The London Olympics 2012
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Olympics
There have been two London Olympics (London hosting the Olympic Games), in 1908 and 1948, with a third scheduled for 2012. The 2012 Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the Games of three Olympiads, apart from Athens. London is the only city in the UK to have ever hosted the Olympics. The US is the only country to have hosted them on more occasions than the UK. No city in the UK has hosted the Winter Olympic Games.
The 2012 Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, UK from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September.
London Olympic Stadium
Centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The stadium will be located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley and will have a capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000. Land preparation for the stadium will begin in mid-2007, with construction beginning in mid-2008 and completion scheduled for mid-2011.
The London Velopark will be constructed in Newham and Waltham Forest in East London in England as one of the 'Big 5' permanent Olympic venues.
Aquatics Centre at Stratford in East London. It will be an indoor facility with two 50 metre swimming pools and a 25 metre diving pool.
London's Olympic Hockey Centre will be built in the Olympic Park at Stratford in East London, England. It will have two venues for the Olympic hockey competition
Three multi-sport arenas will be built in the Olympic Park in Stratford.
The Olympic Park, London is a new sporting complex to be built in Stratford in East London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Olympic Games. It was formed on 24 May 1905 by the House of Commons. The UK entries in the event are the responsibility of the British Olympic Association.
The 1908 Summer Olympics (the Games of the IV Olympiad) were the fifth modern Olympic Games and the third to be hosted outside of Athens, Greece. The International Olympic Committee considers them the fourth Olympic Games, discounting the intercalated 1906 Summer Olympics.
The 1948 Summer Olympics (the Games of the XIV Olympiad) were the first to be held after World War II, with the 1944 Summer Olympics having been cancelled due to the war. Showing a collective unity after the war, 59 nations competed in 136 different events between 29 July 1948 and 14 August 1948.
The 2012 Summer Olympics (the Games of the XXX Olympiad) are planned to take place between 27 July 2012 and 12 August 2012. The London 2012 Olympic bid was announced as the winner of the bidding process on 6 July 2005, following unsuccessful bid attempts for previous Olympics by Manchester and Birmingham. The planning for the Games is still ongoing, with many announcements and developments taking place.
http://www.london2012.org The official website
http://www.olympic.org olympics website
http://www.olympics.org.uk/ UK BOA