LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 INFORMATION
London Olympic News
6th July 2005
London is to hold the Olympics in 2012
Jacques Rogge president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in Singapore that the host city for 2012 Olympic games and Paralympics Games was London. The IOC evaluation commission was impressed with the high quality of the London bid to host the Olympics including the Legacy the games would leave in London and the involvement with athletes who had influenced the Olympic village and venue for the athletes.
London Olympic dates – 27th July -12th August 2012
London Paralympics dates 29th August -9th September 2012
Approximately 7 million tickets will be available for the Olympic Games and 1.5 million for the Paralympics games
Lord Sebastian Coe is the chair of the 2012 organizing committee (LOCOG) and he led the bid for London to hold the games.
Sebastian Coe has won two gold and two silver Olympic medals on the track.
He has a budget of just over £2 billion. This has been raised privately and does not come from taxpayers or the National lottery.
January 2006
LOCOG move to new offices at One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, and London, E14 5LN.
TICKETS
Tickets will go on sale in 2011 and up to the start of every event.
Each ticket will include Free travel on public transport for the day of the event.
Many events are FREE to watch including the marathon, road cycling and triathlon as competitors will compete on the streets of London.
OLYMPIC FACTS AND FIGURES
Budget for London 2012 £2 billion
Olympic Park Stratford has 9 separate railway lines and the 10th train line is the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL). During the Games 240,000 passengers an hour. A train can arrive at the Olympic Park every 15 seconds.
September 2006
“On Your mark’s” was launched by double Olympic medallist and now education ambassador Daley Thompson. The programme is designed to improve the knowledge of children abut the Olympic & Paralympics games and get them involved in health & fitness.
The Olympic delivery authority (ODA) is dedicated and responsible for all the planning of the Olympic site and is completed on time. Lorraine Baldry if the Chairman of the ODA
May 2008
Boris Johnson from the conservative party is elected major of London bating Ken Livingstone by almost 140,000 votes. Boris achieved 53% of the votes
and now controls a budget of £1.1bn for transport. And planning for a four year term that will end 2 months before the 2012 Olympic Games open!
16th October 2008.
Fined
The 12 floats that carried the British Olympic medallists during the victory parade all failed to pay the £8 congestion charge so all have received a £120 fine each for not paying.
November 2008
Media Olympic centre
Private developers Igloo who were to part fund the original media site pull out.
Moving the media centre that will house 10,000 print journalists to the west fields Stratford could save £100 million pounds!
East London Hackney Mayor John Pipe said moving the media centre would be a betrayal of the London Olympic legacy. The area to be used according to John Pipe is one of the most deprived areas in the UK.
Boris Johnson Mayor of London in jets £750,000 into tourism to help attract tourists and business people to London.
The official web site for the London Olympic Games in 2012 is www.london2012.com.
London Olympics Quiz
(1) In Beijing how many days did the Olympics last
(2) Team GB won 47 medals in the Beijing Olympics
(a) How many Gold? (b) How many silver (c) How many Bronze?
(3) In Beijing Olympics how many events were there?
(4) One Billion People live in India. How many gold medals did India win in Beijing 2008?
(5) How many gold medals have Iceland won in the summer or winter?
(6) How many medals did Ireland win in Beijing?
(7) If David Beckham (footballer) had a choice of any Olympic event which one would he have chosen?
(8) How many helpers were involved in the Beijing Olympics to the nearest 20,000?
(9) Three flags were used at the closing ceremony at the Baying Olympics what were the?
(10) How many world records were broken at the Beijing Olympics?
(11) How many National Olympic committees are there?
(12) Which flag was lowered at the end of the Olympic Games in Beijing?
(13) How many print journalist will be in London for the 2012 Olympics to the nearest 50?
(14) All 12 Float drivers who carried the Team GB Olympic medallists around London during the London victory parade were fined. Why were they fined?
(15) The British Paralympics athletes won how many medals in Beijing and where did they finish in their table?
(16) (a) The Olympic motto: ‘Citius Altius Fortius’ -What does this mean?
(b) The Paralympics motto is?
Easy teaser questions.
(17) What part of London will the games be held?
(a) North (b) South (c) East (d) West
London Olympic Answers
(1) 16 Days
(2) 19 Gold 13 Silver 15 Bronze
(3) 298 Events
(4) One
(5) None
(6) 3 medals
(7) 1500m middle distance running.
(8) Estimated at one million.
(9) Olympic Flag Greek Flag and China Flag
(10) 38 World records
(11) 204 National Olympic committees
(12) Olympic Flag
(13) 10,000
(14) The Lorries failed to each pay the congestion charge.
(15) 102 medals and finish 2nd overall.
(16) (a) Olympic motto: ‘Faster Higher Stronger’
(b) The Paralympics motto: ‘Spirit in Motion’
Easy teaser questions.
(17) What part of London will the games be held?
(c) East London