Wezenberg Olympic Swimming Center
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| Wezenberg Olympic Swimming Center | |
|---|---|
 Exterior view of the swimming center | |
 Interactive map of Wezenberg Olympic Swimming Center | |
| 51°11′34″N 4°24′23″E / 51.192761°N 4.406371°E | |
| Location | Desguinlei 17–19, 2018 Antwerp, 2018 |
| Opened | 1973 |
| Operated by | City of Antwerp |
| Owned by | City of Antwerp |
| Type | Olympic-size indoor swimming pool |
| Status | Open |
| Cost | €8 million (Wezenberg 2, 2015)[1] |
| Size | 7,500 m² |
| Length | 50 metres (164 ft) |
| Width | 21 m (main), 16 m (Wezenberg 2) |
| Depth | 2.2 m (Wezenberg 2) |
| Website | Official website |
| Features | |
| Main pool, instruction pool, training pool (Wezenberg 2), 800-seat stands | |
| Facilities | |
| Image and time registration equipment (Wezenberg 2) | |
The Wezenberg Olympic Swimming Center (Dutch: Olympisch zwemcentrum Wezenberg) is a swimming center located on De Singel in Antwerp, Belgium. The main building was opened in 1973 and includes a 50-meter Olympic-size pool and a 20×17 meter instruction pool.[2]
An outdoor Olympic pool already existed at the site in 1920 and was used during the swimming events of the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]
In 1951, a new outdoor pool replaced the original one. The current indoor facility opened in 1973. From 2014 to 2015, a second 50-meter training pool—Wezenberg 2—was constructed just 8 meters from the original. This facility has six lanes and is not open to the public but is used for elite training and includes high-tech equipment for image and time registration. It measures 50.025 meters in length, 16 meters in width, and 2.2 meters in depth.[1]
The €8 million project was funded by the City of Antwerp (€4.5M) and the Flemish government (€3.5M).[1] Training began on October 1, 2015, and the official opening was held on November 27, 2015.