Shunyi Olympic Rowing Park

The rowing competition will take place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, located in Mapo Town in the Shunyi district of Beijing. The rowing course is located about 45 kilometers outside of downtown Beijing. The venue also will host both the flat-water and slalom canoe-kayak competitions, as well as the open-water swim.

This newly constructed venue features a spacious boathouse with athlete facilities and rest areas, grandstands on both sides of the course, a sleek and modern finish tower, and a separate warm-up/cool-down lane divided from the course by a center island.

Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park

Interactive E-Map - NEW!!

This interactive map on the official Olympic website shows the city of Beijing and also allows viewers to see the layout of train and subway lines that will be helpful for both transportation downtown and out to the rowing venue.

E-Map

Other Venues

Venues for other sports are located across the city of Beijing. Some are new, constructed especially for the Olympics, while other events are being hosted at universities and existing sports arenas.

Map of Venues Across Beijing

The most well known venue of the games is the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest. It will showcase the athletics and football competitions and can seat 91,000 people.

The Bird’s Nest