EXTERIOR OF SWIMMING POOL: SIGN: CROWD: PRESIDENT DIAZ: PLAQUE UNVEILED: INTERIOR OF POOL AND GIRL DIVES.




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Background: SHORTLY BEFORE THE FIRST ARRIVALS OF CONTINGENTS OF ATHLETES FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES, PRESIDENT GUSTAVO ORDAZ DIAZ OF MEXICO INAUGURATED THE FINE NEW SWIMMING POOL AT THE COLOURFUL CEREMONY IN MEXICO CITY.

UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST MODERN POOL IN THE WORLD, THE MEXICAN OLYMPIC POOL WAS BUILT IN A RECORD 19 MONTHS AND CAN HOLD 24,000 SPECTATORS. THE HANGING ROOF IS 444 FEET (135 METERS) LONG AN 250 FEET (74.8 METRES) WIDE - BUILT WITHOUT SUPPORTING PILLARS.

CONSTANT HOT WATER MAINTAINS AN EQUABLE TEMPERATURE IN THE POOL, AND THE DIVING BOARDS WERE POISED AND BUILT TO THE STANDARDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

AN ELECTRONIC SCOREBOARD WILL FLASH THE POINTS AWARDED TO COMPETITORS IN THE SWIMMING AND DIVING EVENTS.

AFTER THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY, PRESIDENT ORDAZ DIAZ WATCHED SOME DIVING FROM THE HIGH BOARD.