The Long Beach Marine Stadium is a marine venue located in Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

. It hosted the rowing

Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1932 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The competitions were held from August 9, 1932 to August 13, 1932 at the Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 events for the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

 in neighboring Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. The venue also hosted the United States

United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 357 competitors, 274 men and 83 women, took part in 167 events in 18 sports.- Gold:* Jim Hines — Athletics, Men's 100 metres* Tommie Smith — Athletics, Men's 200 metres...

 rowing

Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only. The events took place at Lake Xochimilco.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 trials for the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

 that were held in Mexico City

Mexico City

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History

The site was purchased in 1923 and Marine Stadium was created two years laters when the Alamitos Bay

Alamitos Bay

Alamitos Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, United States, between the cities of Long Beach and Seal Beach, at the outlet of the San Gabriel River.The bay is named for the Spanish word for 'little poplars'.-Geography:...

was dredged to only 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) in length. An additional 0.5 km (0.310686368324903 mi) was dredged by 1932 in time for the Olympics in LA. Turf replaced the temporary grandstands in 1997. The following year, the venue expanded to accommodate new teen and disabled rowing programs. Permanent restrooms replaced temporary ones in 2009.