Games of the XXlth Olymp iad XVth Winter Games Candidates cities for 1988
Why hold the Games in Nagoya? by Masao Motoyama, mayor of Nagoya
It is indeed a great privilege as well as a pleasure to have this opportunity to address the members of the International Olympic Committee and all of you involved in the Olympic movement in these pages of the prestigious “Olympic Review” special edition, and to set forth again as earnestly as possible our Nagoya City’s candidature for the organisation of the 1988 Olympic Games It is my heartfelt conviction that the Games of the Olympiad represent the most precious cultural legacy in the entire world. The Olympic movement seeks to further the great goals of brotherhood among peoples, peace on earth and the cultivation of healthy youth. And it is precisely to fulfil these auspicious aims that I respectfully and earnestly request the privilege of hosting the Games in our City of Nagoya. Moreover, I sincerely hope that the Olympic Games of sublime significance will be held equally in any city of any country-developing or otherwise-around the globe, and the Olympic movement will last and develop forever. To realise these high ideals, as I have replied in detail to the IOC, we in Nagoya and surrounding areas intend to share specific responsibilities in hosting the Games and to make use of already existing facilities as far as possible. We even dare to believe that it might become a model the world would be proud of. And these great ideals are also shared by the people of the area and Japan
as a whole. Thus, we are pooling our knowledge and effort in moving ahead steadily with our plans. Fortunately, Japan is a free and democratic nation whose streets are safe to walk and where sanitary conditions prevail. Our nation is blessed with favorable weather, good water and the gifts of mother nature. And our people are naturally inclined to extend a warm and gracious welcome to the peoples of the world. I am absolutely certain that, if our candidature leads to holding the 1988 Olympic Games in Nagoya, the decision will be welcomed by participants, officials and even the entire world. I would conclude these few remarks with my earnest and heartfelt plea once more for the full support of the IOC members and all of you in our request to be able to hold the 1988 Olympic Games in Nagoya. M. M.
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The Installations (1) Sport
Competition sites
Athletics Rowing
Stadium in the Olympic Park in Nagoya Course proposed at either Toyoda-Miyoshi, Toyohashi or the Sobue-Magai dam Aichi gymnasium Nagoya gymnasium See Rowing (above) The renovated Nagoya velodrome 1. Chukyo race course 2. Stadium in the Olympic Park for the last day of the events 3. Part of Fujioka Park Fukiage Hall in Nagoya 1. Stadium in the Olympic Park (for finals and semifinals) 2. Yokkaichi central stadium 3. Mizuho stadium 4. lchinomiya stadium 5. Toyohashi stadium 6. lwata football stadium Competition hall in the Olympic Park 1. Nagova gymnasium 2. Suzuka gymnasium 3. Yokkaichi central gymnasium 1. Tsurumai Park in Nagoya 2. Oshikuri Park in Nagoya 3. Gifu stadium 4. Asamiya Park at Kasugai Nagoya International Exhibition Centre Toyda gymnasium 1. Indoor swimming pool in the Olympic Park 2. Mizuho swimming pool 1. Golf course in Shinrin Park at Aichi for the cross-country 2. Indoor swimming pool in the Olympic Park for the swimming 3. Fukiage hall in Nagoya for the fencing 4. Chukyo race course or Shinrin Park for the riding 5. Hino shooting range 1. Hino shooting range for the rifle 2. Chunichi or Okazaki shooting range for the pigeon shooting Shinrin Park at Aichi 1. Gymnasium in the Olympic Park 2. Okazaki gymnasium 3. Gifu gymnasium Auditorium in the Nagoya sports centre Either at the Maritime Sports Centre at Tsu (Prefecture of MiĂŠ) in the bay of lsĂŠ, or in the marina at Gamagorie (Prefecture of Aichi).
Basketball Boxing Canoing Cycling Equestrian
Fencing Football
Gymnastics Handball Hockey
Judo Wrestling Swimming Modern Pentathlon
Shooting Archery Volleyball Weightlifting Yachting
(1) The non-existing installations are in italics. (2) To be raised to 7,500
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The town With its 2.1 million inhabitants, Nagoya, in the district of Aichi, is the fourth biggest town in Japan. It is an important economic, political, industrial and cultural crossroads. Dominated by its 370 year old castle and bordered by hills to the east, the town is situated in a wide main opening in the south onto the bay of Isé. Together with the districts of Gifu and Mié, this forms the region of Nagoya which covers an area of 8,492 sq. miles. In addition to buses and thousands of taxis the town has an underground railway. It also has an international airport which is only 50 minutes from Tokyo by air. The Shinkansen, one of the fastest trains in the world, makes it possible to reach Tokyo in 2 hours, Kyoto in 50 minutes and Osaka in 70 minutes. The port can hold as many as 280 ships at a time. It is a busy colourful town with a temperate climate. The average temperature during the month of October is 16.8°. The mayor is Mr. Masao Motoyama. Sports The inhabitants of the region of Nagoya are keen followers of amateur sport. During the last few years, they have had the opportunity of watching many international sports meet-
ings including, in athletics, the indoor jumping championships, which have become an annual event since 1971 ; in volleyball, in 1977, the semi-finals of the men’s World Cup; in 1979, in men’s basketball, the 10th Championships of Asia qualifying for the tournament of the Games of the XXllnd Olympiad and the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, as well as other events in the fifteen sports listed in the Olympic Games programme. Training For the training for the cycling, rowing, canoeing, shooting and yachting events, athletes will use the competition sites. For all the other events, installations will be made available to athletes within a radius of 1/3 of a mile to 25 miles. The Olympic village The construction of a big housing complex is planned in a spacious verdant site 12 1/2 miles from the centre of town. It will serve as an Olympic village and resume its residential function after the Games. It will be able to accommodate 12,000 people. It will be equipped in accordance with Olympic tradition and regulations. Connections between the village and the competition sites will be 525
provided by a special bus service. A second village, reserved for yachtsmen and yachting officials, is planned in the vicinity of the competition site. The press centre The main press centre in Nagoya will combine all the best features of the press centres built during the last four Olympic Games, in Mexico, Munich, Montreal and Moscow. It will be right next to the press village and situated in the centre of town 4 1/2 miles, or 15 minutes by road from the main stadium. The international agencies and other organisations will have their own fully equipped offices. Work rooms, meeting halls, rooms for interviews, darkrooms, comfortable lounges, and restaurants will be all provided for the use of all journalists. The technical facilities in this centre and the secondary centres set up on the main competition sites will be both practical and modern. Accommodation of visitors All visitors will be accommodated in hotels in Nagoya and in the immediate vicinity.
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Cultural programme The cultural programme will be divided between traditional Japanese theatre - the Kabuki, Noh and Bunraku, which is the oldest marionnette theatre in the world - and contemporary entertainment. The town will also invite world famous artists from the fields of plastics arts and music. The OCOG will organise exhibitions of stamps and photographs devoted to sport. Financing The construction of the installations will be financed by subsidies from the central government and the municipal authorities of the town of Naaova. To these will be added the receipts from the sale of admission tickets, the OCOG’s share of television rights and donations from different organisations. The Organising Committee The Organising Committee will be an official organisation, enjoying legal status and constituted according to Japanese civil law. Dates proposed From 8th to 23rd October 1988.