London 2012 Olympics

An Olympic Gold medal is worth 25,000 U.S. Dollars

The Summer Olympics in 2012 were held in a variety of locations in London. Some of the events were held in well-known locations in London such as Hyde Park or the Horse Guards Parade.

Men's discus throw debuted at the 1896 Games in Athens and women's discus throw debuted at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.

962 medals including 302 gold medals 304 Silver Medals and 356 bronze medals

Medals will be awarded for 302 events, but since they are many teams of 2 or more individuals there will be many more medals awarded than the 906 difference medal awards. There are also events where 2 bronze medals are awarded instead of having a playoff for the metal. The 42 rowing metals for the 14 rowing events will be given to 138 individuals from winning pairs and teams. They actually made 10,000 medals.

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1) men's coxless fours (Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge).
2) men's lightweight double sculls (Mark Hunter, Zac Purchase).

A total of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women are competive swimmers in the UK.

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Pros * employment * 5000 - 20000 new homes * generate tourism * new sport facilities Cons * terrorist attraction!!!! * London could get in debt * credit crunch * will stadium, pool, etc... be used again..? * higher council tax

The Olympic Games are so important to London because tourist will come to England and buy tickets to see the Olympics Games. Therefore England can make profit and this profit can help with the economical dept England is in! Also the Olympic Games can help England gain status! Also businesses can profit from the tourist so they businesses will rise, and also for manufacturing stores they can begin to make Olympics merchandise.

Jesse Owens is a good one. In the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, he one 4 gold medals. He set three world records; in the 100m dash, the 200m dash, and the long jump. He also tied the world record in the 4x100m relay. They even dedicated a track for him in his honor. It's called the Jesse Owens stadium and it's in Ohio.

There are 204 countries that are competing in Olympics for 2012 London.

Afghanistan

Albania

Andorra

Antigua and Barbuda

Angola

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Burundi

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bahrain

Botswana

Belarus

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Cambodia

Canada

Cayman Islands

Central Africa

Chad

Chile

China Republic

Chinese Taipei

Colombia

Comoros

Cape Verde

Congo

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cote-d´lvoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Arab Rep. of Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

The Gambia

Germany

Ghana

Great Britain

Guinea-Bissau

Georgia

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Guinea

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Italy

Israel

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordon

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kenya

Korea people Republic

Korea Democratic People Republic

Kuwait

Laos

Latvia

Saint Lucia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Libya

Lichtenstein

Luxembourg

Rep. of Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Rep. of Moldova

Marshall Islands

Maldives

Malta

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

Monaco

Montenegro

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Niger

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Palestine

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Rhodesia

Romania

Rwanda

Saint Lucia

St. Vincent & Gr.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Samoa

American Samoa

Western Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Slovakia

Swaziland

Serbia

Singapore

Spain

Sudan

Surinam

Syria

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Tanzania

Tonga

Thailand

Togo

Trinidad & Tobago

Tajikistan

Timor-Leste

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Turkey

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

Unified Team

United Arab Emirates

U.S.S.R.

U.S.A.

US Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Does anyone out there know if trampolining is included in the Paralympic Games? Thank you !

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September 2003 in Southampton, UK, at 9-years-old he won Gold in 1m, 3m and platform events. This is where it all started for him, the rest is history.

Tom also won a gold medal at the 2008 European Championships in the 10 metre platform dive. He was 15 at the time of his performance.

A men's Olympic bar weighs 20 kg that is 44 lbs.
A women's weighs 15 kg that is 33 lbs.
The variant used for bicep curls is called an EZ bar and weighs approximately 8 kg or 18 lbs for both men and women.

It is very expensive to host the Olympics (special venues have to be built, there are enormous security requirements, etc.) and you never know in advance if the revenues from ticket sales and broadcasting rights will cover the cost.

Respect, excellence, friendship, courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

Awarded the title of Princess Royal as an adult and an active horsewoman, Princess Anne represented Britain in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

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The 2012 Summer Olympic features 36 sporting events with a total 302 individual event competitions (including non-final events) over the entire Olympic period.

These 36 events can also be classified into 26 sports (e.g. Archery, swimming, gymnastics, etc.) categories in a total of 39 disciplines.

Over 14,000 athletes from 205 Olympic teams and 170 Paralympic teams will be competing at the London 2012 Games.

There are 50 events in a running event. We should all know that especially whena 11 yr old girl already knows it.

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There were 962 metals given out for the 302 events. The number of Athletes is much higher because every athlete will get the medal on the winning team or pair. There were Bronze medals awarded to 2 individuals in 56 events and there were also 2 bronze metals upgraded to silver when there were ties for second. 302 gold metals 304 silver medals and 356 bronze medals were won by the athletes. Just in Men's water Polo the event medals of the Gold Silver and Bronze medals were awarded to 39 athletes and the same for the women's Water Polo. In Football or Soccer the Men and Women's event metals went to 108 athletes who are members of the six medal winning teams. Instead of 12 medals there were 182 athletes who received metals for these 4 events alone

No, American Football is not an Olympic Sport. It would be fairly hard to become a new sport in the Olympics considering the schedule the teams/players/coaches go by.

On the number of medals they won (regardless of color) # United States (110 medals) # China (100 medals) # Russia (72 medals) # Great Britain (47 medals) # Australia (46 medals) # Germany (41 medals) # France (40 medals) # Korea (31 medals) # Italy (28 medals) # Ukraine (27 medals) # Japan (25 medals) # Cuba (24 medals) # Belarus (19 medals) # Spain (18 medals) # Canada (18 medals) # Netherlands (16 medals) # Brazil (15 medals) # Kenya (14 medals) # Kazakhstan (13 medals) # Jamaica (11 medals)