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Key Facts

The 2012 Games will showcase London as a thriving, innovative and sustainable world city

  • bike_olympics_tour_britain_149_110The London 2012 Olympic Games will run from July 27th to August 24th
  • The opening ceremony will be held on July 26th
  • The Olympic Games will run from July 27th to August 12th
  • The Paralympic Games will run from August 29th to September 9th
  • The closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games will be held on August 24th
  • The Games will comprise 30 days of sport
  • 26 Olympic sports will be played
  • 19 Paralympic sports will be played
  • There will be 60-70 London 2012 sponsors
  • 12 TOP IOC sponsors will participate
  • The London economy is projected to grow by £43 billion by 2012
  • The Games are projected to generate 12,000 new jobs in the Olympic Park
  • 31 competition venues will be utilised
  • 17,000 athletes will compete
  • 2,000 team officials will lead their athletes
  • 20,000 press/media will be in attendance
  • The Olympic Park will be created on a 500-acre site
  • 10km of new roads will be built
  • 1.5 million tickets for the Paralympics will be sold
  • There will be 500,000 spectators per day
  • 9,000 new homes will be built
  • 200,000 chairs will be needed
  • 350 tons of vegetables will be consumed by the athletes
  • 3,000 table tennis balls will be used
  • 11,500 shuttlecocks
  • 100 tons of meat will be consumed

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