Post-Olympic Wrap-Up

LONDON 2012 INTERESTING POST GAMES FACTS london OLYMPIC GAMES BY THE NUMBERS. THE OLYMPIC CEREMONIES Olympic Games Opening Ceremony: 7,500 volunteers! Olympic Games Closing Ceremony: 3,500 volunteers! OPENING CEREMONY: CLOSING CEREMONY: 20 MILLION 21 MILLION viewers tuned in. NBC viewers tuned in. Opening Ceremony Cost VS $23 Closing Ceremony Cost MILLION $22 MILLION Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony Total Spent on the Olympics: $17 BILLION! Tickets to the Tickets to the Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony as high as as low as as high as as low as $3,139 $31 $2,320 $31 TWEETS OF OLYMPIC PROPORTIONS There were more tweets in a single day a week before the 2012 London Games began than during the entire 2008 Beijing Games combined. THE SOCIAL MEDIA GAMES 60% of the athletes from Great Britain & Northern Ireland were actively Tweeting during the games. A FEW OF THE HEADLINERS GABBY DOUGLAS * THE FLYING SOUIRREL * Most was the most-watched Olympian athlete at the 2012 Olympics, beating out Watched GOLD Michael Phelps by more than 11 million views! A ROYAL AFFAIR Queen Elizabeth II's grand-daughter, Zara Phillips, competed with the British equestrian team for the 2012 Olympics. She won the Silver. THE OLYMPIC FLAG Five interconnected rings of different colors on top of a white background symbolize the five major regions of the world. They are interconnected to symbolize the friendship from the international competitions. AN OLYMPIC CITY London is the first city to host the Olympic Games three times. London has also hosted the The Olympic Games began in Olympic Games in: OLYMPIA, GREECE 2,700 190S 192S & YEARS AGO as part of a religious festival to honor the god The first modern Olympics ZEUS was held in: 1896 In Athens, Greece. It featured: 250 13 nations ATHLETES 280 participants 43 events Riozo16 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics BRAZIL 2016 Brought to you by: 20 N. Eola Drive Orlando, FL 32801 • bigeyecreative.com • Phone: 407.839.8599 вiдт |EYE http://blog.uk.twitter.com/2012/07/today-on-twitter.html CREATIVE http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771580.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/history.htm/ http://getset.london2012.com/en/the-games/about-london-2012/the-olympic-park/facts-and-figures-about-the-olympic-park http://mashable.com/2012/08/06/gabby-douglas-most-watched-olympian/ http://www.olympie-2012-london.co.uk/olympic-history.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/the_olympic_games/