Games of the XXX Olympiad
Host city	London
Nations participating	---
Athletes participating	---
Events	26 sports
Opening ceremony	27 July 2012
Closing ceremony	12 August 2012
Athlete's Oath	---
Judge's Oath	---
Olympic Torch	---
Stadium	Olympic Stadium

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to host the Olympics three times, with previous Games in 1908 and 1948. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ... The Olympic Oath is taken by an athlete and a judge at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. ... The Olympic Flame at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games. ... There are several Olympic Stadiums around the world: Many, but not all of these were built to host the Olympic Games, or at least to support an Olympics bid. ... The 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the Athletics. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also alternative names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2012 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... The Games of the IV Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England. ... The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom. ...

Bidding process

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympic bids Five cities made the shortlist to host the 2012 Summer Olympics (formally known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad), which were awarded to London (United Kingdom) on July 6, 2005. ...

By the bid submission deadline of 15 July 2003, nine cities had submitted bids to hold the 2012 Olympics. These cities were Istanbul, Havana, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°stanbul Suleymaniye Mosque seen from Tepebaşı (January 2005) Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul; contraction of the citys previous Greek name Constantinople) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig   Leipzig? [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also alternative names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Coat of arms Plaza de España (Spain square) Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moskau (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskvá) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ...

On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee, as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced this to a shortlist of London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris. At this stage Paris was widely held to be the favorite, closely followed by London and Madrid. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 6 July 2005, the final selection occurred was announced at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore. Moscow was the first city to be eliminated, followed by New York and Madrid. The final two cities left in contention were London and Paris. At the end of the fourth round of voting, London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes, defeating Paris's 50. The next day, central London and the Underground were rocked by a series of terrorist explosions, though it is thought at present that London's successful bid for the games was not the reason behind the attacks. The IOC stated that they still stood by their decision to hold the games in London. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Raffles The Plaza, Singapore is the sister hotel of Swissôtel The Stamford. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... Bomb damage to a Circle Line train near Aldgate tube station. ...

Venues

The 2012 Olympics will offer a unique mix of state-of-the-art stadia, world-famous venues and iconic city centre locations. The plans for the 2012 Olympics involve a major regeneration of the East End of London, which will be the site of the Olympic Park and several other venues. The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ...

Plans to revitalize London's East End for the games included the compulsory purchase of several homes and businesses by the government. The purchased buildings would be demolished to make way for Olympic venues and infrastructure improvements. In United States law, eminent domain is the power of the state to appropriate private property for its own use without the owners consent. ...

The Olympic Park (view from North)

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Olympic Park

The Olympic Park in Stratford will be developed on existing waste and industrial land, and will be just seven minutes by Olympic Javelin train from central London. The park will contain: This article is about an area of London. ... The Olympic Javelin is a proposed high-speed train network announced as part of the London 2012 Olympic bid. ...

• The Olympic Stadium, which will host the track and field athletics events as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.
• The Aquatics Centre, which will host swimming, diving and water polo.
• The Velopark, comprising a velodrome and a BMX track, and hosting most of the cycling events.
• The Hockey Centre, with 15,000 and 5,000 seat arenas, which will host the hockey.
• Four indoor arenas, which will host basketball, volleyball, handball, and the fencing and shooting disciplines of the modern pentathlon. One of these arenas will be for fencing and the other three will be multi-sport.
• The Olympic Village, with accommodation for all athletes and accredited officials (some 17,320 in total).
• The Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres.

The 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the Athletics. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ... Diving has several meanings:- Jumping or falling deliberately, often acrobatically, into water. ... Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, ice hockey, rugby and wrestling. ... Bicycle racing on a velodrome A velodrome is a sporting arena purpose-built for track cycling, ie: racing on bicycles. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a hard, round ball or a puck into the opponents goal, past the goalkeeper or goaltender (often abbreviated goalie), using a stick. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ... Team handball (also known as field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... Competitors in the final round of the Mens Modern Pentathlon pull for the finish line at the Goudi Sports Complex on August 26, 2004. ...

Other venues

Two large existing venues near to the Olympic Park will be used for indoor sports:

• The ExCeL Exhibition Centre, which will host boxing, judo, taekwondo, table tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling.
• The Millennium Dome, with an adjacent temporary 5,000 seat arena, will host badminton, gymnastics, trampoline, and basketball.

The other venues in Greater London will be: The ExCeL Exhibition Centre is a large purpose built exhibition centre situated in the Royal Docks area of Londons redeveloped Docklands. ... // Boxing Wiki For further information refer to the mediawiki based Boxing Wiki 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 JÅ«dō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Tae Kwon Do, Taekwondo or Taekwon-Do is the Korean national sport and most commonly practiced form of mudo. ... Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars. ... Wrestling may refer to: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Millennium Dome is a large dome on the Greenwich peninsula in the Docklands area in Eastern London. ... This article is about the racquet sport badminton. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinaesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... For an alternative meaning, see Trampoline (computers) or Trampoline_(multihulls). ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ...

• The new Wembley Stadium for the football finals.
• The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon for tennis
• Lord's Cricket Ground for archery
• Regent's Park for road cycling. The park was also the proposed venue for baseball and softball, but two days after selecting London the IOC voted to drop these sports from the Olympic programme.
• Horse Guards Parade for beach volleyball
• Greenwich Park for equestrianism
• Hyde Park for the triathlon.
• The Royal Artillery Barracks for shooting.

Three of the venues will be just outside Greater London: Old Wembley Stadium (1923-2000) New Wembley Stadium (2006) England captain Bobby Moore with the Jules Rimet trophy. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is based in Wimbledon in South London. ... Wimbledon, best known for much of the 20th century as the home of the Wimbledon tennis championships, is a town in south-west London. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ... Archers in Competition Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ... For other meanings, see Regents Park (disambiguation) Regents Park (officially The Regents Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Alternative meanings at IOC (disambiguation) The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years. ... Horse Guards Parade, London Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. ... Beach volleyball in California Beach volleyball has evolved from the popular social games of volleyball played on many beaches around the world. ... One of the Royal Parks of London, Greenwich Park is a former deer-park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south east London. ... Equestrianism relates to the riding of horses. ... Hyde Park is the name of: Hyde Park, a Royal Park in London (the original location) Hyde Park in Sydney - a park some places in the United States of America: Hyde Park, Massachusetts Hyde Park, New York - a town in Dutchess County, New York Hyde Park, Vermont - a town Hyde... A triathlon is an athletic event made up of three contests (from the Greek). ... Shooting is the act of causing a gun to fire at a target. ...

• Weald Country Park for mountain biking
• Broxbourne for white water canoeing
• Dorney Lake, near Windsor, will be used for rowing and flat water canoeing.

The National Sailing Academy, near Weymouth on the south coast of England, will be used for the sailing events. It is around 120 miles (192km) from central London. A rider during a Cross Country race A mountain bike in the forest A mountain bike, mountain bicycle or ATB (All Terrain Bicycle) is a bicycle designed for mountain biking and other off-road riding, either on dirt trails or other unpaved environments; in contrast, road bicycles arent rugged... Broxbourne is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... Dorney Lake is a purpose built rowing lake in Dorney, England (near Windsor and Eton). ... Windsor (IPA: usually , but also ) is a small town in Berkshire on the south-western outskirts of London, south of the River Thames. ... A coxless pair, sweep-oar rowing to the left of the photo; the bowside rower (or the starboard one, although the British term applied on this occasion) is further towards the bow of the boat. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Wooden sailing boat Sailing is motion across a body of water in a sailing ship, or smaller boat, powered by wind. ...

Additionally, football stadia around the country (Hampden Park in Glasgow, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Old Trafford in Manchester, St James' Park in Newcastle, and Villa Park in Birmingham) will be used for the earlier stages of the football competition. Hampden Park. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm) in Cardiff is the national stadium of Wales and is primarily used for Rugby union and football. ... Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd, from caer, fort, and dydd, Aulus Didius) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... Old Trafford (2001) Old Trafford football stadium (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Bobby Charlton) is the home of Manchester United F.C., one of the most famous football clubs in the world. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ... St James Park is a 52,500 capacity football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and is the home of Newcastle United F.C. The four sides of the ground are known as the Gallowgate end (officially the Newcastle Brown Ale Stand), the Leazes end (officially the Sir John Hall... Places on Earth named Newcastle Australia Newcastle, New South Wales Canada Newcastle, New Brunswick Newcastle, Ontario West Indies Newcastle, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis South Africa Newcastle, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa United Kingdom Newcastle, Northern Ireland Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside, England Newcastle-under-Lyme... Villa Park, in Birmingham, England; is the stadium at which Aston Villa Football Club play their home games. ... This article is about the city in England. ...

Infrastructure

Public transport, an aspect of the proposal which scored poorly for the bid, will see numerous improvements, including the London Underground and the new "Olympic Javelin" service. A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... The Olympic Javelin is a proposed high-speed train network announced as part of the London 2012 Olympic bid. ...

Budget

The budget projection is around £1.4 billion. The majority (around three-quarters) of the estimated costs will be met by special National Lottery games. The remainder of the £1.4 billion is to be met by an annual £20 surcharge on the council tax of households in Greater London for a fixed period of ten years. A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ... GBP may be: short for Game Boy Player the ISO currency code for the British Pound Sterling. ... The Council Tax is the main form of local taxation in England, Scotland and Wales. ...

Sports involved

It has been confirmed ^[1] that baseball and softball will not be a part of the 2012 Olympics, and will be part of the Olympic program for the last time at the 2008 games in Beijing. They were the first sports to be dropped since polo in 1936. The candidates shortlisted to replace them were rugby, karate, squash, golf or roller skating, but none of these sports was approved by the IOC; therefore, only 26 sports will take place at the 2012 Games. ^[2] Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing in the Peoples Republic of China from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony to take place at 8 p. ... Beijing   listen? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Polo (also known as Cho-gan) is a team game played on a field with one goal for each team. ... Rugby might refer to the sport called rugby: Rugby football Rugby league Rugby union Touch Rugby Tag Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Rugby is also the name of several places: Rugby, Warwickshire (England) within the Borough of Rugby Rugby, North Dakota Rugby, Tennessee Rugby, Brooklyn Rugby may also refer to: Rugby School... Karate or karate-do (空手道) is a martial art of Okinawan origin. ... Look up Squash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Squash may refer to: Squash, the fruit of vines of the genus Cucurbita. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Roller skating girl in Rome, Italy (soul grind) Roller skating is travelling on smooth terrain with roller skates. ...

External links

• Baseball and softball dropped from 2012 Olympics
• Official Olympics Website announces London as host
• Video of announcement from Official Olympics Website (WMV format)
• Homepage of London's winning Olympic bid
• BBC: London beats Paris to 2012 Games
• BBC: Reactions to the announcement of the host city of the 2012 Olympic Games
• CNN: London wins 2012 Olympics
• Yahoo! Asia: Baseball, softball dropped from London Games
• Say No To London 2012 (link removed as inactive)

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References

• BBC (2005). Focus on London's Olympic Plans. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
• SLAM! Sports Canada (2005). Some Londoners against Olympic bid. Retrieved July 8, 2005.

See also

• 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Ancient Olympic Games

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