10 Interesting Facts About London Olympics 2012

Last Olympics which was held at China was very spectacular. The opening and closing ceremony have marked to the history of Olympics. Many have said that once a certain country is holding this event should make sure that they are able to cater all he athletes all over the world in terms of their safety. It is indeed a very big responsibility since you need to establish more infrastructures for people who are involved in the event. China had successfully impressed everybody around the world. Now it is time for the Eiffel Tower to continue the legacy. The following are 10 interesting facts that you need to know regarding London Olympic 2012.

 

 

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The opening of London Olympics 2012 will be on the 27^th day of July. The Olympic Games which was held at the Stockholm on 1912, exactly 100 years before ended the event on 27^th day of July. On 1948, London held the Olympic Games which started on 25^th day of July, it was two days earlier than this upcoming Olympic events.

 

 

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Don’t you know that Britons were the first people who performed the Paralympic event during the opening ceremony of Olympic Games on 1948? Well it does. The London Olympics is famously known as the Stoke Mandeville Games wherein the competitors were incapacitated veterans from war. The label of the performance was named after the Parallel Olympic.

 

 

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The exact area of the Great Britain Royal Boc for marathon games was 385 yards with a 26 mile finishing mark. During the 1908 London Games, the organizers have discovered this interesting fact after the event. The designated route was prolonged to finish precisely in front of King Edward VII. The area remains the same.

 

 

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During the 1948 London Olympic Games, the sporting pictograms were firstly introduced to the viewers. Today it is considered as an integral part of the Olympic Games. Before there were only 20 original Olympic Symbols which were embedded on the ticket in order for the viewers to easily locate the events. The sporting pictograms were reintroduced during the 1966 Olympic Games and it was used for the succeeding event.

 

 

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Launceston Elliot marked the history in the London Olympics. He was the first Britain’s Olympic champion. A minor and Scottish Aristocrat. His birthplace is in India. He is the recipient for the competition for Single-Hand Weightlifting during the Athens 1896 Olympic Games. After that he was tagged as the ultimate inspiration for the pioneering colored entertainment movie about the various events in the Olympics. The title of the film was Geordie and it was introduced in 1955.

 

 

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Don’t you know that the founder of the modern Olympic Games is Dr. Penny Brooke? Well thanks to him, he had become the pride of London. However, there are many speculations about the first ever modern Olympic Games. There are many speculations that the game was held in the small town of Much Wenlock last 1866. 30 years earlier that the 1896 Athens Games. In 1994, Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the International Olympics Committee (IOC) visited and laid wreath at the grave of Dr. Brooke who initiated the game with the help of the IOC during that time.

 

 

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Another interesting fact is when the science of numerology takes into account with the London 2012 Olympic Games. As a trace of history, the London held 2 consecutive Olympic Games and this year, it will be its third time to set an official venue for the event. Although others will claim that the Athens Intercalated Olympic Games last 1902 was not considered as an official event. Let us go back to the numerology thing. Great Britain (GB) won 3 gold medals during the London 1948 Olympic Games and got 12^th in the medal tables. To sum it up, GB has 23 medals. If we try to calculate this equation (3 medals – 23 medals = 20) and if we put the (20 and 12^th place) you will have 2012! Looks weird, but that’s what numerology speaks of. Here is another thing. 3 nations have won 20 medals and they were ranked at the 6^th and 7^th place. Each won 20 and 12 successively. The explanation (6^th + 7^th place = 12) if we put the (20 medals won by 3 nations and the 12) we will have (3^rd time to host in 2012 Olympic Games) and lastly, in 1948 the USA got the 1^st medal tables with 84 medals. The explanation remove 19 from 1948 and you will have (48 + 84 medals = 132) you will have “London 132” or can be transcribed as London Won 20+12.

 

 

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The two British Olympic competitors got the gold medal during the 1924 Paris Games. They have won the 400 meters event (Liddell) and 100 meter sprint (Abrahams). These two competitors is the main concept of the Award winning film “Chariots of Fire” in 1981. The story of the movie is about the life of these two British competitors.

 

 

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Taking on stage is a nude spectator. Yes spectator who wanted to show off something that is not usually done. This is common mostly during the football games where some of the spectators are become hyperactive. However, for the London 2012 Olympic Games, anyone caught doing this will be fine up to £20,000. That includes any advertisement of the product or brand that is associated to the Olympic Game that shows full or partial nudity.

 

 

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Lastly, an Olympic Medalist named Philip Noel – Baker who is an Englishman (Baron) won the silver medal for the 1500 meter race during the 1920 Antwerp Games is also a recipient of Nobel Peace Prize. He is the only person who both won the title. He won the Nobel Prize last 1959 because of his commitment for the settlement of nations and the prevention of war.

 

 

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