COUNT DOWN :: 23 days
Venue :: London,United Kingdom
Schedule :: 27-07-2012 to 12-08-2012
London hosted the Olympic Games previously in 1908 and 1948. 2012 Olympics will make London the only city in the world to have hosted the Games three times.
The Opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held on 27 July 2012 and it will be called as ‘The Isles of Wonder.
A large majority of the 2012 Olympic games will be held in Stratford in East London. Events will also be held in other venues across London and the UK(England, Scotland and Wales).
The 2012 Olympics will feature 26 sports.
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe and Kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees are expected to participate in 2012 London Olympics.\
The three Olympic values are ‘ Respect, Excellence and friendship ‘.
The Olympic motto is ‘faster, higher, stronger’.
The vision of the 2012 Summer Olympics – ‘sport, education and culture’.