• London Olympics or London Games may refer to: 1908 Summer Olympics, Games of the IV Olympiad 1944 Summer Olympics, Games of the XIII Olympiad, cancelled...
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  • The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July...
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  • second time London hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted them in 1908, forty years earlier. The Olympics would return again to London 64 years...
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    The London Stadium (formerly and also known as the Olympic Stadium and the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium...
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    Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the Olympic stadium, now known as the London Stadium...
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    longest Games in modern Olympics history. There were four bids for the 1908 Summer Olympics. Rome was selected ahead of London, Berlin and Milan. The selection...
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    opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 27 July 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London, during which the Games were formally...
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    Equestrian sports were first included in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics of 1900 in Paris. They were again included in 1912, and have been included...
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    India competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. A total of 83 athletes, 60 men and 23 women, competed in 13 sports...
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    "For independent India, how hockey made a new beginning at 1948 London Olympics". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved...
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  • team first competed at the FA organised tournament for the 1908 Olympics held in London, which was the first games that featured representative teams using...
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    The modern Olympic Games (OG; or Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques, JO) are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and...
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    original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009. "London City Airport expects Olympics boost". Candm.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January...
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  • Chariots of Fire (category Films set in London)
    2012 Summer Olympics in London. The film's theme was featured at the opening of the 2012 London New Year's fireworks celebrating the Olympics. The runners...
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  • at the Olympic Games twice (1948, 2012), in which they hosted. The Great Britain national team debuted as the host for the 1948 London Olympics. The team...
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    is an area in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics and has been converted for use...
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    The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, was a summer multi-sport event held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom...
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    including the London Riverside and Lower Lea Valley, which was developed into the Olympic Park for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. London's buildings are...
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    City of London to the south-west. Hackney was one of the host boroughs of the London Olympics in 2012, with several of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park venues...
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    Indonesia has won at least one gold medal at every Olympic Games, with the exception of 2012 London Olympics. In badminton, Indonesia is one of the two countries...
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    Winter Olympics as the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR), and in both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Russian Olympic Committee...
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    since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The...
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    ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as A Symphony of British Music, was held on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. The chief...
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  • have died at the Olympics from other causes; 11 of these deaths were from the Munich massacre. Several incidents related to the Olympics have caused the...
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    of the Olympic movement. For example, the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics pioneered the use of electronic timing devices. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, for instance...
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    times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated cost of US$44 billion for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The 2014 Games...
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  • Machine "London Olympics give a boost to media". BBC News. 14 August 2012. "Adidas in £2.25m deal to run Metro cover wraps during London Olympics". The Guardian...
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    Puerto Rican competitors win Olympic gold medals. Puerto Rico competed in its first Olympics at the 1948 Summer Games in London, with a team of nine athletes...
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    an Olympic bronze medal. Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the bronze medal at the London Olympics...
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    supporter of the London Olympics in 2012, ultimately winning the bid to host the Games in 2005. Livingstone encouraged sport in London; especially when...
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