Pan Am Pool
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
built for the 1967 Pan American Games
1967 Pan American Games
The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the fourth Pan American Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil...
. It is located in southwest Winnipeg and consists of three pools, two of them used for competitive swimming, and one is a children's "kiddie pool". The main tank is 25 yards (22.9m) wide. The facility also has a track and two weight rooms. The dive tank is part of the main pool and has a depth of sixteen feet (4.9m). It consists of a pair of one-metre springboards, a pair of three-metre springboards, and one each of 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 metre platforms. For swimming competitions the main part of the pool can be adjusted for either long course (50m) or short course (25m) lengths by means of a movable bulkhead. The bulkhead can also be set to 15m for competitions, or 30m for water polo. The pool also has a climbing rope (3m)near the diving towers. The PanAm is home to the Manta Swim Club, The Manitoba Marlins
Manitoba Marlins
The Manitoba Marlins Swim Club is a competitive swim club founded over 38 years ago based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Marlins are members of Swim Manitoba and Swimming Canada. They operate out of the Pan Am Pool, the aquatics site for the 1999 Pan American Games, the largest sporting event...
and The Manitoba Masters Aquatic Club swim teams, it also hosts the Neptunes and Bushido waterpolo teams.
For many years, the pool hosted the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada
Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada
The Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada was located in the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It closed in 2006.The Museum was the oldest incorporated sports museum in Canada and had exhibits on swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo...
. Also located on the campus of the pool is Winnipeg's specialized Pan Am Clinic, a surgical unit specializing in sports injuries since 1979.
The Pan Am Pool has hosted the Pan Am Games twice, in 1967 and 1999. The 1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
The 1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation . The event took place in Winnipeg, Canada from May 24 to May 29, 1999...
was held in this pool as well.