10 Interesting London Olympics 2012 Facts

Friday, June 20th 2014. | Events


London Olympics 2012 facts give the information about one of the biggest events ever held in London. In 2012, the attention of the world was on the TV to watch the life performance of London Olympics.  There are more than 4 billion people looked at the show. Let me explain the interesting facts about London Olympics games by reading the following post below:

London Olympics 2012 Facts 1: London Olympics 2012

Actually it is not the first time London held the important event. London Olympics 2012 is the third time of the event held in the city. The first and second events were held in 1908 and 1948 respectively.

London Olympics 2012 Facts 2: Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi

Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi is a famous Malaysian athlete who was a expecting a baby when she joined the event. At that time, she was eight months pregnant.

London Olympics 2012 Facts

London Olympics 2012 Fact

London Olympics 2012 Facts 3: Team USA

More members in the Team USA have military background if you compare it with other teams. In the Summer Games 2008, 16 people could make it. In 2012, there were 33 members with military background.

London Olympics 2012 Facts 4: women sport

In 2012, the women will be allowed to complete 26 different kinds of sports. Even though not all disciplines were followed by women, this decision marked the first history women where can complete 26 sports.

London Olympics 2012 Opening

London Olympics 2012 Opening

London Olympics 2012 Facts 5: the gold medal

The gold medal that the winner can get in Olympics of London is not 100 percent gold. It is made from 1.3 percent gold and 93 percent silver.

London Olympics 2012 Facts 6: London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra just needs 52 hours to record 205 national anthems from all countries which participated in 2012 Olympics London.

London Olympics 2012 Pic

London Olympics 2012 Pic

London Olympics 2012 Facts 7: 27th Summer Game

London Olympics 2012 marks the 27th Summer Games even though actually it is the 30th Olympiads. The games in 1916, 1940 and 1944 were canceled because of the war time. Find out more events in the city by reading London Facts.

London Olympics 2012 Facts 8: Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps was the winner in Olympics Games who had more medals than any other Olympiads in the world. He had 16 gold medals. He was a good swimmer.

London Olympics 2012 Wallpaper

London Olympics 2012 Wallpaper

London Olympics 2012 Facts 9: Larysa Latynina

Larysa Latynina is the Olympiad who competed in Olympic Games from 1956 to 1964. She came from Soviet Union. She had more medals than Phelps in the total of 18 medals. But she only owned 9 gold medals, 5 silver and 4 bronze.

London Olympics 2012 Facts 10: Hiroshi Hoketsu

Hiroshi Hoketsu is the equestrian athlete. He was the oldest athlete in the Olympics game. At that time, he was 71 years old. He has not got any medal since his participation in 1964. He represented Japan.

London Olympics 2012

London Olympics 2012

The fines for the streaking people will be raised up to 30,000 dollar in 2012 in London during the event. Do you have anything to say on facts about London Olympics 2012?


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