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Olympics 2012 London
The 2012 Summer Olympics,
The first games of the modern era were held in Athens in 1896
Officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012,
| Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
| 1908 Summer Olympics | London | 27.04 – 31.10 | 2,008 | ||
| 1948 Summer Olympics | London | 29.07 – 14.08 | 4,104 | ||
| 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 27.07 – 12.08 | 10,820 |
was a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It took place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began two days earlier, on 25 July. 10,820athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 302 events in 26 sports.
Afghanistan (6)
Albania (12)
Argentina (137)
Armenia (25)
Australia (410)
Austria (70)
Brazil (258)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Canada (277)
USA (530)
Great Britain (541)
Greece (104)
Monaco (6)
Ukraine (237)
Motto of the Oympics was Inspire a generation
Medals:
Total Gold – 304 Total Silver – 297 Total Bronze - 357
Number of Countries won any Medal - 87
United States of America won Highest Number of Gold - 46
United States of America won Highest Number of Silver - 29
Russian Federation won Highest Number of Bronze - 33
Olympics 2012 London
Country GOLD SILVER BRONZE
United States of America 46 29 29
Peoples Republic of China 38 27 22
Great Britain 29 17 19
Azerbaijan 2 2 5
Republic of Moldova 0 0 2
Tajikistan 0 0 1
Kazakhstan 7 1 5
Ukraine 6 5 9
The Olympic Games featured 32 world records in eight sports. The largest number of records was set in swimming, with eight. China, Great Britain and the United States set the most records, with five each.
The official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled on 19 May 2010. Wenlock and Mandeville are animations depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks in Bolton. They are named after Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire that holds a forerunner of the current Olympic Games, and Stoke Mandeville, a village in Buckinghamshire where a forerunner of the Paralympic Games was first held
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event for the disabled governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September.
The games marked the return of the Paralympic movement to its spiritual birthplace: the British village of Stoke Mandeville first hosted an athletics event for disabled British veterans of the Second World War to coincide with the opening of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, they were the first-ever organised sporting event for disabled athletes, and served as a precursor to the modern Paralympic Games.
These Paralympics were the second-largest multi-sport event ever held in the United Kingdom after the 2012 Summer Olympics, and were the largest Paralympics ever: 4,294 athletes from 164 National Paralympic Committees participated. Fourteen countries made their Paralympic début: Antigua and Barbuda, Brunei, Cameroon, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mozambique, North Korea, San Marino, the Solomon Islands and the US Virgin Islands.[51] Trinidad and Tobago returned to the Games for the first time since 1988.
Archery Athletics Boccia
Cycling Equestrian Football
Goalball Judo Powerlifting
Sailing Shooting Swimming
Table tennis Volleyball Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis
The Olympic-style Commonwealth Games are held every four years in a different member country. Known as the Empire Games until 1950, the first event was held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930 There were only eleven participating countries, and the sports included athletics, boxing, bowls, rowing, swimming and wrestling. In 1954 (Vancouver, Canada) changed the name into British Empire and Commonwealth Games. England has only hosted the Games twice: in London in 1934 and in Manchester in 2002. They have only been held twice outside of Canada, Britain or Australasia – in Jamaica in 1966 and in Malaysia in 1998. The number of countries participating in the Games has slowly grown to over 70, and thousands of athletes now participate. Without competition from the USA and the major European countries, Australia, Canada and the British countries (which compete separately) usually win the most medals. The 2002 Games in Manchester for the first time there was limited number of full medal events for elite athletes with a disability (EAD) in a fully inclusive sports programme. This continued in Melbourne where EAD athletes took part in athletics, swimming, table tennis and powerlifting. The story of the Games evolved yet again on the 9th November 2007 when Glasgow (Scotland) was awarded the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The Commonwealth Games have their own version of the Olympic torch ceremony. On Commonwealth Day (May 11th) in a Games year, the Queen hands a baton containing a message to an athlete. This is then passed in relay style to other athletes. They run through different Commonwealth countries until they reach the host nation. The baton is opened and the Queen's message is read out at the opening ceremony of the Games. In Glasgow 6,500 athletes from 71 countries will compete in 17 sports over 11 days, from 23 July – 3 August 2014. From the precision of lawn bowls to the exciting combat of wrestling and judo – from the high adrenaline of track events to the grace and beauty of gymnastics – in 2014 Glasgow will be the stage for a fantastic summer of sport, a massive range of cultural and arts events for everyone.