The Ying Tung Natatorium ( simplified Chinese : 英东游泳馆 ; traditional Chinese : 英東游泳館 ; pinyin : Yīngdōng Yóuyǒngguǎn ) is a swimming venue located in the Olympic Sports Centre in Beijing , China with a seating capacity of 4,852. It was upgraded for the 2008 Summer Olympics and expanded to 44,635 square metres. It hosted Olympic water polo matches and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon event. The renovations were complete by September 10, 2007.
8-488: It also served as the main swimming venue in the 1990 Asian Games and in the 2001 Summer Universiade . It is named after Henry Fok Ying Tung , a businessman who left a large amount of money toward Olympics construction. 39°59′4″N 116°23′45″E / 39.98444°N 116.39583°E / 39.98444; 116.39583 This article about a China sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This 2008 Olympics -related article
16-594: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Summer Olympics venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1990 Asian Games The 1990 Asian Games , also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games ( 第十一届亚洲运动会 ) or simply Beijing 1990 ( 北京1990 ), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing , China. This was the first Asian Games held in China. Along with
24-417: The 1993 East Asian Games , this event served as a precursor to China's further development in the sporting arena, as before the city went on to bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics (losing to Sydney) and eventually won the bids for the 2001 Summer Universiade ,the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics . In a fact with precedent, China dominated the games, grabbing 60% of the gold medals and 34% of
32-628: The 11th Asian Games, three different sets of stamps were issued in 1988, 1989 and 1990. The official mascot of this edition was Pan Pan ( Chinese : 盼盼 ), the panda . The following venues were used during the Games. Yayuncun Subdistrict , the athlete's village was located in Chaoyang District and is now a residential area. National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 1990. Note that Iraq
40-504: The 1990 Asian Games China competed in the 1990 Asian Games as host nation which were held in Beijing , China from September 22, 1990 to October 7, 1990. China set a new record by becoming the first nation in the history of the Asian Games to cross the 100-gold medal mark and the 300-total medal mark in one edition. This article about sports in the People's Republic of China
48-606: The Olympic Council of Asia board. They were evaluated in a meeting of the council in Seoul during 1984, which also served to evaluate the preparations for the next Asian Games and also for the 1988 Summer Olympics . Beijing eventually won the right to host the 1990 edition, while the team from Hiroshima presented an excellent technical bid, and won the rights to host of the 1994 Asian Games as compensation in an unprecedented move. 34 votes were needed for selection. To commemorate
56-466: The total medal count. China set a new record by becoming the first nation in the history of the Asian Games to cross the 100-gold medal mark and the 300-total medal mark in one edition. This also marked Taiwan's first participation in the Asian Games as Chinese Taipei. In 1983, Beijing and Hiroshima demonstrated interest in hosting the 1990 Asian Games. The two cities made formal presentations before
64-526: Was suspended by the Olympic Council of Asia from participating at the Asian Games due to the Gulf War which killed first OCA president Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah . Iraq would only return to compete in the sporting event in 2006 . The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, China, is highlighted. * Host nation ( China ) China at
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