Barra Velodrome
The Rio Olympic Velodrome, officially the Velódromo Municipal do Rio, is a velodrome located in the Barra Olympic Park sports complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stadium
- Description: velodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Rio Olympic Velodrome”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Farmasi Arena and Olympic Tennis Centre.
Farmasi Arena
Sports venue
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Farmasi Arena is an indoor multipurpose arena, located in the region of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the indoor arena with largest capacity in the country, with 15,430 people for sports and up to 18,768 for concerts. Farmasi Arena is situated 210 metres east of Barra Velodrome.
Olympic Tennis Centre
Sports venue
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The Olympic Tennis Centre is a tennis venue located in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The centre hosted tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the wheelchair tennis events of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Olympic Tennis Centre is situated 290 metres west of Barra Velodrome.
Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre
Stadium
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The Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre is an aquatics centre that is part of the City of Sports Complex in the Barra da Tijuca district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre is situated 480 metres east of Barra Velodrome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Curicica and Jacarepaguá.
Curicica
Suburb
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Curicica is a neighborhood in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Curicica is situated 2½ km north of Barra Velodrome.
Jacarepaguá
Suburb
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Jacarepaguá, with a land area of 29.27 square miles, is a neighborhood situated in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2010, it had a population of 157,326. Jacarepaguá is situated 3½ km northeast of Barra Velodrome.
Barra da Tijuca
Suburb
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Barra da Tijuca is an upper-middle class neighborhood or bairro in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra da Tijuca is situated 4 km southeast of Barra Velodrome.
Barra Velodrome
- Categories: velodrome, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Barra Velodrome” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضمار ريو الأولمبي للدراجات”
- Asturian: “Velódromu de la Barra”
- Catalan: “Velòdrom Olímpic de Rio”
- Chinese: “巴拉自行車館”
- Dutch: “Barra Velodrome”
- Dutch: “Velodromo Municipal do Rio”
- Dutch: “Velódromo Municipal do Rio”
- Esperanto: “Olimpika Bicikladejo de Rio de Ĵanejro”
- French: “vélodrome de Barra”
- French: “Vélodrome olympique de Rio”
- German: “Rio Olympic Velodrome”
- German: “Velodromo da Barra”
- German: “Velódromo da Barra”
- German: “Velódromo Municipal do Rio”
- Hebrew: “הוולודרום האולימפי של ריו”
- Hebrew: “ולודרום בארה”
- Indonesian: “Velodrome Olimpiade Rio”
- Italian: “Velódromo Municipal do Rio”
- Japanese: “ベロドロモ・ムニシパル・ド・リオ”
- Latvian: “Rio Olimpiskais velodroms”
- Lithuanian: “Barra velodromas”
- Macedonian: “Олимписки велодром Рио”
- Macedonian: “Општински велодром Рио”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velódromo Olímpico do Rio”
- Norwegian: “Velódromo Olímpico do Rio”
- Persian: “پیست المپیک ریو دو ژانیرو”
- Persian: “پیست بارا”
- Polish: “Velódromo Olímpico do Rio”
- Portuguese: “Velódromo da Barra”
- Portuguese: “Velódromo Municipal do Rio”
- Romanian: “Velodromul Olimpic din Rio”
- Russian: “Олимпийский велодром Рио”
- Spanish: “Velodromo da Barra”
- Spanish: “Velódromo da Barra”
- Spanish: “Velodromo de la Barra”
- Spanish: “Velódromo de la Barra”
- Spanish: “Velódromo Olímpico de Río”
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