London Aquatics Centre

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Olympic venue aquatics centre diving venue landmark building sports venue swimming venue

The London Aquatics Centre is a landmark swimming and diving venue in London, designed by architect Zaha Hadid and now serving as a public aquatic sports facility.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
London Aquatics Centre canonical	4
Olympic Aquatic Centre	2
Aquatics Centre	1
Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park	1
National Aquatics Centre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T325592 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: London Aquatics Centre
Context triple: [2012 Summer Olympics, mainAquaticsVenue, London Aquatics Centre]

A. London Olympic Stadium
The London Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Stratford, East London, originally built as the main stadium for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
B. Manchester Aquatics Centre (shared)
Manchester Aquatics Centre (shared) is a major swimming and aquatic sports complex in Manchester that serves both the University of Manchester community and the wider public.
C. Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports and events venue in Montreal, Quebec, best known as the main site of the 1976 Summer Olympics and for its distinctive inclined tower.
D. Spieker Aquatics Complex
Spieker Aquatics Complex is the University of California, Berkeley’s primary aquatic sports facility, hosting the Golden Bears’ swimming, diving, and water polo competitions.
E. Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport
The Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport is a University of Toronto athletic facility that houses advanced training, research, and competition spaces for elite varsity and high-performance athletes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: London Aquatics Centre
Target entity description: The London Aquatics Centre is a landmark swimming and diving venue in London, designed by architect Zaha Hadid and now serving as a public aquatic sports facility.

A. London Olympic Stadium
The London Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Stratford, East London, originally built as the main stadium for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
B. Manchester Aquatics Centre (shared)
Manchester Aquatics Centre (shared) is a major swimming and aquatic sports complex in Manchester that serves both the University of Manchester community and the wider public.
C. Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports and events venue in Montreal, Quebec, best known as the main site of the 1976 Summer Olympics and for its distinctive inclined tower.
D. Spieker Aquatics Complex
Spieker Aquatics Complex is the University of California, Berkeley’s primary aquatic sports facility, hosting the Golden Bears’ swimming, diving, and water polo competitions.
E. Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport
The Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport is a University of Toronto athletic facility that houses advanced training, research, and competition spaces for elite varsity and high-performance athletes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic venue ⓘ aquatics centre ⓘ diving venue ⓘ landmark building ⓘ sports venue ⓘ swimming venue ⓘ
architect	Zaha Hadid ⓘ
architecturalStyle	contemporary architecture ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ
city	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedByFirm	Zaha Hadid Architects ⓘ
designedForEvent	2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ
hasFacility	50‑metre competition pool ⓘ 50‑metre training pool ⓘ café ⓘ changing rooms ⓘ diving platforms ⓘ diving pool ⓘ fitness studios ⓘ gym ⓘ spectator seating ⓘ springboards ⓘ
hostedEvent	Olympic diving events ⓘ Olympic swimming events ⓘ Olympic synchronised swimming events ⓘ Paralympic swimming events ⓘ
locatedIn	London ⓘ linked to: London, England Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park ⓘ Stratford ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	London Borough of Newham ⓘ
notableFeature	curvilinear design ⓘ wave‑shaped roof ⓘ
opened	2011 ⓘ
openedToPublic	2014 ⓘ
operator	Greenwich Leisure Limited ⓘ
operatorBrand	Better ⓘ
owner	London Legacy Development Corporation ⓘ
partOf	London 2012 Olympic Park ⓘ linked to: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
postOlympicUse	elite training venue ⓘ public leisure centre ⓘ
usedFor	aquatic sports ⓘ diving ⓘ public swimming ⓘ swimming ⓘ synchronised swimming ⓘ water polo (warm‑up and training) ⓘ
wasVenueFor	2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ linked to: Summer Olympics 2012 2012 Summer Paralympics ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2012 Summer Olympics → mainAquaticsVenue → London Aquatics Centre ⓘ

subject linked to: Summer Olympics 2012

2022 Winter Olympics → curlingVenue → National Aquatics Centre ⓘ