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Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
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The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (顺义奥林匹克水上公园 or 順義奧林匹克水上公園 in Chinese) was the site of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where Larisa Ilchenko of Russia and Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands won the gold medals.
The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park was specifically built for the rowing, canoeing and open water swimming events in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Mapo Village in the Shunyi District in Beijing, China. In preparation for the Olympic Games, the World Junior Rowing Championships, China Open Canoe/Kayak Slalom, China Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Open and the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualification race were held in advance.
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Locations of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- 2008 Beijing Olympics (Games of the XXIX Olympiad): Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (顺义奥林匹克水上公园 or 順義奧林匹克水上公園 in Chinese), outside Beijing, China
- 2012 London Olympics (Games of the XXX Olympiad): Serpentine, London, UK
- 2016 Rio Olympics (Games of the XXXI Olympiad): Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Games of the XXXII Olympiad): Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, Japan
In the modern Olympic Games, the early swimming events were also held in open bodies of water that included the following:
- 1896 Athens Olympics (Games of the I Olympiad): Bay of Zea off the Piraeus coast, Aegean Sea, Greece
- 1900 Paris Olympics (Games of the III Olympiad): Seine River, Paris, France
- 1904 St. Louis Olympics (Games of the III Olympiad): Man-made pond near Skinker and Wydown Boulevards, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
- 1906 Athens Intercalated Games: Neo Phaliron Bay off the coast of Athens, Greece
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