olympics 2012

Olympics 2012

By Natasha Patrick

http://projectbritain.com/olympics/

Olympic Events

Athletics Swimming Cycling Archery Diving Water Polo Badminton Gymnastics

There are different events in the Olympics including:

Table Tennis

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Tennis

Triathlon

Weight Lifting

Olympic torch

• 8000 people( from the ages of 8-80) carry the Olympic torch from Athens to London.

• Each person carries it 1 mile then they pass it to the next person.

• Our Olympic torch is gold and has the 2012 logo for the Olympics.

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Olympic torch's from the past

• 2000

• 2004

• 2008

• 2012

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Olympic stadium

• The capacity of the stadium 80,000 whilst the games are on

• It is the lightest Olympic stadium ever built

• Part of the supporting structure of the roof is formed from 2,500 tonnes of steel tubing that was actually recycled from old gas pipelines

Gold ,Silver, Bronze

• On each event the winner gets gold.

• Second place gets silver

• Third place gets bronze

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Olympic mascots from 2000

2000 mascots

• 2000 Sydney -- Olly, a kookaburra, Syd, a platypus and Millie, an echidna

2004 Mascots

• 2004 Athens -- Athena and Phevos, two dolls from an ancient archeological site in Greece

2008 mascots

• 2008 Beijing -- The Fuwa, "Good luck dolls" Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini

2012 mascots

• 2012 London -- Wenlock and Mandeville, two... we don't know

• The Olympics start on the 27th July• Paralympics start on the 29th August• 205 nations are taking place• 300 events are in the 2012 Olympics

• The United States have won more medals (2,189) in the summer Olympics than any other country

• Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896

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