• Cycling – BMX

    Facts Venue: BMX Circuit Dates: Thursday 9 – Friday 10 August Gold medals up for grabs: 18 Athletes: 500 BMX at the Olympic Games BMX is the newest Olympic Cycling discipline, making its debut at the Beijing 2008 Games. How [...]

     
  • Athletics

    Athletics

    Facts Venue: Olympic Stadium Dates: Friday 3 August – Saturday 11 August; Marathon: Sunday 5 and Sunday 12 August; Race Walk: Saturday 4 and Saturday 11 August Gold medals up for grabs: 47 Athletes: 2,000 (1,200 men, 800 women) Athletics [...]

     
  • Archery

    Archery

    Facts: Venue: Lord’s Cricket Ground Dates: Friday 27 July – Friday 3 August Gold medals up for grabs: 4 Athletes: 128 Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 13 Olympiads. Eighty three different [...]

     
  • Velodrome

    Velodrome

    Building work began on the new, permanent Velodrome venue within March of 2009. It is a single one of the last of the big 5 venues to get started. Currently, this steel facility has been finished, and work has began [...]

     
  • Olympic Stadium

    Olympic Stadium

    The Olympic Stadium in London is set to be the centerpiece of the 2012 Paralympics and Summer Olympics as well as the Closing and Opening Ceremonies. This stadium is set to be situated in Marshgate Lane within Stratford inside the [...]

     
  • Handball Arena

    Handball Arena

    A new, permanent Handball Arena is expected to be the venue for Fencing, Goalball and Handball in the Modern Pentathlon while the London 2012 Games are running.There will be a capacity of 7,000 seats located in the west of Olympic [...]

     
 
 

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  • Cycling – Track

    Cycling – Track

    Facts Venue: Velodrome Dates: Thursday 2 – Tuesday 7 August Gold medals up for grabs: 10 (5 men, 5 women) Athletes: 188 (104 men, 84 women) How the competition runs In the Velodrome, track riders race anti-clockwise around a banked, [...]

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  • Cycling – Road

    Cycling – Road

    Facts Venue: To be announced Dates: Saturday 28 July – Wednesday 1 August Gold medals up for grabs: 4 (2 men, 2 women) Athletes: approximately 277 (185 men, 92 women) Road Cycling at the Olympic Games Road and Track Cycling [...]

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  • Cycling – Mountain Biking

    Cycling – Mountain Biking

    Key facts Venue: Hadleigh Farm, Essex Dates: Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 August Gold medals up for grabs: 2 (1 men, 1 women) Athletes: 80 (50 men, 30 women) Mountain Bike at the Olympic Games Cross-country Mountain Bike made its [...]

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  • Cycling – BMX

    Cycling – BMX

    Facts Venue: BMX Circuit Dates: Thursday 9 – Friday 10 August Gold medals up for grabs: 18 Athletes: 500 BMX at the Olympic Games BMX is the newest Olympic Cycling discipline, making its debut at the Beijing 2008 Games. How [...]

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  • Canoe Sprint

    Canoe Sprint

    Facts Venue: Eton Dorney Dates: Monday 6 –  Saturday 11 August Gold medals up for grabs: 12 Athletes: 246 Canoeing at the Olympic Games Canoe Sprint first featured in the Olympic Games as a demonstration event in 1924. It became [...]

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  • Canoe Slalom

    Canoe Slalom

    Facts Venue: Lee Valley White Water Centre Dates: Sunday 29 July – Wednesday 1 August Gold medals up for grabs: 4 Athletes: 82 Canoeing at the Olympic Games The first Olympic Canoe Slalom event was at the Munich Games in [...]

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  • Boxing

    Boxing

    Facts Venue: ExCeL Dates: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 12 August Gold medals up for grabs: 13 (10 men, 3 women) Athletes: 286 (250 men, 36 women) At the London 2012 Games, Boxing will feature women’s events for the first [...]

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  • Beach Volleyball

    Beach Volleyball

    Facts Venue: Horse Guards Parade Dates: Saturday 28 July – Thursday 9 August Gold medals up for grabs: 2 Athletes: 96 Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Like other variations of volleyball, two [...]

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  • Basketball

    Basketball

    Facts Venues: Basketball Arena; North Greenwich Arena (finals) Dates: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 12 August Gold medals up for grabs: 2 Athletes: 288 (144 men, 144 women). Men’s Basketball has been played consistently at the Summer Olympic Games since [...]

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  • Badminton

    Badminton

    Facts Dates: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 5 August Gold medals up for grabs: 5 Athletes: 172 (86 men, 86 women) Badminton had its debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 5 Olympiads. 50 different nations [...]

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  • London Acquatic Center

    London Acquatic Center

    While the London 2012 Games are running, the Aquatics Centre will be the place for hosting sports such as the Modern Pentathlon, Paralympic...

 
  • London Acquatic Center

    London Acquatic Center

    While the London 2012 Games are running, the Aquatics Centre will be the place for hosting sports such as the Modern Pentathlon, Paralympic...

 
  • London Acquatic Center

    London Acquatic Center

    While the London 2012 Games are running, the Aquatics Centre will be the place for hosting sports such as the Modern Pentathlon, Paralympic...

 
 
 
 

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