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LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium, called originally the
Los Angeles Swimming Stadium is an aquatics venue that was originally constructed for the
1932 Summer OlympicsThe 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
in
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. Located near the
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, the venue hosted the
divingAt the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were organized, two for men, and two for women. The United States swept the medals in all four events...
,
swimmingAt the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday August 6, 1932 to Saturday August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's...
,
water polo-Medal summary:-Round-Robin:All of the five teams played each team once.Germany vs. Brazil4 August 1932USA vs. Brazil6 August 1932Hungary vs. Germany6 August 1932USA vs. Japan7 August 1932Hungary vs. Japan...
, and the swimming part of the
modern pentathlonThe modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics-Individual competition:...
events.
The park seated 10,000 that included 5,000 wooden bleacher seats for the 1932 Games that were removed afterwards. The swimming pool itself measured 165 ft (50.3 m) long by 64 ft (19.5 m) wide. A children's pool is adjacent to the main pool that is still in use. Main grandstands at their top point was 15 ft (4.6 m) high spread over a length of 256 ft (78 m) and a width of 98 ft (29.9 m).
It was renovated in 2002-3. The venue was renamed in honor of the
LA84 FoundationThe LA84 Foundation is a private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California's endowment from the 1984 Olympic Games...
and for John C. Argue (1931 or 1932 - 2002), a Los Angeles-based
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who served as a key player for bringing the Summer Olympics back to LA
52 years laterThe 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
. Argue also served as chair of the board of trustees for the
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from 2000 to his 2002 death, and was part of the unsuccessful effort to bring the
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to LA.