XXX Summer Olympic Games – London 2012

06 January 2012
Posted in News - Upcoming sports events

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The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad or "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London was selected 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. Hosting this games, London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will use a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. Games will make use of many venues which were already in place before the bid, including Wembley Stadium, Wembley Arena, Wimbledon All England Club, Lord's Cricket Ground, The O2 Arena, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, and the Excel Centre.
The majority of venues have been divided into three zones within Greater London: the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone. In addition to these are those venues that, by necessity, are outside the boundaries of Greater London, such as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the Isle of Portland in Dorset which will host the sailing events, some 125 miles (200 km) southwest of the Olympic Park.

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Olympic stadium

Participating nations

  •     Afghanistan
  •     Albania
  •     Algeria
  •     Andorra
  •     Angola
  •     Antigua and Barbuda
  •     Argentina
  •     Armenia
  •     Australia
  •     Austria
  •     Azerbaijan
  •     Bahamas
  •     Bahrain
  •     Barbados
  •     Belarus
  •     Belgium
  •     Bermuda
  •     Bolivia
  •     Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •     Botswana
  •     Brazil
  •     British Virgin Islands
  •     Bulgaria
  •     Burundi
  •     Cameroon
  •     Canada
  •     Cayman Islands
  •     Chile
  •     China
  •     Colombia
  •     Congo
  •     DR Congo
  •     Costa Rica
  •     Côte d'Ivoire
  •     Croatia
  •     Cuba
  •     Cyprus
  •     Czech Republic
  •     Denmark
  •     Djibouti
  •     Dominica
  •     Dominican Republic
  •     Ecuador
  •     Egypt
  •     El Salvador
  •     Eritrea
  •     Estonia
  •     Ethiopia
  •     Fiji
  •     Finland
  •     France
  •     Gabon
  •     Georgia
  •     Germany
  •     Ghana
  •     Great Britain
  •     Greece
  •     Grenada
  •     Guatemala
  •     Guyana
  •     Haiti
  •     Hong Kong
  •     Hungary
  •     Iceland
  •     India
  •     Indonesia
  •     Iran
  •     Ireland
  •     Israel
  •     Italy
  •     Jamaica
  •     Japan
  •     Jordan
  •     Kazakhstan
  •     Kenya
  •     North Korea
  •     South Korea
  •    Kuwait
  •     Kyrgyzstan
  •     Latvia
  •     Lebanon
  •     Liberia
  •     Libya
  •     Lithuania
  •     Luxembourg
  •     Malaysia
  •     Malta
  •     Mexico
  •     Moldova
  •     Mongolia
  •     Montenegro
  •     Morocco
  •     Mozambique
  •     Namibia
  •     Netherlands
  •     New Zealand
  •     Nigeria
  •     Norway
  •     Oman
  •     Pakistan
  •     Panama
  •     Papua New Guinea
  •     Peru
  •     Philippines
  •     Poland
  •     Portugal
  •     Puerto Rico
  •     Qatar
  •     Romania
  •     Russia
  •     Saint Kitts and Nevis
  •     Saint Lucia
  •     Samoa
  •     San Marino
  •     Senegal
  •     Serbia
  •     Singapore
  •     Slovakia
  •     Slovenia
  •     South Africa
  •     Spain
  •     Sudan
  •     Sweden
  •     Switzerland
  •     Syria
  •     Chinese
  •     Tajikistan
  •     Tanzania
  •     Thailand
  •     Trinidad and Tobago
  •     Tunisia
  •     Turkey
  •     Turkmenistan
  •     Uganda
  •     Ukraine
  •     United States
  •     Uruguay
  •     Uzbekistan
  •     Venezuela
  •     Vietnam
  •     Virgin Islands
  •     Zambia
  •     Zimbabwe


Sports

The 2012 Summer Olympic programme features 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines. The 2012 Paralympic Games programme has 20 sports and 21 disciplines.   

    Aquatics
        -Diving
        -Swimming
        -Synchronized swimming
       -Water polo
    Archery
    Athletics
    Badminton
    Basketball
    Boxing
    Canoeing
    Cycling
        -Cycling (BMX)
        -Cycling (mountain biking)
        -Cycling (road)
        -Cycling (track)
    Equestrian
        -Dressage Dressage
        -Eventing Eventing
        -Show jumping Jumping
    Fencing
    Field hockey
    Football
    Gymnastics
        Artistic Gymnastics
        Rhythmic Gymnastics
        Trampoline Trampoline
    Handball
    Judo
    Modern pentathlon
    Rowing
    Sailing
    Shooting
    Table tennis
    Taekwondo
    Tennis
    Triathlon
    Volleyball
        -Volleyball
        -Beach volleyball
    Weightlifting
    Wrestling
        -Freestyle wrestling
        -Greco-Roman wrestling

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2012 Olympic mascots - Wenlock and Mandeville