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3 unusual facts about Olympic Park


1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia

A 5,000 strong crowd, made up mostly of university students, gathered in the streets of Melbourne to march on Olympic Park in protest.

Olympic Park, Seoul

It was reopened on 22 June 2011 with a celebration performance by veteran singers and K-pop groups including Super Junior, 2PM, 4Minute, and After School.

Stratford City

Royal Mail has allocated the postcode E20 to Stratford City and the Olympic Park.


1925 VFL season

The venue was centrally located, between Batman Avenue and Swan Street, the site which later became Olympic Park, and was to have been expanded to a capacity of 100,000.

Lidcombe railway station

It has 6 platforms: five for ordinary suburban services, and one for the shuttle between Lidcombe and Olympic Park - officially Platform 0 but known simply as the 'Olympic Park Sprint Platform'.

Ognjen Matic

After being inspired by his high school PE teachers and the love he shared towards sport, Ognjen went on to study at the Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) located in the heart of Olympic Park.

Seoul International School

Conveniently located in the city of Seongnam (on the border of southeast Seoul), the school is about twenty-five minutes south of Lotte World, the Jamsil subway station and Olympic Park.

Sunbury United Rugby League

The club was originally formed by Ted & Maureen Riley after they viewed a rugby league international game between Australia and New Zealand at Olympic Park in 1991 which left them wondering if rugby league could take off in the Victorian township of Sunbury.

Temple Mills

2009 saw the opening of Stratford International station on High Speed 1, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and in 2012 the location of the main Olympic Park, which contained a significant number of venues used in the 2012 Summer Olympics, including the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, and London Velopark.


see also

Blacktown International Sportspark

Blacktown International Sportspark (formally, Blacktown Olympic Park) is a multi-sports venue located in Rooty Hill, a suburb in Sydney, Australia.

Neuhausen-Nymphenburg

The borough 09 ranges from the Mars-field at the inner edge of town to the Nymphenburg Palace in the west and extends from the Olympic Park over the villa colony in Gern to the railway tracks railway station Pasing.

Olympic Park railway station, Sochi

built for the 2014 Winter Olympics as the main transport hub of Olympic Park, the coastal cluster.

Sydney Showground

Sydney Showground Stadium - a sports and events stadium forming part of the Showground at Olympic Park.

Tessa Sanderson

Sanderson was been appointed as a Board member of the Olympic Park Legacy Company chaired by Baroness Ford to oversee and help with the formation of the Olympic Park for the Newham community and people living in the East End of London.