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{{Short description|Multi-purpose stadium in Wrocław, Poland}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2023}}
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{{Infobox Stadium
| stadium_name      = Olympic Stadium
| native_name       = Stadion Olimpijski
| native_name_lang  = pl
| image             = [[Image:Stadion Olimpijski04.jpg|300px]]
| fullname          = Olympic Stadium in Wrocław
| location          = [[Wrocław]], Poland
| coordinates       = {{coord|51|7|10|N|17|5|48|E|display=it|region:PL-DS_type:landmark_source:dewiki}}
| built             = 1926–1928
| opened            = 1928
| renovated         = 1935–1939
| closed            =
| demolished        =
| owner             = City of Wrocław
| operator          =
| surface           = Artificial Grass (football)<br>Shale (speedway)
| construction_cost =
| architect         = [[Richard Konwiarz]]
| former_names      = ''Schlesierkampfbahn'' (1928–1935)<br>''Hermann-Göring-Stadion'' (1935–1939)
| tenants           = {{center|[[Sparta Wrocław]] ([[Speedway Ekstraliga]])<br>[[Panthers Wrocław]] ([[European League of Football|ELF]])}}
| seating_capacity  = 13,675<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kibic-zuzla.pl/stadiony/polska/wroclaw/ |title=Wrocław }}</ref>
| dimensions        =
}}

The '''Olympic Stadium''' ({{langx|pl|Stadion Olimpijski}}) is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Wrocław]], Poland. It is the home stadium of [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team [[Sparta Wrocław]] and [[American football]] team [[Panthers Wrocław]].

The stadium has a capacity now of 11,000 people and was supposed to be one of the main pitches on [[UEFA Euro 2012]]. The newly constructed [[Stadion Miejski (Wrocław)|Stadion Miejski]] was used for that event instead.

==History==
[[File:Stadion im. gen. K. Swierczewskiego.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Gymnastics performances at the stadium in 1967]]
The stadium was built from 1926 to 1928 as ''Schlesierkampfbahn'' (''Silesian Arena'') according to a design by [[Richard Konwiarz]]. It was part of a larger sports complex in the city district of Zalesie (then ''Leerbeutel''), again extended from 1935 to 1939 and renamed ''[[Hermann Göring|Hermann-Göring]]-Stadion'' under the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] authorities. On 16 May 1937, it was the site of the legendary [[Breslau Eleven]] football match, when the [[Germany national football team]] defeated [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] 8–0. Despite its current Polish name, the arena has never been an Olympic Games site (in particular, for the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]); however the builder [[Richard Konwiarz]] achieved a bronze medal in the [[art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles for his architectural design.

Heavily devastated during the [[Siege of Breslau]] in [[World War II]], the stadium was rebuilt by the Polish municipal administration and named after General [[Karol Świerczewski]]. From the 1970s it was used by the Wrocław University School of Physical Education and comprehensively modernized with floodlights and an undersoil heating. The Wrocław city administration assumed ownership in 2006 and had the speedway racing track rebuilt, whereafter the smaller football pitch no longer meets the requirements of [[UEFA stadium categories]].

The speedway track is {{convert|387|m|yd}} in length.
[[File:Stadion Olimpijski03.jpg|thumb|Covered stand]]

==Past events==
The stadium has hosted the [[Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] in [[1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|1995]], [[1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|1996]], [[1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|1997]], [[1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|1999]], and [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|2000]]. It also was a venue of the [[Speedway Grand Prix of Europe]] in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. The stadium has hosted [[American football at the 2017 World Games|american football competition]] and motorcycle speedway competition at [[2017 World Games]].

==Speedway World Finals==
===Individual World Championship===
* [[1970 Individual Speedway World Championship|1970]] – {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]] – 15pts
* [[1992 Individual Speedway World Championship|1992]] – {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Gary Havelock]] – 14pts

===World Pairs Championship===
* [[1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1975]] – {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden national speedway team|Sweden]] ([[Anders Michanek]] / [[Tommy Jansson]]) – 24pts

===World Team Cup===
* 1961 – {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]] ([[Marian Kaiser]] / [[Henryk Żyto]] / [[Florian Kapała]] / [[Mieczysław Połukard]] / [[Stanislaw Tkocz]]) – 32pts
* 1966 – {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]] ([[Andrzej Pogorzelski]] / [[Marian Rose]] / [[Antoni Woryna]] / [[Andrzej Wyglenda]]) – 41pts
* 1971 – {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Great Britain national speedway team|Great Britain]] ([[Ray Wilson (speedway rider)|Ray Wilson]] / [[Ivan Mauger]] / [[Jim Airey]] / [[Barry Briggs]] / [[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]])* – 37pts
* 1977 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[England national speedway team|England]] ([[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] / [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] / [[Dave Jessup]] / [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] / [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]) – 37pts
* 1980 – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[England national speedway team|England]] ([[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] / [[Chris Morton]] / [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] / [[Dave Jessup]] / [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]) – 40pts
<small>''* The [[Great Britain national speedway team|Great Britain Speedway Team]] contained riders from the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth nations]] until the early 1970s. Mauger, Briggs and Moore were from New Zealand, Airey from Australia and Wilson from England.''</small>

===Speedway World Cup===
* 2001 – {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia national speedway team|Australia]] ([[Jason Crump]] / [[Leigh Adams]] / [[Ryan Sullivan]] / [[Todd Wiltshire]] / [[Craig Boyce]]) – 68pts
* 2005 – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Poland national speedway team|Poland]] ([[Tomasz Gollob]] / [[Piotr Protasiewicz]] / [[Jarosław Hampel]] / [[Rune Holta]] / [[Grzegorz Walasek]]) – 62pts

==Speedway Grand Prix==
* [[1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Gollob]]
* [[1996 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] – {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]]
* [[1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] – {{flagicon|USA}} [[Greg Hancock]]
* [[1999 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Tomasz Gollob]]
* [[2004 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe]] – {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bjarne Pedersen]]
* [[2005 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe]] – {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Rickardsson]]
* [[2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe]] – {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Crump]]
* [[2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe]] – {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicki Pedersen]]
* [[2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]
* [[2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] – {{flagicon|RUS}} – [[Artem Laguta]]
* [[2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Maciej Janowski]]
* [[2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]
* [[2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Bartosz Zmarzlik]]
* [[2022 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|2022 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III]] – {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dan Bewley]]
* [[2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland|2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III]] – {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Martin Vaculík]]

==National football team matches==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color: #efefef;"
! No !! Date !! Host !! – !! Opponent !! Result
|-
| 1. || 2 November 1930 || {{fb|GER|1919|pn}} || – || {{fb|NOR|pn}} || {{center|1:1}}
|-
| 2. || 15 September 1935 || {{fb|GER|1933|pn}} || – || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || {{center|1:0}}
|-
| 3. || 16 May 1937 || {{fb|GER|1935|pn}} || – || {{fb|DNK|pn}} || {{center|8:0}}
|-
| 4. || 12 November 1939 || {{fb|GER|1935|pn}} || – || {{fb|CZE|protektorat|pn}} || {{center|4:4}}
|-
| 5. || 7 December 1941 || {{fb|GER|1935|pn}} || – || {{fb|SVK|1939|pn}} || {{center|4:0}}
|-
| 6. || 14 May 1950 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|ROU|1948|pn}} || {{center|3:3}}
|-
| 7. || 10 May 1953 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|CSK|pn}} || {{center|1:1}}
|-
| 8. || 26 August 1956 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|BUL|1946|pn}} || {{center|1:2}}
|-
| 9. || 21 June 1959 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|ISR|pn}} || {{center|7:2}}
|-
| 10. || 22 October 1961 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|DDR|pn}} || {{center|3:1}}
|-
| 11. || 18 May 1966 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|SWE|pn}} || {{center|1:1}}
|-
| 12. || 28 July 1967 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|SUN|pn}} || {{center|0:1}}
|-
| 13. || 16 May 1973 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|IRL|pn}} || {{center|2:0}}
|-
| 14. || 7 September 1974 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|FRA|pn}} || {{center|0:2}}
|-
| 15. || 12 November 1977 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|SWE|pn}} || {{center|2:1}}
|-
| 16. || 15 November 1978 || {{fb|POL|1928|pn}} || – || {{fb|SUI|pn}} || {{center|2:0}}
|-
| 17. || 15 November 1981 || {{fb|POL|pn}} || – || {{fb|MLT|pn}} || {{center|6:0}}
|-
| 18. || 28 October 1983 || {{fb|POL|pn}} || – || {{fb|POR|pn}} || {{center|0:1}}
|-
| 19. || 24 March 1987 || {{fb|POL|pn}} || – || {{fb|NOR|pn}} || {{center|4:1}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Panthers Wrocław}}
{{Motorcycle speedway tracks}}

[[Category:Speedway venues in Poland]]
[[Category:American football venues in Poland]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Wrocław]]
[[Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in Poland]]
[[Category:Art Deco architecture in Poland]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in Germany]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1928]]
[[Category:European League of Football venues]]