M86 Swimming Center

Swimming Center M-86 in Madrid

The Swimming Center M-86 is a complex of pools in southeast of Madrid, Spain. The official opening was on 1986 May 14. The complex was built to host the 5th World Championships of Swimming, Waterpolo, Diving and Synchronized Swimming in summer of 1986. The name of the Swimming Center is due to this event (M-86: Madrid 1986). Its area is about 21.000 squares meters.

Events

The indoor pool of the Swimming Center M-86 has staged:

2004: European Aquatics Championships)
2011: European Junior Woman Championships in Water Polo
Spanish Championships
Spanish League
FINA Water Polo World Leagues
Water Polo World Championships Qualification Tournament.^[1]

Awards

1986: Gold Medal to the best facility for sports aquatics (awarded by the “National Pool”, Washington (United States)
1989: National award to the best sports quality (awarded by the Association “Sports Quality”)
1989: biggest complex of swimming of the world (included in the Guinness Records)
Silver Medal, Category A, as High Level Training Center (awarded by the IAKS “International Association for the building of Sports Facilities for Sport and Leisure”)^[2]

Misc

The headquarter of Royal Spanish Swimming Federation is there.^[3]

References

Coordinates: 40°24′55″N 3°40′00″W / 40.4152°N 3.6667°W / 40.4152; -3.6667

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