Carioca Arena 2

Carioca Arena 2
Arena Carioca 2
Aerial view of the Carioca complex at Barra Olympic Park in May 2016; Arena 2 is visible at center
Location	Barra Olympic Park Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Owner	City of Rio de Janeiro
Type	Stadium
Capacity	10,000 (Olympics)
Opened	2016

Carioca Arena 2 (Portuguese: Arena Carioca 2) is an indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted judo and wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. As with a number of other venues in the Barra Olympic Park, Carioca Arena 2 will be transformed after the games to become part of the Olympic Training Centre.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Introducing Carioca Arena 1… the new home of Olympic basketball". Rio 2016. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "Arena Carioca 2". globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "Carioca Arena 2". Rio 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Barra Cluster	Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Maria Lenk Aquatics Center Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Golf Course Olympic Tennis Centre HSBC Arena Pontal Riocentro (four venues) Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Copacabana Stadium Fort Copacabana Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Aquatics Centre Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic BMX Centre Olympic Hockey Centre Mountain Bike Centre Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Maracanãzinho Sambódromo

Football stadia	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena Fonte Nova Mineirão Arena Corinthians Arena da Amazônia

Venues of the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Barra cluster	Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Centre Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Pontal Beach Rio Olympic Arena Riocentro - Pavilion 3 Riocentro - Pavilion 6 Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana cluster	Fort Copacabana Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon Marina da Glória

Deodoro cluster	Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center

Maracanã cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Sambódromo

Olympic venues in wrestling

1896: Panathenaic Stadium 1904: Francis Field 1908: White City Stadium 1912: Stockholm Olympic Stadium 1920: Antwerp Zoo 1924: Vélodrome d'hiver 1928: Krachtsportgebouw 1932: Olympic Auditorium 1936: Deutschlandhalle 1948: Empress Hall, Earl's Court, Harringay Arena 1952: Messuhalli 1956: Royal Exhibition Building 1960: Basilica of Maxentius 1964: Komazawa Gymnasium 1968: Insurgentes Ice Rink 1972: Messegelände, Judo- und Ringerhalle 1976: Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Maurice Richard Arena 1980: CSKA Athletics Fieldhouse 1984: Anaheim Convention Center 1988: Sangmu Gymnasium 1992: Institut National d'Educació Física de Catalunya 1996: Georgia World Congress Center 2000: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 2004: Ano Liosia Olympic Hall 2008: China Agricultural University Gymnasium 2012: ExCeL 2016: Carioca Arena 2

Olympic venues in judo

1964: Nippon Budokan Hall 1972: Basketballhalle, Boxhalle (final), Messegelände, Judo- und Ringerhalle 1976: Olympic Velodrome 1980: Sports Palace 1984: Eagle's Nest Arena 1988: Jangchung Gymnasium 1992: Palau Blaugrana 1996: Georgia World Congress Center 2000: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 2004: Ano Liosia Olympic Hall 2008: Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium 2012: ExCeL 2016: Carioca Arena 2 2020: Nippon Budokan Hall

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