Atakum Olympic Swimming Pool VIP, 100 for media members, 100 for accredited sportspeople and 100 for physically handicapped people. The venue will host swimming events of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics. Atakum Olympic Swimming Pool Atakum Olympic Swimming Pool () is an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool in Atakum district of Samsun province, northern Turkey. The venue is situated in Yenimahalle Maha., Atatürk Boulevard Yanyolu 13, Atakum. It was opened in presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Akif Çağatay Kılıç on October 19, 2015. Built on a land covering , it cost around 20 million (approx. US$ 7.0). The main pool has ten lanes and
Swimming pool water sports, physical therapy as well as for the training of lifeguards and astronauts. Swimming pools may be heated or unheated. The "Great Bath" at the site of Mohenjo-Daro in modern-day Pakistan was most likely the first swimming pool, dug during the 3rd millennium BC. This pool is , is lined with bricks, and was covered with a tar-based sealant. Ancient Greeks and Romans built artificial pools for athletic training in the palaestras, for nautical games and for military exercises. Roman emperors had private swimming pools in which fish were also kept, hence one of the Latin words for a