2012 Summer Olympics

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Games of the XXX Olympiad

Nations participating	---
Athletes participating	---
Events	26 sports
Opening ceremony	July 27, 2012
Closing ceremony	August 12, 2012
Officially opened by	---
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, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948.

1 The bidding process
2 Organisation
3 Sports
4 External links
5 References
6 See also

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The bidding process

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympic bids

By the bid submission deadline of 15 July 2003, nine cities had submitted bids to hold the 2012 Olympics. These cities were Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro.

On 18 May 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as a result of a scored technical evaluation, reduced the number of cities to five: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris.

Throughout the process, Paris, after trying for three times, was widely seen as the favourite to win the nomination with London a close second.

On 6 July 2005, the final selection was announced at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore, where the 117th IOC Session was held. 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 celebrations in London were overshadowed when terrorists attacked London's Transport System the day after the announcement.

2012 Summer Olympics bidding results
Bid	NOC Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
London 2012	United Kingdom	22	27	39	54
Paris 2012	France	21	25	33	50
Madrid 2012	Spain	20	32	31	-
New York City 2012	United States	19	16	-	-
Moscow 2012	Russia	15	-	-	-

Following the successful bid, the London 2012 development plan continued to adapt as more details were released and announcements were made.

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Organisation

Main article: London 2012 Olympic bid

The 2012 Olympics will use a mixture of newly built venues, existing facilities, and temporary facilities, including the 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium and the new Wembley Stadium. The majority of venues have been divided into three zones within Greater London: the Olympic Zone, the River Zone and the Central Zone. Some additional venues are, by necessity, outside the boundaries of Greater London.

The Olympic Village will have 17,320 beds and provide each athlete with 16sqm floor space, a TV, Internet access, and a private courtyard. The dining hall will be able to feed 5,500 athletes at a time.

Public transport will undergo a massive redevelopment, including the expansion of the London Underground's East London Line, upgrades to the Docklands Light Railway and the North London Line, and the new "Olympic Javelin" service.

There will be 8 million tickets for the Olympic Games themselves, and a further 1.6 million for the Paralympics. Organisers say that 75 per cent of all tickets will cost less than £50 and offer free travel on London transport, with the cheapest tickets for the athletics starting at £15. Additionally, there will be 20,000 £10 tickets for the Olympic Park to watch events on big screens.

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Sports

The 2012 Summer Olympics programme will feature 26 sports and a total of 35 disciplines. London's bid featured 28 sports, in line with other recent Summer Olympics, but the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball from the 2012 Games two days after it selected London as the host city.

Tht UK's Guardian newspaper reported on Friday 28 October 2005 that open-air swimming disciplines will be added to the Beijing and London Olympic schedules. The paper also reported that women's boxing may be added to London; the IOC confirmed that women's boxing would not be including in Beijing because they "did not feel it merited inclusion in 2008". [1]

Before the removal of baseball and softball the organisers planned to issue 8 million tickets for the Olympics and 1.6 million for the Paralympics. It is planned that three quarters of all tickets will cost less than £50. Tickets to the Olympic Park, where events will be shown on giant video screens, will cost £10. It is estimated that 82% of available Olympic tickets and 63% of Paralympic tickets will be sold.