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London 2012 Olympic Games facts and figures

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London 2012 logo

Olympic Games
- 26 sports, 39 disciplines
- 34 venues
- 8.8 million tickets
- 10,500 athletes
- 302 medal events
- 21,000 media and broadcasters
- 17 competition days (19 with Football)
- 3,000 technical officials
- 205 National Olympic Committees
- 7,500 team officials
- 5,000 anti-doping samples

2012 Paralympic Games logo
2012 Paralympic Games logo

Paralympic Games- 20 sports, 21 disciplines
- 19 venues
- 2 million tickets
- 4,200 athletes
- 503 medal events
- 6,500 media and broadcasters
- 11 competition days
- 1,200 technical officials
- 170 National Paralympic Committees
- 2,300 team officials
- 1,250 anti-doping samples

London 2012 Olympic Games torch
London 2012 Olympic Games torch

Olympic Torch- 8,000 inspiring Torchbearers, travelling 8,000 miles to over 1,000 communities, villages, towns and cities
- Each day, 110 Torchbearers (on average) will take part and the Flame will travel 110 miles (on average) each day
- 300 metres – the average distance each Torchbearer will carry the Olympic Flame
- 150 words – were required for each nomination
- 95% of the UK population will be within 10 miles of the Flame
- 66 evening celebration towns and cities
- 70 days is the duration of the relay
- 50% of the Torchbearers will be aged between
12 and 24
- 33 London Boroughs through which the Olympic Torch Relay journeys

Public engagement- 10.8 million ticketholders (8.8m Olympic, 2m Paralympic)
- 200,000 Ticketshare tickets for schools, colleges, troops, and other worthy causes
- 240,000 Games Maker applications; majority of 100,000 being interviewed,
including over 1,000 Personal Best graduates; up to 70,000 Games Makers
required – 1 million hours of training and 8 million volunteer hours will be delivered
- 50,000 Games Maker offers already made
- Total workforce of around 200,000 people,
including 6,000 staff; 70,000 volunteers
and 100,000 contractors - 24,000 schools and colleges in Get Set
programme, 17,000 in Get Set Network – more than 2 million students
- 3,673 London 2012 Open Weekend community events held over 4 years
- 2,027 Inspire Mark projects awarded, including c900 in sport and c500 in culture
- 12 million young people reached by International Inspiration in 20 countries
- 1,500 UK firms have won over £6.3bn of ODA contracts, LOCOG awarding a further £1bn
- 44 world-class companies signed up as domestic sponsors, each activating their sponsorship in communities in London and up and down the UK
- 28 Live Sites will be in place across every nation and region
- 118 overseas teams have signed Pre-Games Training Camp agreements in communities across the UK - 2,012 official pin-badge designs

Olympic hockey
Olympic hockey

Equipment for Games time- 1 million pieces of sport equipment are being sourced by LOCOG:
- 510 adjustable hurdles for Athletics
- 600 basketballs
- 541 life jackets (Canoeing, Marathon Swimming, Rowing, Sailing and Triathlon)
- 2,200 dozen Tennis balls
- 2,700 Footballs
- 53 sets of lane ropes for Swimming
- 6,000 Archery target faces
- 22 tape measures for Boccia
- 356 pairs of Boxing gloves 4
- 12 pairs of goalposts for Handball
- 120 head protectors for Taekwondo
- 99 training dolls for Wrestling and Judo
- 375 doctors, 150 nurses, 200,000 pairs of gloves and 150,000 condoms
- 165,000 towels and 22,000 pillows in the Village
- 766 miles of fabric needed for Games Maker uniforms

Passengers board the bullet train today
Passengers board the bullet train today

Games-time- 20 million spectator journeys made in London, 3 million on the busiest day
- 800,000 ticketed spectators will use public transport on the busiest day
- 600,000 pieces of luggage will be handled during the Games at Heathrow Airport,
203,000 on the busiest day (13 August) – 35% more than on a normal day
- 14 million meals to be served at the Games, Village will serve 45,000 meals per day
- 1 million square feet of warehouse space for logistics – 15,000 deliveries by 300 truck fleet
- 1 billion visitors expected at london2012.com

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