London 2012 Olympic Games

The 2012 Olympic Games are taking place in London from the 27th July 2012 to 12th August 2012. It was decided that the 2012 Olympic Games was to be held in London by the International Olympic Committee on the 6th July 2005.

The 2012 Olympic Games are expected to bring many benefits to the UK, especially London where there has been and will be redevelopment of many areas aimed at sustainability and long term value. However, there have many much criticism of the budget for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

2012 Olympic Games Venues

The London Olympics will see the construction of brand new, state of the art sporting facilities, as well as the use of existing facilities across the country. Olympic venues will be found all over London, with many in well known and popular locations such as Hyde Park. The 2012 Olympic Games park and main stadium will be found in Stratford, east London – which has been the focus of a huge re-generation project. The 2012 Olympic Sailing events are being held in Weymouth at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

The sports at the 2012 Olympic Games

There will be 26 sports and a total of 38 disciplines at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The 2012 Paralympic Games will feature 20 sports and 21 disciplines. London’s bid actually detailed and planned for 28 sports, matching other recent Summer Olympic Games, but the International Olympic Committee voted to remove both baseball and softball from the games in 2012.

About this website

This website was setup to provide information about the 2012 Olympic Games and to make a variety of 2012 related news stories from various external websites easily available.