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2012 Summer Olympics

Also known as London 2012, Games of the XXX Olympiad, 2012 Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, London Olympics, London Olympic Games

Games of the XXX Olympiad, in London, United Kingdom

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The 2012 Summer Olympics were the international sports competition held in London, United Kingdom, featuring athletes from around the world competing in various sports. The event represents one of the world's largest and most prestigious sporting celebrations, bringing together nations to compete and showcase athletic excellence.

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Official website

London 2012 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results

Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2012 summer Olympics in London. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.

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The OlyMadMen who provided the data behind the Sports Reference Olympic site have reopened Olympedia.org . Please check it out and here is the announcement of its re-opening . I know this notice has been up for at least three years now, but we are moving servers in Q1 of 2020 and the olympics site will not be making that move and all pages and data will be removed. The OlyMadMen who provide the data for this site are working with the IOC to produce a new site. We have been maintaining this site gratis for the past two years and have earned no income from these pages. Any questions or comments should be directed to OlyMadMen . The providers of our dataset are working with another publisher to create an extensive site chronicling the history of the Olympic Movement. We will provide information here when that site is available. We will continue to have Olympic Ice Hockey Stats and Olympic Basketball Stats . Data provided by OlyMADMen , led by Hilary Evans, Arild Gjerde, Jeroen Heijmans, and Bill Mallon. Members: David Foster, Martin Frank, JÃ¸rn Jensen, Carl-Johan Johansson, Taavi Kalju, Martin Kellner, George Masin, Stein Opdahl, Wolf Reinhardt, Ralf Regnitter, Paul Tchir, Magne Teigen, Christian Tugnoli, Morten Aarlia Torp, and Ralf SchlÃ¼ter. Sports Reference LLC and www.sports-reference.com are not sponsored by or affiliated with the Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee or the International Olympic Committee. Trademarks featured or referred to on this website are the property of their respective trademark holders and not Sports Reference LLC or www.sports-reference.com .

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Official name: Olympic Games London 2012
Official website: www.london2012.com
Image: KOCIS Korea London Olympics TeamKorea 09 (7683501986).jpg
Motto: Inspire a Generation

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point in time: 2012-00-00
Commons category: 2012 Summer Olympics
edition number: 30
number of participants: 10568
described at URL: www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012
social media followers: 48600
date of official opening: 2012-07-27
date of official closure: 2012-08-12
start time: 2012-07-27
end time: 2012-08-12

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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England. Some events were held at venues elsewhere in the United Kingdom. There were 10,518 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) who participated in the 2012 Olympics.

Following a bid headed by the former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The main focus was a new 200-hectare (490-acre) Olympic Park, constructed on a former industrial site in Stratford, East London. The Games also used venues that already existed before the bid.