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1993 U.S. Olympic Festival

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The 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival was held from July 23 to August 1, 1993 in San Antonio, Texas. It was the twelfth edition of the junior multi-sport event held in the United States by the United States Olympic Committee.

Statistics

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Statistics for event:

  • 3,500 athletes attending
  • 125 Olympians attending
  • Total sports: 37[1]
  • 1,517 credentials issued
  • 30 hours of TV coverage on TNT and prime network stations[2]
  • 19,000 volunteers[3]

The festival opened on July 23, 1993 with the opening ceremonies at the Alamodome to a crowd of 62,702 and would continue for ten days.

Event locations

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Event Location
Opening ceremonies Alamodome
Archery Our Lady of the Lake University
Badminton Incarnate Word University
Baseball V.J. Keefe Field
Basketball Hemisfair Arena
Bowling University Bowl
Boxing Freeman Coliseum
Canoe/Kayak - sprint Canyon Lake
Canoe/Kayak - whitewater Guadalupe river
Cycling - time trials City of Devine (Suburb of San Antonio, to the Southwest)
Cycling - criterium Ft. Sam Houston
Cycling - road races Olmos Basin
Diving Palo Alto Natatorium
Equestrian Freeman Coliseum
Fencing Incarnate Word University
Field hockey Alamo Stadium
Figure skating Alamodome
Gymnastics - Artistic HemisFair Arena
Gymnastics - Rhythmic Blossom gym
Ice Hockey Alamodome
Judo Our Lady of the Lake University
Modern Pentathlon Palo Alto College
Racquetball Racquetball and Fitness Club of San Antonio
Roller skating San Antonio Convention Center
Rowing Canyon Lake
Sailing Canyon Lake
Shooting Lackland Air Force Base
Soccer Blossom Athletic Complex
Softball - Men's Alva Jo Fisher Complex
Softball - Women's Alva Jo Fisher Complex
Speed skating Alamodome
Swimming Palo Alto Natatorium
Synchronized Swimming Palo Alto Natatorium
Table Tennis Palo Alto College
Taekwando Paul Taylor Fieldhouse
Team Handball San Antonio Convention Center
Tennis McFarlin Tennis Center
Volleyball UTSA Convocation Center
Water polo Palo Alto Natatorium
Weightlifting Lila Cockrell Theater
Wrestling Paul Taylor Fieldhouse
Closing ceremonies Alamodome

Notable athletes

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Athletes Sport
Michelle Kwan Figure Skating
Shannon Miller Gymnastics
Alex Rodriguez "A-Rod" Baseball
Tim Thomas Ice Hockey
Rasheed Wallace Basketball

Athlete housing locations

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Location
Lackland Air Force Base
Incarnate Word College
Our Lady of the Lake University
St. Mary's University

References

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  1. ^ "San Antonio Olympic Festival | Olympic Festival gets big embrace in San Antonio City hopes 10-day event turns into coming-out party - tribunedigital-baltimoresun". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  2. ^ "Olympic Festival Under Way - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
  3. ^ "Festival Bigger, Better - tribunedigital-thecourant". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2017-06-10.