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Monday, July 10, 2006
World Cup Stadium Trivia
Name all the stadiums that have hosted both the championship match of the FIFA World Cup and the track and field events of the Olympics. Click on "Comments" for the answer.
Note that Estadio Azteca in Mexico City and the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles (Pasadena, actually) both hosted soccer events during the 1960 and 1984 Olympics respectively, but neither stadium hosted the track and field events at those Olympics. Instead, those events were held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario (1968) and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1984).
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris
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Olympiastadion, Berlin
(1936 Olympics, 2006 World Cup)
Wembley Stadium, London
(1948 Olympics, 1966 World Cup)
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
(1960 Olympics, 1990 World Cup)
Olympiastadion, Munich
(1972 Olympics, 1974 World Cup)
Note that Estadio Azteca in Mexico City and the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles (Pasadena, actually) both hosted soccer events during the 1960 and 1984 Olympics respectively, but neither stadium hosted the track and field events at those Olympics. Instead, those events were held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario (1968) and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1984).
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