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London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
Medals table - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Final Results
Rank - Nation - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Total
1 - United States (USA) - 46 - 29 - 29 - 104
2 - China (CHN) - 38 - 27 - 22 - 87
3 - Great Britain (GBR) - 29 - 17 - 19 - 65
4 - Russia (RUS) - 24 - 25 - 34 - 83
5 - South Korea (KOR) - 13 - 8 - 7 - 28
6 - Germany (GER) - 11 - 19 - 14 - 44
7 - France (FRA) - 11 - 11 - 12 - 34
8 - Italy (ITA) - 8 - 9 - 11 - 28
9 - Hungary (HUN) - 8 - 4 - 5 - 17
10 - Australia (AUS) - 7 - 16 - 12 - 35
11 - Japan (JPN) - 7 - 14 - 17 - 38
12 - Kazakhstan (KAZ) - 7 - 1 - 5 - 13
13 - Netherlands (NED) - 6 - 6 - 8 - 20
14 - Ukraine (UKR) - 6 - 5 - 9 - 20
15 - Cuba (CUB) - 5 - 3 - 6 - 14
16 - New Zealand (NZL) - 5 - 3 - 5 - 13
17 - Iran (IRI) - 4 - 5 - 3 - 12
18 - Jamaica (JAM) - 4 - 4 - 4 - 12
19 - Czech Republic (CZE) - 4 - 3 - 3 - 10
20 - North Korea (PRK) - 4 - 0 - 2 - 6
21 - Spain (ESP) - 3 - 10 - 4 - 17
22 - Brazil (BRA) - 3 - 5 - 9 - 17
23 - Belarus (BLR) - 3 - 5 - 5 - 13
24 - South Africa (RSA) - 3 - 2 - 1 - 6
25 - Ethiopia (ETH) - 3 - 1 - 3 - 7
26 - Croatia (CRO) - 3 - 1 - 2 - 6
27 - Romania (ROU) - 2 - 5 - 2 - 9
28 - Kenya (KEN) - 2 - 4 - 5 - 11
29 - Denmark (DEN) - 2 - 4 - 3 - 9
30 - Azerbaijan (AZE) - 2 - 2 - 6 - 10
30 - Poland (POL) - 2 - 2 - 6 - 10
32 - Turkey (TUR) - 2 - 2 - 1 - 5
33 - Switzerland (SUI) - 2 - 2 - 0 - 4
34 - Lithuania (LTU) - 2 - 1 - 2 - 5
35 - Norway (NOR) - 2 - 1 - 1 - 4
36 - Canada (CAN) - 1 - 5 - 12 - 18
37 - Sweden (SWE) - 1 - 4 - 3 - 8
38 - Colombia (COL) - 1 - 3 - 4 - 8
39 - Georgia (GEO) - 1 - 3 - 3 - 7
39 - Mexico (MEX) - 1 - 3 - 3 - 7
41 - Ireland (IRL) - 1 - 1 - 3 - 5
42 - Argentina (ARG) - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4
42 - Serbia (SRB) - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4
42 - Slovenia (SLO) - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4
45 - Tunisia (TUN) - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3
46 - Dominican Republic (DOM) - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2
47 - Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) - 1 - 0 - 3 - 4
47 - Uzbekistan (UZB) - 1 - 0 - 3 - 4
49 - Latvia (LAT) - 1 - 0 - 1 - 2
50 - Algeria (ALG) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
50 - Bahamas (BAH) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
50 - Grenada (GRN) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
50 - Uganda (UGA) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
50 - Venezuela (VEN) - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1
55 - India (IND) - 0 - 2 - 4 - 6
56 - Mongolia (MGL) - 0 - 2 - 3 - 5
57 - Thailand (THA) - 0 - 2 - 1 - 3
58 - Egypt (EGY) - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2
59 - Slovakia (SVK) - 0 - 1 - 3 - 4
60 - Armenia (ARM) - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
60 - Belgium (BEL) - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
60 - Finland (FIN) - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
63 - Bulgaria (BUL) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
63 - Estonia (EST) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
63 - Indonesia (INA) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
63 - Malaysia (MAS) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
63 - Puerto Rico (PUR) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
63 - Chinese Taipei (TPE) - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2
69 - Botswana (BOT) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
69 - Cyprus (CYP) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
69 - Gabon (GAB) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
69 - Guatemala (GUA) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
69 - Montenegro (MNE) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
69 - Portugal (POR) - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1
75 - Greece (GRE) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
75 - Moldova (MDA) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
75 - Qatar (QAT) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
75 - Singapore (SIN) - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2
79 - Afghanistan (AFG) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
79 - Bahrain (BRN) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
79 - Hong Kong (HKG) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
79 - Saudi Arabia (KSA) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
79 - Kuwait (KUW) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
79 - Morocco (MAR) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
79 - Tajikistan (TJK) - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1
Medals Table - 2012 Summer Olympics
Participating countries - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate. Dutch Antillean athletes who qualify for the 2012 Olympics will participate independently under the Olympic flag. The Netherlands Antilles, an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was dissolved on 10 October 2010.
NOCs - Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | American Samoa | Andorra | Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Aruba | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belgium | Belize | Benin | Bermuda | Bhutan | Bolivia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Botswana | Brazil | British Virgin Islands | Brunei | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Cayman Islands | Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China | Chinese Taipei | Colombia | Comoros | Congo | Cook Islands | Costa Rica | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | DR Congo | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | Fiji | Finland | France | Gabon | Gambia | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Great Britain | Greece | Grenada | Guam | Guatemala | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | Independent Olympic Athletes | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Ivory Coast | Jamaica | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kiribati | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Latvia | Lebanon | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Macedonia | Madagascar | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius | Mexico | Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Montenegro | Morocco | Mozambique | Myanmar | Namibia | Nauru | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | North Korea | Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Palau | Palestine | Panama | Papua New Guinea | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Puerto Rico | Qatar | Romania | Russia | Rwanda | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | San Marino | Sγo Tomι and Prνncipe | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa | South Korea | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Suriname | Swaziland | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Togo | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Tuvalu | Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United States | Uruguay | Uzbekistan | Vanuatu | Venezuela | Vietnam | Virgin Islands | Yemen | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Countries - 2012 Summer Olympics
Sports - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines - Archery | Athletics | Badminton | Basketball | Boxing | Canoeing | Cycling | Diving | Equestrian | Fencing | Field hockey | Football (soccer) | Gymnastics | Handball | Judo | Modern pentathlon | Rowing | Sailing | Shooting | Swimming | Synchronized swimming | Table tennis | Taekwondo | Tennis | Triathlon | Volleyball | Water polo | Weightlifting | Wrestling
Sports - 2012 Summer Olympics
Host city - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Candidate cities: Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), London (United Kingdom), New York City (USA), Moscow (Russia), Leipzig (Germany), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Istanbul (Turkey), Havana (Cuba)
Final choice: 6 July 2005 - 117th IOC session in Singapore
First round: Paris (scored 8.5), Madrid (8.3), London (7.6), New York City (7.5), Moscow (6.5), Leipzig (6.0), Rio de Janeiro (5.1), Istanbul (4.8), Havana (3.7)
Second round: London (22), Paris (21), Madrid (20), New York City (19), Moscow (15)
Third round: Madrid (32), London (27), Paris (25), New York City (16)
Fourth round: London (39), Paris (33), Madrid (31)
Final round: London (54), Paris (50)
Highlights - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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Mascots - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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Wenlock and Mandeville
Mascots - 2012 Summer Olympics
Torch - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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Venues - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Olympic Zone
Olympic Stadium - track and field athletics
Aquatics Centre - diving, swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo
London Velopark - track cycling and BMX racing
Olympic Hockey Centre - Field hockey
Olympic Park Arena 1 - basketball, modern pentathlon
Olympic Park Arena 2 - handball
Olympic Park Arena 3 - fencing
Olympic Village
River Zone
ExCeL Exhibition Centre - boxing, judo, table tennis, taekwondo, weightlifting, and wrestling
O2 - badminton, basketball, and gymnastics
Greenwich Park - equestrianism
Royal Artillery Barracks - shooting
Central Zone
Wembley Stadium - football (soccer)
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon - tennis
Lord's Cricket Ground - archery
Regent's Park - road cycling. The park was also the proposed venue for the dropped baseball and softball events
Horse Guards Parade - beach volleyball
Hyde Park - triathlon
Earls Court - volleyball
Outside Greater London
Weald Country Park, Essex - mountain biking
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire - canoe/kayak slalom
Dorney Lake, near Windsor - rowing and canoe/kayak flatwater
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, in Portland Harbour, Dorset - sailing
Hampden Park in Glasgow - football (soccer)
Millennium Stadium in Cardiff - football (soccer)
Old Trafford in Manchester - football (soccer)
St James' Park in Newcastle - football (soccer)
Villa Park in Birmingham - football (soccer)
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Host city - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
Athletes participating - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
10,500 athletes (approximate)
Opening ceremony - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
July 27
Closing ceremony - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
August 12
Officially opened - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
Queen Elizabeth II
Athlete's Oath - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
Sarah Stevenson
Judge's Oath - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
Mik Basi
Coach's Oath - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
Eric Farrell
Olympic Torch - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
Callum Airlie, Jordan Duckitt, Desiree Henry, Katie Kirk, Cameron MacRitchie, Aidan Reynolds, Adelle Tracey
Stadium - London 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad - Summer Olympic Games
Olympic Stadium (London)
Emblem - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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Medals - London 2012 - Games of the Olympiad - 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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Summer Olympic Games
I Olympiad
Athens, Greece 1896
II Olympiad
Paris, France 1900
III Olympiad
Saint Louis, USA 1904
IV Olympiad
London, United Kingdom 1908
V Olympiad
Stockholm, Sweden 1912
VI Olympiad
Berlin, Germany 1916
VII Olympiad
Antwerp, Belgium 1920
VIII Olympiad
Paris, France 1924
IX Olympiad
Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928
X Olympiad
Los Angeles, USA 1932
XI Olympiad
Berlin, Germany 1936
XII Olympiad
Tokyo, Japan / Helsinki, Finland
Cancelled due to World War II - 1940
XIII Olympiad
London, United Kingdom 1944
XIV Olympiad
London, England 1948
XV Olympiad
Helsinki, Finland 1952
XVI Olympiad
Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden (Equestrian events) 1956
XVII Olympiad
Rome, Italy 1960
XVIII Olympiad
Tokyo, Japan 1964
XIX Olympiad
Mexico City, Mexico 1968
XX Olympiad
Munich, West Germany 1972
XXI Olympiad
Montreal, Canada 1976
XXII Olympiad
Moscow, USSR 1980
XXIII Olympiad
Los Angeles, USA 1984
XXIV Olympiad
Seoul, South Korea 1988
XXV Olympiad
Barcelona, Spain 1992
XXVI Olympiad
Atlanta, USA 1996
XXVII Olympiad
Sydney, Australia 2000
XXVIII Olympiad
Athens, Greece 2004
XXIX Olympiad
Beijing, China 2008
XXX Olympiad
London, United Kingdom 2012
XXXI Olympiad
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016
XXII Olympiad
TBA - 2020
XXXIII Olympiad
TBA - 2024
Summer Olympic Games
Locations of the Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
I Olympic Winter Games
Chamonix, France - 1924
II Olympic Winter Games
St. Moritz, Switzerland - 1928
III Olympic Winter Games
Lake Placid, USA - 1932
IV Olympic Winter Games
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - 1936
V Olympic Winter Games
St. Moritz, Switzerland - 1948
VI Olympic Winter Games
Olso, Norway - 1952
VII Olympic Winter Games
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - 1956
VIII Olympic Winter Games
Squaw Valley, USA - 1960
IX Olympic Winter Games
Innsbruck, Austria - 1964
X Olympic Winter Games
Grenoble, France - 1968
XI Olympic Winter Games
Sapporo, Japan - 1972
XII Olympic Winter Games
Innsbruck, Austria - 1976
XIII Olympic Winter Games
Lake Placid, USA - 1980
XIV Olympic Winter Games
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia - 1984
XV Olympic Winter Games
Calgary, Canada - 1988
XVI Olympic Winter Games
Albertville, France - 1992
XVII Olympic Winter Games
Lillehammer, Norway - 1994
XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Nagano, Japan - 1998
XIX Olympic Winter Games
Salt Lake City, USA - 2002
XX Olympic Winter Games
Torino, Italy - 2006
XXI Olympic Winter Games
Vancouver, Canada - 2010
XXII Olympic Winter Games
Sochi, Russia - 2014
XXIII Olympic Winter Games - TBA - 2018
XXIV Olympic Winter Games - TBA - 2022
XXV Olympic Winter Games - TBA - 2026
Winter Olympic Games
Locations of the Olympic Games
History - Olympic Games
Ancient Olympic Games
Year - Olympiad - Event
776 BC - 1st Olympiad - Stadium race
724 BC - 14th Olympiad - Double-stadium race
720 BC - 15th Olympiad - Long-distance race
708 BC - 18th Olympiad - Pentathlon
708 BC - 18th Olympiad - Wrestling
688 BC - 23rd Olympiad - Boxing
680 BC - 25th Olympiad - 4-horse chariot race
648 BC - 33rd Olympiad - Horse race
648 BC - 33rd Olympiad - Pankration
520 BC - 65th Olympiad - Race in armor
408 BC - 93rd Olympiad - 2-horse chariot race
History - Olympic Games
Mascots - Olympic Games
Schuss - 1968 Winter Games | Waldi - 1972 Summer Games | Schneemann - 1976 Winter Games | Amik - 1976 Summer Games | Roni - 1980 Winter Games | Misha and Vigri - 1980 Summer Games | Vucko - 1984 Winter Games | Sam - 1984 Summer Games | Hidy and Howdy - 1988 Winter Games | Hodori and Hosuni - 1988 Summer Games | Magique - 1992 Winter Games | Cobi - 1992 Summer Games | Haakon and Kristin - 1994 Winter Games | Izzy - 1996 Summer Games | Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki - 1998 Winter Games | Olly, Sid and Millie - 2000 Summer Games | Powder, Coal and Copper - 2002 Winter Games | Athena and Pevos - 2004 Summer Games | Neve and Gliz - 2006 Winter Games | The Fuwa - Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini - 2008 Summer Games
Olympic Games - Mascots
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