Kasumigaoka Athletics Stadium

Japanese: 霞ヶ丘陸上競技場 - かすみがおかりくじょうきょうぎじょう
Kasumigaoka Athletics Stadium

…Famous modern large stadiums include Wembley Stadium in London (capacity 126,000), the Los Angeles Coliseum (105,000), and Luzhniki Stadium (formerly Lenin Central Stadium, 103,000). Incidentally, the Kasumigaoka Athletic Stadium (National Stadium), which was the main venue for the Tokyo Olympics, has a seating capacity of approximately 50,000. Stadiums with such seating generally have a cone-shaped seating structure surrounding the competition space. …

From the National Stadium

...This corporation manages and operates sports facilities and their associated facilities, such as Kasumigaoka Stadium (athletics stadium, tennis court, Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium), Yoyogi Stadium (1st and 2nd gymnasiums), Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, Nishigaoka Stadium, and Toda Boathouse, and also works to collect, organize, and preserve domestic and international materials related to physical education and sports, and carries out necessary activities to promote the spread of physical education. It is also commonly known as the "Kasumigaoka Athletics Stadium," which was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games (1964). Stadium [Tomioka Motonobu]. ...

*Some of the terms mentioned in relation to "Kasumigaoka Stadium" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在の大規模な競技場としてはロンドンのウェンブレー競技場(収容能力12万6000人),ロサンゼルス・コロシアム(10万5000人),ルーズニキ競技場(旧レーニン中央スタジアム,10万3000人)などが有名である。ちなみに東京オリンピックの主会場となった霞ヶ丘陸上競技場(国立競技場)の座席数はおよそ5万席である。 このような観覧席を備えた競技場は,競技用のスペースをすり鉢形の観覧席で取り囲むのが一般的な形状となっている。…

【国立競技場】より

…この法人は霞ヶ丘競技場(陸上競技場,庭球場,秩父宮ラグビー場),代々木競技場(第1,第2体育館),大倉山ジャンプ競技場,西が丘競技場,戸田艇庫などの体育施設およびその付属施設の運営・管理にあたるとともに,体育,スポーツに関する内外の資料の収集・整理・保存に努めるなど,体育の普及振興のために必要な事業を行っている。なお,一般的には東京オリンピック大会(1964)の開・閉会式の会場にあてられた〈霞ヶ丘陸上競技場〉の別称としても知られている。競技場【富岡 元信】。…

※「霞ヶ丘陸上競技場」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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