The CEPSUM is a multi-purpose complex sport center located on the campus of the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

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...

. The CEPSUM hosts the Montréal Carabins teams.

• an Olympic swimming pool and a diving tank with springboards
• a outdoor stadium of 5100 seats with a soccer field or Canadian Football
• an ice hockey arena of 2460 seats
  Winter Stadium (Montreal)
  Winter Stadium is an indoor arena located on the campus of the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events in the 1976 Summer Olympics. It has a capacity of 2,461.-Reference:...
  
    (being transformed into amphitheater which can welcome 5000 persons)
• a triple gymnasium and simple Volleyball gymnasiums
• a large training room
• a weight room for training.
• a sports hall containing a wall for rock climbing,
• a running track
• a golf practice area
• several tennis courts
• several squash and racquetball courts
• multifunction rooms
• changing rooms
• a palestre

History

In 1963-1964, the Université de Montréal purchased the Center Young Men and Young Women Hebrew association, situated on the corner of Avenue du Parc and Avenue Mont-Royal. The Center at that time had a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a palestre, and an auditorium. The Montreal Carabins of this period used the outside installations of the Parc Jeanne-Mance. The Physical educational Department and the Carabins occupied these places until 1976, year of the official inauguration of the CEPSUM which was built for the Olympics of Montreal

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

.

The CEPSUM hosted the fencing

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types , but women competed only in foil events.-Men's events:...

 and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by two events : Individual competition and Team competition...

events during the 1976 Summer Olympics . Following the Olympics, the CEPSUM became the sport center for the Université de Montréal. In 2004, after almost 30 years of use, important renovation work took place ( $ 12 million dollar cost) . These important renovations were completed at the beginning of 2011 .

The CEPSUM also accommodates the Sports Medicine departement and the clinique of kinesiology of the Université of Montréal.

External links

• (French) Centre d'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université de Montréal (CEPSUM)
• (French) CEPSUM Facebook page
• (French) Kinesiology of Université de Montréal
• (French) Sports Medicine of Université de Montréal
• (French) Montréal Carabins Website