London 2012 Olympics

The Olympics.

There were 302 events and 962 metals awarded for those events. 2 Extra silver medals were awarded after ties in the event and some events did not have playoffs for the bronze medal and 2 were awarded for 56 events. Since many events involve pairs and teams the actual number of medals is higher

There will be 300 events in 26 sports at the 2012 Olympics.

NBC Universal is covering the Olympics in America. Channels will include: * NBC * MSNBC * CNBC * USA * Universal HD * Oxygen * Telemundo * NBC Olympic Basketball Channel * NBC Olympic Soccer Channel See Related Links for the Official NBC Olympic Coverage Guide

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the qualities to be an Olympic athlete are strength,power,speed,balince

84 countries participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome: Afghanistan

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Belgium

Bermuda

Brazil

British Guiana

British West Indies

Bulgaria

Burma

Canada

Ceylon

Chile

Republic of China

Colombia

Cuba

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Germany

Ghana

Great Britain

Greece

Haiti

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Kenya

South Korea

Lebanon

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malaya

Malta

Mexico

Monaco

Morocco

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Rhodesia

Romania

San Marino

Singapore

South Africa

Soviet Union

Spain

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Republic

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yugoslavia 30 countries participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley: Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Great Britain

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Japan

South Korea

Lebanon

Liechtenstein

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United States

Soviet Union

Great Britain won 29 Gold Medals events Listed below are the 29 Events and their Sport followed by the names of the 48 UK Athletes

Women's coxless pair Rowing Helen Glover & Heather Stanning

Men's time trial Cycling Bradley Wiggins

Men's slalom C-2 Canoeing Timothy Baillie & Etienne Stott

Men's double trap Shooting Peter Wilson

Men's team sprint Cycling Philip Hindes Chris Hoy & Jason Kenny

Women's double sculls Rowing Katherine Grainger & Anna Watkins

Men's team pursuit Cycling Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, &Geraint Thomas

Women's Keirin Cycling Victoria Pendleton

Men's coxless four Rowing Alex Gregory, Tom James, Pete Reed, & Andrew Triggs-Hodge

Women's team pursuit Cycling Danielle King, Joanna Rowsell, & Laura Trott

Women's heptathlon Athletics Jessica Ennis

Men's long jump Athletics Greg Rutherford

Men's 10,000 m Athletics Mo Farah

Finn class Sailing Ben Ainslie

Men's singles Tennis Andy Murray

Team jumping Equestrian Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher, & Nick Skelton

Men's sprint Cycling Jason Kenny

Men's triathlon Triathlon Alistair Brownlee

Team dressage Equestrian Laura Bechtolsheimer, Charlotte Dujardin, & Carl Hester

Women's Omnium Cycling Laura Trott

Men's Keirin Cycling Chris Hoy

Individual dressage Equestrian Charlotte Dujardin

Women's flyweight Boxing Nicola Adams

Women's 57 kg Taekwondo Jade Jones

Men's K-1 200 metres Canoeing Ed McKeever

Men's 5,000 m Athletics Mo Farah

Men's bantamweight Boxing Luke Campbell

Men's super heavyweight Boxing Anthony Joshua

Usain Bolt of Jamaica is the greatest "short" sprinter of all time after shattering the world records in the 100m and 200m dashes. He has broken the 100m record 3 times. 9.72 in May of 2008, 9.69 in August of 2008 and 9.58 in August of 2009. He has broken the 200m record twice 19.30 in August of 2008 and 19.19 in August of 2009. He is the only man to win Olympic gold while setting world records in both sprints at the same Olympics. He's the first man to run under 9.70 and 9.60 in the 100m dash, and the only person to break 19.30 in the 200m dash with his world record performance of 19.19. Usain Bolt is the World Junior Record holder in the 200m dash with a time of 19.97. Bolt is the modern version of Tommie Smith, a combination of abnormal stride length at 6'5 and the stride frequency of a much shorter world class sprinter. Bolt is able to accelerate faster than his competition and his top end speed is unmatched, thus causing him to be the most dominant sprinter of all time. His nearest rival, Tyson Gay is arguable the 2nd greatest sprinter of all time with personal records of 9.69 for 100m and 19.41 a world record for the straight 200m, and a natural 200m personal best of 19.58. Gay has lost to Bolt in the 2009 World Championship 100m final when Bolt set the current world record of 9.58, Gay was a distant 2nd in 9.70, the 3rd fastest time of all time and just .01 off the previous world record set by Bolt in 2008 in the Summer Olympics in Bejing, China.

Michael Johnson is the greatest long sprinter ever, during his career he held the 200m and 400m world record, while also holding the seldom ran 300m world record. Using a non-traditional running style Michael was a unique blend of world class speed and world class speed endurance. He frequently ran under 20 seconds in 200m dashes while his competition found it difficult to break 20 seconds. Michael was known in the 200 for running an extremely aggressive turn and because of his 400m speed endurance, he decelerated at a much slower rate than his competitors, which made him very difficult to beat for 200m. In 1996 Michael broke the 200m world record twice, first in the Olympic Trials 200m final, Michael ran 19.66 to best Pietro Minnea's former world record of 19.72. In the semi finals of the Olympic Trials, Michael ran 19.70 but it was over the allowable 2.0 mps wind for record purposes. Later in 1996 in the Olympic Games 200m final, Michael ran a 200m dash for the ages in which he split 10.12 oin his first 100m and 9.20 in his second for a world record time of 19.32, breaking his previous world record by .34 seconds, the largest drop in the 200m dash world record since its been recorded. Michael won 2 world championship gold medals, 1991 and 1995, 1 Olympic Gold medal 1996.The 400m was Michael's best event. H's run under 44 seconds more often than any other man before or after him. He won 2 Olympic Gold medals in 1996 and 2000, he's won 4 world championships 1993, 1995,1997 and 1999. He is the current world record holder in the 400m dash in 43.18. He was the most dominant 400 meter runner ever, frequently championship finals by nearly a second ahead of his competition. His greatest achievements on the track are in 1995 and in 1996 in which he won both the 200m and 400m world titles and Olympic titles, no one in the history of track and field can claim to have placed in both events in a major championship let alone won them both in the sports major championship meets. Michael Johnson will forever be known as the standard bearer for long sprinting.

8 gold medals in the 2008 Games and 8 medals (6 gold, 2 bronze) in the 2004 Games for a total of 16.

26 World Championship medals. (22 gold, 4 silvers)

HE HAS 19 OLYMPIC MEDALS THE MOST OF ALL TIME AND HE CAN WIN UP TO 22 MEDALS

Cities have to bid to host the Olympic Games. At the deadline for bids for the 2012 games, 9 cities had submitted their bids. These were: Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. It then goes to a second round, to narrow the field. The IOC reduced the cities to: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris. The next step is for the IOC to send inspectors to the candidate cities. After the inspections comes the evaluation of the reports, and then a vote. At the voting sessions, Moscow, New York and Madrid were ruled out, and it came down to a vote between London and Paris. London won by 54 votes to 50.

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 Brunei Darussalam 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 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 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 Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe

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The opening ceremonies signify the official start to each Olympic Games. An artistic program is designed by each hosting country to perform as an exhibition. In addition, the Parade of Nations takes place, in which the athletes march into the stadium to represent their country.

A decathlon is a ten event sport at the Olympics.

According to Wikipedia - New Zealand finished at 15th place in the medals table with 6 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals. See the related link for the full breakdown of what medals were won my which countries.

They won 29 of the Gold Medals 14 of the Silver Medals and 15 of the Bronze Medals for 58 Total Medals

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

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bahrain

Botswana

Belarus

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

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

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

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Palestine

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Rwanda

Saint Lucia

St. Vincent & Gr.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Manu Samoa

American 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

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

Final count:

Gold 302, Silver: 304, and Bronze: 356 for total of 962

Note this is count by country not for individual athletes so the total number of medals is much larger because many events (e.g. Football/soccer, archery, etc.) are team events and the entire team got medals.

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