Abandoned Olympic Venues From Around The World Or Why It’s The Biggest Waste Of Money Ever

I find it awesome, that it is being used for something :D

Mtb is so more rad

This is the same track as number one. I've been there a couple of times and walked down it. Sometimes they clean it up for cycling, and the graffiti is in different languages.

looks like fun

moto moto

Looks awsome the same...always a beautiful memory from the games

Kind of reminds me of a quidditch pitch from Harry Potter lol

anybody else feel like maybe its time to build 2 permanent venues, one for each season, and reuse them forever and ever?

You can't use ski jump ramps that are that old for current top-level ski jumpers. They need a longer landing zone with a different elevation and slope because they jump farther. The Olympic facilities we built here for the 1988 Olympics are almost all still in daily use. But new ski jump ramps had to be built next to the old ones because the old ones don't work anymore. I think we use the old ones as a recreational zip line now.

I live 20 km form this...every time i see this i say "horrible"

To be fair, much of what was made during Yugoslavia has been left to crumble. Here's a blog I wrote about for Croatian Radio Television. http://voiceofcroatia.hrt.hr/blog/472399/

A bobsled track might be used to carry irrigation water to lower, drier areas.

the olympic games are a big waste of money! but please change the healine. berlin 1936? sarajevo? really? cheaper populism! good pics, but theme missing.

How sad.

So sad.

but I don't get it...why can't these places be used for practicing? for common people? for schools?

Clean it, fill it and make the kids happy

This is SAD!!

What a waste they should turn it into a pool & activities area when Greece is lesd broke.

Now this is just stupid, no reason this pool couldn't of been kept up and used for the city as a community pool... This is stupidity on Athens part...

The original Olympic pool at the Olympic stadion is still used today ;). I often swim there. And the Olympic village is open for tours btw!!

That looks like it was gorgeous. Too bad no one buys these after the Olympics and they would be used for the public.

What a pity it isn't being rehabbed and used.

Once again. This can as well be blamed on the war. Like the one in Sarajevo.

There is a competition pool right next to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin that is still used today as a public pool.

I have a new appreciation for ski jumpers.. no amount of money or fame could get me to ski down that ramp!

My Dad covered this event with the ABC TV crew and they received an Emmy for their work. Faded glory; a bit melancholy.

What a view!!!

il est pas complètement abandonné, les parties basses avec de la pelouse servent pour des descentes de luges d'été

An area was "re-purposed" during the war, 1992-1995. Civilians were killed every single day and they were buried here... Please don't make a joke out of it.

Sarajevo had no option. They were under siege for many months during the 90'S and had nowhere to bury their dead. People were dying of hunger, lack of medicines and sniper fire!

Now for THIS one is war to be blamed indeed. A sad tragedy on so many levels.

War again. With city graveyard occupied by the agrwssor people of sarajevo had to find a new place for numerous victims. Thousants died. Manybof them children...

That'll confuse future archeologists...

This really doesn't look too bad. I wish they could get organized and find a good use for it.

Modern "Acropolis"

Looks like it could easily be put to good use when Greece has the money.