Ying Tung Natatorium, Swimming center in Olympic Sports Centre, Beijing, China
Ying Tung Natatorium is a public swimming venue in the Olympic Sports Centre in Chaoyang District, Beijing. It covers 43,020 square metres and has 4,852 seats, with four pools: a standard competition pool, a training pool, a diving pool and a warm-up pool.
The natatorium opened in 1990 and received major renovations to become a venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics. These upgrades brought the facility to international competition standards.
The center bears the name of Henry Fok Ying Tung, a Chinese businessman whose funding made modern Olympic sports facilities possible in Beijing. This naming reflects the role that private support played in building the city's sporting infrastructure.
The facility is part of a larger sports complex, so visitors should allow time to navigate the grounds when arriving. Public swimming sessions and training programs run throughout the year, and the space accommodates different activities and skill levels.
Henry Fok Ying Tung, the Hong Kong businessman whose name the hall carries, donated HK$100 million toward its construction when Beijing won the bid to host the 1990 Asian Games. At the time it was the largest swimming hall in Asia.
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