Olympic Games
London 2012, Olympic Games
Subject
London 2012
Dates
27.07.2012 - 12.08.2012
Background
LONDON 2012, Great Britain
Dates: from 27 July to 12 August 2012.
Participants: 204 NOCs + 4 Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA), 302 events, 10,568 athletes (5,892 men, 4,675 women).
Olympic oath (athletes): Sarah Stevenson, Taekwondo.
Olympic oath (officials): Mik Basi, boxing.
Olympic oath (coach): Eric Farrell, canoe.
Olympic cauldron lit by: Callum Airlie, Jordan Duckitt, Desirée Henry, Katie Kirk, Cameron MacRitchie, Aidan Reynolds, Adelle Tracey.
Officially opened by: Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II.
Emblem: it is based on the number 2012, includes the Olympic Rings and the word “London”. It symbolises the Olympic spirit and the ability of the Games to inspire people to take part.
Mascot: “Wenlock” is a shiny grey mascot, made of the last drop of British steel used for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium. His name is inspired by Much Wenlock in Shropshire, a town where The Much Wenlock Games were held. There is a light on his
head, allusion to London’s iconic taxis. His single eye is a camera lens, capturing everything he sees, and the shape of his forehead is identical to the shape of the Olympic Stadium roof.
Source : Factsheets, https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf
To find out more, you can consult the resources of the Olympic Studies Centre, https://library.olympics.com/default.aspx?_lg=en-GB
