘gateway’ to the Park during the Games. It will include a 50m competition pool, a 25m competition Diving pool and a 50m warm-up training pool. Water Polo will be held next to it in a temporary 5,000-seat venue with competition and warm-up pools.

Getting ready

Detailed designs for the venue by architect Zaha Hadid were released in November 2006, in line with the design competition held in early 2005.

In April 2008 Balfour Beatty won the contract to build the Centre and planning permission was granted in May 2008.

Construction started in July 2008, two months ahead of schedule and will finish in 2011, in time for Test Events before the Games.

During the Games

The Aquatics Centre will host a range of events including Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Diving, Water Polo finals and the aquatics discipline of the Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic Games. For the Paralympic Games it will be the venue for the Swimming competition.

The capacity will be 17,500 seats for the main competition pool and Diving, and 5,000 seats for the Water Polo venue

After the Games

The Aquatics Centre will be transformed into a facility for both community and elite use. The temporary seating will be removed, leaving 2,500 seats - with the capacity to be increased for major competitions. The local community, clubs and schools will be able to use the Centre. A ‘leisure water’ facility will also be provided; this will be developed after the Games by the London Development Agency.

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