Gwangju Mudeung Stadium

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium


Location	Gwangju, South Korea
Coordinates	35°9′10.39″N 126°50′24.89″E / 35.1528861°N 126.8402472°E / 35.1528861; 126.8402472
Operator	Gwangju
Capacity	24,304
Surface	Grass, Tartan track
Opened	1 October 1965
Closed	2011

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium is a sports complex in Gwangju, South Korea. Main stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 30,000 people and was opened in 1966. During the 1988 Summer Olympics, it hosted some football matches. This complex has Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium and gymnasium.

References

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1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 204–5.
Official Site (in Korean)
World Stadiums

v t e Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)
Seoul Sports Complex	Jamsil Baseball Stadium Jamsil Gymnasium Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool Jamsil Students' Gymnasium Olympic Stadium
Olympic Park	Mongchontoseong Olympic Fencing Gymnasium Olympic Gymnastics Arena Olympic Tennis Center Olympic Velodrome Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium
New venues	Busan Yachting Center Han River Regatta Course/Canoeing Site Hanyang University Gymnasium Saemaul Sports Hall Sangmu Gymnasium Seoul Equestrian Park Seoul National University Gymnasium Suwon Gymnasium
Football venues	Busan Stadium Daegu Stadium Daejeon Stadium Dongdaemun Stadium Gwangju Stadium
Existing venues	Hwarang Archery Field Jangchung Arena Royal Bowling Center Seongnam Stadium Taenung International Shooting Range Tongillo Road Course

Olympic venues in association football

1890s	1896 Neo Phaliron Velodrome
1900s	1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Olympic Field 1908 White City Stadium
1910s	1912 Råsunda IP, Stockholm Olympic Stadium (final), Tranebergs Idrottsplats
1920s	1920 Jules Ottenstadion, Olympisch Stadion (final), Stade Joseph Marien, Stadion Broodstraat 1924 Stade Bergeyre, Stade Yves-du-Manoir (final), Stade de Paris, Stade Pershing 1928 Monnikenhuize, Olympic Stadium (final), Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
1930s	1936 Hertha-BSC Field, Mommsenstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Poststadion
1940s	1948 Arsenal Stadium, Champion Hill, Craven Cottage, Empire Stadium (medal matches), Fratton Park, Goldstone Ground, Green Pond Road, Griffin Park, Lynn Road, Selhurst Park, White Hart Lane
1950s	1952 Kotkan urheilukeskus, Kupittaan jalkapallostadion, Lahden kisapuisto, Olympic Stadium (final), Ratina Stadion, Töölön Pallokenttä 1956 Melbourne Cricket Ground (final), Olympic Park Stadium
1960s	1960 Florence Communal Stadium, Grosseto Communal Stadium, L'Aquila Communal Stadium, Livorno Ardenza Stadium, Naples Saint Paul's Stadium, Pescara Adriatic Stadium, Stadio Flaminio (final) 1964 Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Mitsuzawa Football Field, Nagai Stadium, Tokyo National Stadium (final), Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Ōmiya Football Field, Prince Chichibu Memorial Football Field 1968 Estadio Azteca (final), Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Estadio Nou Camp, Jalisco Stadium
1970s	1972 Dreiflüssestadion, ESV-Stadion, Jahnstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Rosenaustadion, Urban Stadium 1976 Lansdowne Park, Olympic Stadium (final), Sherbrooke Stadium, Varsity Stadium
1980s	1980 Dinamo Stadium, Dynamo Central Stadium – Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium – Grand Arena (final), Kirov Stadium, Republican Stadium 1984 Harvard Stadium, Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Rose Bowl (final), Stanford Stadium 1988 Busan Stadium, Daegu Stadium, Daejeon Stadium, Dongdaemun Stadium, Gwangju Stadium, Olympic Stadium (final)
1990s	1992 Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Camp Nou (final), Estadio Luís Casanova, La Romareda, Sarrià Stadium 1996 Florida Citrus Bowl, Legion Field, Orange Bowl, RFK Memorial Stadium, Sanford Stadium (both finals)
2000s	2000 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Bruce Stadium, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Olympic Stadium (men's final), Sydney Football Stadium (women's final) 2004 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium (women's final), Olympic Stadium (men's final), Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Pankritio Stadium, Panthessaliko Stadium 2008 Beijing National Stadium (men's final), Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shanghai Stadium, Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Workers' Stadium (women's final)
2010s	2012 Coventry Arena, Hampden Park, Millennium Stadium, St James' Park, Old Trafford, Wembley Stadium (both finals) 2016 Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Arena Fonte Nova, Mineirão, Arena Corinthians, Arena da Amazônia, Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Maracanã (both finals)
2020s	2020 International Stadium Yokohama (both finals), Kashima Soccer Stadium, Miyagi Stadium, Saitama Stadium, Sapporo Dome, Tokyo Stadium 2024 Parc des Princes (both finals), Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Stade de la Beaujoire, Stade de Nice, Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Stade Matmut Atlantique, Stade Vélodrome 2028 Rose Bowl (both finals), BMO Stadium, Levi's Stadium, PayPal Park, Stanford Stadium, California Memorial Stadium, Snapdragon Stadium
2030s	2032 Lang Park (both finals), Barlow Park, Melbourne Cricket Ground, North Queensland Stadium, Sunshine Coast Stadium, Stadium Australia, Robina Stadium

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