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LOCOG. v. t. e. The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad[a] and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales ...
declare the Games of the XXX Olympiad closed and call on the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. Thank you, London!
10 de ago. de 2011 · Games of the XXX Olympiad. In 2012 London became the first city to host the Olympic Games three times, following 1908 and 1948. A 2.5 km tract of previously industrial land in East London was transformed into the Olympic Park which featured eight competition venues as well as the Olympic Village which was the home for 17,000 athletes ...
- Bidding
- Development and Preparation
- Venues
- Public Transport
- Financing
- Volunteers
- Ticketing
- Countdown
- Security
- Medals
By 15 July 2003, the deadline for interested cities to submit bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), nine cities had submitted bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics: Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. Since the United Kingdom hosted the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, three bids ...
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was created to oversee the staging of the Games after the success of the bid, and held its first board meeting on 3 October 2005. The committee, chaired by Lord Coe, was in charge of implementing and staging the Games, while the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), established in April 2005,...
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games used a mixture of new, existing, historic, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations, such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. After the Games, some of the new facilities would be reused in their Olympic form, while others would be resized or relocated. The majority of venues were divided...
London's public transport scored poorly in the IOC's initial evaluation. However, it felt that the city would cope if the improvements were delivered in time for the Games. Transport for London (TfL) carried out numerous improvements in preparation for the Games, including the expansion of the London Overground's East London Line, upgrades to the D...
The costs of mounting the Games are separate from those for building the venues and infrastructure, and redeveloping the land for the Olympic Park. While the Games are privately funded, the venues and Park costs are met largely by public money. The original budget for the Games was £2.4 billion, but this was increased almost fourfold to about £9.3 ...
Unpaid volunteers known as Games Makers performed a variety of tasks before and during the Games. A target of 70,000 volunteers was set as early as 2004. When recruitment took place in 2010, over 240,000 applications were received. In February 2012, Sebastian Coe said, "Our Games Makers will contribute a total of around eight million volunteer hour...
Organisers estimated that some 8 million tickets would be available for the Olympic Games, and 1.5 million tickets for the Paralympic Games. The LOCOG aimed to raise £375–400 million in ticket sales. There were also free events such as marathon, triathlon and road cycling, but for the first time in Olympic history, the sailing events were ticketed....
During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, the Olympic Flag was formally handed over from the Mayor of Beijing to the Mayor of London, followed by a section highlighting London. A month later, the Olympic and Paralympic flags were raised outside the London City Hall. countdown clock in Trafalgar Square was unveiled 500 days before the Games....
The security operation was led by London police, with 10,000 officers available, supported by 13,500 members of the armed forces. Naval and air assets, including ships situated in the Thames, Eurofighter jets and surface-to-air missiles, were deployed as part of the security operation, the biggest that Britain had faced in decades. The cost of secu...
Approximately 4,700 Olympic and Paralympic medals were produced by the Royal Mint at Llantrisant and designed by David Watkins (Olympics) and Lin Cheung (Paralympics). 99% of the gold, silver and copper was donated by Rio Tinto from a mine in Salt Lake County, Utah, and the remaining 1% came from a Mongolian mine. Each medal weighs 375–400 g (13.2–...
5 de jul. de 2005 · The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today elected London as the host city of the Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore. London beat Paris in the final round of voting by 54 votes to 50.
27 de jul. de 2013 · On the evening of 27 July 2012, 80,000 spectators inside the Olympic Stadium, and a further 900 million who were glued to their television sets around the world, witnessed the magnificent spectacle of the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
