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London 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.

London was elected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, defeating Moscow, New York City, Madrid and Paris after four rounds of voting. The successful bid was headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.

The Olympics prompted a redevelopment of many of the areas of London in which the games are to be held – particularly themed towards sustainability – while the budgetary considerations have generated some criticism. Original Article >>


Olympic Venues
The Olympic Zone will encompass all of the facilities within the 500 acre (2 km²) Olympic park in Stratford. This park will be developed on existing waste and industrial land, at grid reference TQ379849, and will be seven minutes by Olympic Javelin train from central London. The park will contain:

The Olympic Stadium, which will host the track and field athletics events as well as the opening and closing ceremonies with a planned capacity of 80,000.

The Aquatics Centre, which will host diving, swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo and will have a spectator capacity of 17,500 for swimming and diving. At the Paralympics the centre hosts the swimming events. Read more >>


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2012 Olympic Ticket Sales

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games go on sale in 2011. Approximately eight million tickets will be available for the Olympic Games, with another two million for the Paralympic Games. Subject to availability, tickets will remain on sale until the start of every event. Read more >>

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2012 Olympic Logo


                               
Games of the XXX Olympiad
London Olympics 2012 logo.svg
There are four official base colours,
and another version
for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
For more details, see "Logos".

Host city
London
, United Kingdom
Motto Live as one
Nations participating 205 (estimated)
Athletes participating 18,500 (estimated)
Events 300 in 26 sports
Opening ceremony July 27
Closing ceremony August 12
Stadium Olympic Stadium
 
  Source : www.wikipedia.com

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History of the Olympic Games

History of the Olympic GamesThe Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. Here the Greeks erected statues and built temples in a grove dedicated to Zeus, supreme among the gods.

The greatest shrine was an ivory and gold statue of Zeus. Created by the sculptor Phidias, it was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Scholars have speculated that the games in 776 BC were not the first games, but rather the first games held after they were organized into festivals held every four years as a result of a peace agreement between the city-states of Elis and Pisa. The Eleans traced the founding of the Olympic games to their King Iphitos, who was told by the Delphi Oracle to plant the olive tree from which the victors' wreaths were made.

According to Hippias of Elis, who compiled a list of Olympic victors c.400 BC, at first the only Olympic event was a 200-yard dash, called a stadium. This was the only event until 724 BC, when a two-stadia race was added. Two years later the 24-stadia event began, and in 708 the pentathlon was added and wrestling became part of the games
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