Olympics Games is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. Even after several years, this event gets a great amount of love and excitement from people all around the globe. It’s the ambition of each and every sports person to participate in this greatest sports event. This year we will witness the much anticipated sports event in the city of London from 27th of July. Around 205 nations and thousands of athletes worldwide are gearing up to take part in the most prestigious event. As only few days remaining for the London Olympics to begin, let’s take a look on some of the interesting facts about this event. May be not all, but some of the facts will definitely surprise you.
1, London is the only city in this world that is lucky enough to host the great Olympics for three times. Earlier London had hosted the Olympics game in the year 1908 and 1948.
2, The official symbol of the Olympic Games consist of 5 interconnected rings of 5 different colors, blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The five rings symbolizes the five peopled continents of this world, while the motive behind choosing these specific five colors is that at least one of these colors is present in the flag of each and every nation of this world.
3, The gold medals that awarded for winners are not made up of pure gold, its actually gold-plated silver (with just 6g of gold). The last time when athletes had won solid gold medal was back in the year 1912.
4, One of the official mascots of the London 2012 Olympics is named as Wenlock. The name ‘Wenlock is inspired from the name of the Shropshire town called Much Wenlock, where the Wenlock Games was held in the mid of nineteenth century and this game became a major inspiration for the modern Olympic movement.
5, The world will witness 26 Olympic sports and 19 Paralympics sports during the London Olympics 2012.
6, It is estimated that around 205 countries will take part in 300 different events to be held at the London Olympics 2012 and about 147 countries will participate in the Paralympics Games.
7, In total, there are 31 competition venues for the sports events.
8, Approximately 12,000 police will be positioned during the peak time of the game and 23,700 security staff together with 13,500 troops on standby.
9, By hosting the Olympics Games, the city of London will show a tremendous economic growth by around $80 billion for the year 2015.
10, It has been estimated that the host of Olympics i.e. London city will get profit of around £2.1billion from the tourists during the games.
11, The sports equipments to be used during the games will be donated to the under privileged people for free.
12, The Olympic park is a special sporting complex built for the Summer Olympics that will offer an array of new sports venues. It’s very big in size; in fact it is larger than 350 football pitches. The park will be housing more than 200 structures. Plus, it will have over 8.3 km of waterways within the location, making it a mini city within a city.
13, Building of the Olympic Park has been started from May 2008. Once the park is ready, it will be known as the largest parks built in the history of Europe.
14, The Olympic Stadium situated in the Olympic Park which will host various athletics events along with opening and closing ceremonies can accommodate 80000 people at a time.
15, Over 25,000 media persons from all over the globe will be present at the London Olympics 2012.
16, More than 14 millions meals will be provided in 40 different places during the games.
17, In total, 8000 torch bearers will run with the flame across the United Kingdom.
18, The Olympic flame will be lit in a natural and extra ordinary way at Olympia. It will be lit using a curved mirror and sun.
19, People of London will donate £625million for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
20, The Olympic Village will provide accommodation for 10,500 athletes from all over the world during the Games. Plus, few rooms will consist of special extra-long beds for athletes who are extra tall.
21, Entire Olympic Park and Olympic Village have been planted with over 4200 trees and also when the event gets concluded, over 90% of the used material in the Olympic Park will be reused or recycled. Moreover, approximately 9% of the energy to be used in the Olympic Village as well as the Olympic Park will come from renewable technologies.
22, After the games get over, around 5,000 homes which were built for the accommodation of Olympic athletes could be put on sale for general public.
23, The oldest athlete who will be participated in the Olympics 2012 is from Japan, named Hiroshi Hoketsu. At the age of 71 years, he will take part in the equestrian event of the Olympics Games.
24, Few of the Olympic events like triathlon, marathon, and road cycling event will be absolutely free to viewers.
25, The Opening Ceremony of the Games will be known as ‘The Isles of Wonder’ and the entire ceremony is being directed by the very famous and talented director Danny Boyle.
26, The event of Women's boxing has been included in the category of sports in the 2012 Olympics Games for the first time ever.
2, The official symbol of the Olympic Games consist of 5 interconnected rings of 5 different colors, blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The five rings symbolizes the five peopled continents of this world, while the motive behind choosing these specific five colors is that at least one of these colors is present in the flag of each and every nation of this world.
3, The gold medals that awarded for winners are not made up of pure gold, its actually gold-plated silver (with just 6g of gold). The last time when athletes had won solid gold medal was back in the year 1912.
4, One of the official mascots of the London 2012 Olympics is named as Wenlock. The name ‘Wenlock is inspired from the name of the Shropshire town called Much Wenlock, where the Wenlock Games was held in the mid of nineteenth century and this game became a major inspiration for the modern Olympic movement.
Names and facts of Olympics Mascots 2012
5, The world will witness 26 Olympic sports and 19 Paralympics sports during the London Olympics 2012.
6, It is estimated that around 205 countries will take part in 300 different events to be held at the London Olympics 2012 and about 147 countries will participate in the Paralympics Games.
7, In total, there are 31 competition venues for the sports events.
8, Approximately 12,000 police will be positioned during the peak time of the game and 23,700 security staff together with 13,500 troops on standby.
9, By hosting the Olympics Games, the city of London will show a tremendous economic growth by around $80 billion for the year 2015.
10, It has been estimated that the host of Olympics i.e. London city will get profit of around £2.1billion from the tourists during the games.
11, The sports equipments to be used during the games will be donated to the under privileged people for free.
12, The Olympic park is a special sporting complex built for the Summer Olympics that will offer an array of new sports venues. It’s very big in size; in fact it is larger than 350 football pitches. The park will be housing more than 200 structures. Plus, it will have over 8.3 km of waterways within the location, making it a mini city within a city.
Official 2012 Olympics Mascots (Wenlock and Mandeville)
13, Building of the Olympic Park has been started from May 2008. Once the park is ready, it will be known as the largest parks built in the history of Europe.
14, The Olympic Stadium situated in the Olympic Park which will host various athletics events along with opening and closing ceremonies can accommodate 80000 people at a time.
15, Over 25,000 media persons from all over the globe will be present at the London Olympics 2012.
16, More than 14 millions meals will be provided in 40 different places during the games.
17, In total, 8000 torch bearers will run with the flame across the United Kingdom.
18, The Olympic flame will be lit in a natural and extra ordinary way at Olympia. It will be lit using a curved mirror and sun.
19, People of London will donate £625million for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
20, The Olympic Village will provide accommodation for 10,500 athletes from all over the world during the Games. Plus, few rooms will consist of special extra-long beds for athletes who are extra tall.
21, Entire Olympic Park and Olympic Village have been planted with over 4200 trees and also when the event gets concluded, over 90% of the used material in the Olympic Park will be reused or recycled. Moreover, approximately 9% of the energy to be used in the Olympic Village as well as the Olympic Park will come from renewable technologies.
22, After the games get over, around 5,000 homes which were built for the accommodation of Olympic athletes could be put on sale for general public.
23, The oldest athlete who will be participated in the Olympics 2012 is from Japan, named Hiroshi Hoketsu. At the age of 71 years, he will take part in the equestrian event of the Olympics Games.
24, Few of the Olympic events like triathlon, marathon, and road cycling event will be absolutely free to viewers.
25, The Opening Ceremony of the Games will be known as ‘The Isles of Wonder’ and the entire ceremony is being directed by the very famous and talented director Danny Boyle.
26, The event of Women's boxing has been included in the category of sports in the 2012 Olympics Games for the first time ever.
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