Deodoro Olympic Park

The Deodoro Olympic Park has an area of 2.5 million sq m, being the largest of the Olympic areas with the second largest capacity, as it hosts 11 Olympic and four Paralympic sports modalities in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The Olympic sports are Canoe Slalom, cycling (BMX and Mountain Bike), Field Hockey, Shooting Sport, Modern Pentathlon, Basketball (women’s only), Rugby and Equestrian (Jumping, Dressage and Eventing). The Paralympic competitions include Wheelchair Fencing, Shooting, 7-a-side Football and Equestrian Dressage.

After the Olympics, Deodoro will offer the greatest legacy of Rio 2016. Instead of just simply aiming at creating a centre of excellence competitions, the project had, as a main objective, the Olympic legacy. Differently than what we have seen so far in terms of post-Olympic legacies, the project’s legacy goes beyond the sporting sphere. It is focused mainly on generating recreational areas for the population.

Considered radical sports, Canoe Slalom, BMX and Mountain Bike were grouped in the same area within the complex. An extra layer of significance was given to this radical sports complex by incorporating a public park with additional features such as a skate park, a picnic area, multipurpose rooms and elevated walking and running tracks that together make up the X-Park, which will be the second largest public park in Rio de Janeiro. This area in particular has the largest amount of young people and one of the lowest Human Development Indexes (HDI) in the city.