Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in 2012
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| Former names | Olympic Fencing Gymnasium |
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| Location | Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37°31′02″N 127°07′35″E / 37.517345°N 127.126313°ECoordinates: 37°31′02″N 127°07′35″E / 37.517345°N 127.126313°E |
| Capacity | 5,003 |
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| Broke ground | September 1984 |
| Opened | April 1986 |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| Construction cost | 43.4 billion won (2011 reconstruction) |
| Architect | Kang Kum-hee Architects |
| Structural engineer | Geiger Associates |
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South Korea national handball team (2011–present) South Korea women's national handball team (2011–present) Seoul City (2011–present) Doosan Handball Club (2011–present) |
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| Revised Romanization | Ollimpik handeubol gyeonggijang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ollimp‘ik haendŭbol kyŏnggijang |
SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium (Hangul: SK올림픽핸드볼경기장; Hanja: SK奧林匹克手球運動場) is an indoor sporting arena located at the Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The current seating capacity of the arena is 5,003. The arena was built from September 1984 to April 1986.
It was known as the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (Hangul: 올림픽펜싱경기장; Hanja: 奧林匹克擊劍運動場) or Olympic Gymnasium No. 2 prior 2011. The arena hosted the fencing and fencing part of the modern pentathlon events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 2011 it was remodelled for handball games at a cost of ₩43.4 billion, specialized with handball only courts. It was renamed as such to host the SK Handball Korea League.
Besides holding fencing at the 1988 Olympics, the arena also hosts concerts by Korean as well as international artists.
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