London 2012 Olympics

8.8 Million Olympic Tickets 26 39 Olympic Sports Disciplines 2 Million Paralympic Tickets 302 Number of Olympic medal events 20 21 10,500 4,200 Paralympic Sports Disciplines 500 Olympic Athletes Paralympic Athletes Number of Paralympic medal events 2,000 Number of newts 53m relocated from the 2,300 Paralympic Team - Officials Olympic Park to the Waterworks Nature reserve. height of the Olympic Stadium: three metres taller than 7,500 Olympic Team Officials Nelson's Column.. 8.35km OVER 5,000 Total length of waterways within or close to the Olympic Park, much of which is being restored. This is the equivalent of 167 lengths of a 50m swimming pool. 14 8.35km = 167 Lengths MILLION meals will Number of paid employees at the London 2012 Organising Committee at Games-time. Number of football pitches it would 357 take to fill the Olympic Park be served during the Olympic Games and Ф‑ Paralympic Games, across 40 More than locations 26 8,000 km of electrical cables - enough to stretch from London to Nottingham - were put into two six-kilometre tunnels built under the Park. The 52 pylons in and around the Olympic Park could then be taken down. Torch bearers will run with the flame across the UK. Number of jumbo jets could fit, wing-to-wing, 3000 TTTT plants are being planted in the Olympic Park's wetlands areas. AAAAA VVAVAVAV