London Olympic Games 2012 - Facts and information. 2012 Olympic Sports | 2012 Olympic Venues | 2012 Olympic Teaching Resources Symbols of the Olympic Games When did the London Olympics take place? The 2012 Summer Olympic Games was held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September. How many times has London hosted the Olympics? London has now hosted the Olympic games three times - 1908, 1948 and 2012 How took part in the London 2012 Olympics?
205 nations took part in 300 events at the Olympic Games in 2012. 147 nations took part in the Paralympic Games. London 2012 Olympics The official site for the London Olympics Facts and information about London Part of the Project Britain website aimed at helping people of ages learn about Britain. 2012 olympics facts, 2012 olympics 2012 olympic stadium,london 2012, olympics olympic park london olympic venues 2012 olympics 2012 olympics london.
London 2012 Olympics - Schedule, Results, Medals, Tickets, Venues. The London 2012 Games were centred around the Olympic Park in east London, which is the site of a number of new sports venues. Up to 180,000 spectators a day entered the Park to enjoy the Games, making it the principal focus of Olympic activity. The main venues – the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velodrome and BMX Circuit, as well as the hockey, handball and basketball arenas – were easily accessible through a network of footbridges and walkways within the Park. The Olympic Village was within walking distance of all the venues in the Park, enhancing the experience for athletes and officials.
The use of other prestigious venues – such as Wembley Stadium for football, the All-England Club in Wimbledon for tennis, Lord’s Cricket Ground for archery and Horse Guards Parade for beach volleyball – was also a feature of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London 2012 Games included a four-year Cultural Olympiad. Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, London E20 2ST, United Kingdom. London olympics 2012. Olympic Games 2012. What countries will be competing in the 2012 Olympics. London 2012 Olympics - Countries. London 2012 Olympics resources. Sports | List of Summer and Winter Olympic Sports and Events. Projects | Ancient Greece. BBC Sport - Olympics - London 2012. Www.primaryresources.co.uk/pe/pdfs/mini_olympics_activities.pdf. 2012 Summer Olympics. The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad[2] and commonly known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
It took place in London, United Kingdom and a lesser extent across the country from 25 July to 12 August 2012. The first event, the group stage in women's football began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.[3][4] More than 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[5] It was officially started however on Friday 27 July 2012 at 0:00. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability.[11] The main focus was a new 200-hectare (490-acre) Olympic Park, constructed on a former industrial site at Stratford, East London.[12] The Games also made use of venues that already existed before the bid.[13] Bidding process[edit] Development and preparation[edit]
Guardian Teacher Network | guardian.co.uk. London 2012 - Official Australian Olympic Team website - London 2012. London 2012. The build up to the Olympics in 2012 to be hosted in London should provide an excellent hook to engage Key Stage 3 students with many geographical themes on a range of scales. From personal geographies of how young people regard the Olympics in relation to their own sporting avtivites and the spaces they frequent for exercise and sport, through to social, economic and environmental regeneration at a local, regional and national scale and the role of the Games in selling London the place as a World City and the increasing interdependence of the local, regional, and national on this global scale. The module begins at personal scale and asks students to consider what the Games means to them in respect of the fact that the vision of the 2012 at the bid was 'A games for the youth of the World?
' Personal geographies of how the Games might or might not achieve the vision of inspiring or benefiting them are explored and discussion around inclusion can be developed. Focus on Key Concepts. The Olympics : mychalkface, for fun downloadable Early Years/Foundation Learning Resources. London Olympics. RESOURCES. Olympics. The Olympic Rings.