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London Olympics 2012

lontlon LONDON OLYMPICS 20127 At A Glance The beautiful city of London became third time lucky for hosting the Olympics from July 27 – August 12, 2012. London has hosted the modern Summer Olympics twice before on 1908 & 1948. Interesting Facts on 2012 Olympics 1) Total number of sports 26 2 Number of Athletes taking part 1 7,000 3) Number of journalists to cover the event 20,000 4 Number of countries, represented 205 5 Number of people involved in staging thẻ games 63,000 6 Number of expected 500,000 spečtators 7. Number of tickets expected to be sold 8 million 300 8. Food and Beverage potential 18 million meals 9 Number of expected foreign visitors 350,000 Wenlock and Mandeville are the two Mascots for London Olympics, 2012 The newly built Olympic stadium is known to be the lightest Olympic stadium built ever. It has a seating capacity for 80,000 spectators The Taiwan-based PC makers, ACER is in charge of the entire computing project. Over 10,000 desktops, 1,000 laptops and 900 servers have been installed for the London Games Some other facts about the 2012 London Games Nearly 12,500 new jobs got created from the Olympic project 10km of new roads have been built for the London Games Organisers said 75 per cent of all tickets would cost less than £50 and offer free travel on London transport Tickets for the athletics will start at £15 and there will be 20,000 £10 tickets for the Olympic Park to watch After the Games, four arenas would be 'deconstructed' and relocated to other parts of the UK along with the swimming pools that are used for water polo and the 50m training pools The Sports equipments used in the Games will be given to the Charity for free By 2012 it is estimated that over 135,000 hotel rooms will be available within 50km of the Olympic Park Total workforce 200,000 Calorie requirement for the Olympic male Athletes A The daily calorie intake of an Olympic athlete is around 5,000 per day. 0 The rowers need to have an intake of 6,000 calories per day. A The star swimmer, Michael Phelps said he gulps down around 12,000 calories per day. The economy of London is believed to grow by $80 billion by the year 2015 due to these games 2015 London Olympics 2012 is expected to cost £20 billion £20 billion Food Quantities Needed in the London Olympic Village 25,000 loaves of Bread 232 tonnes of Potatoes More than 82 tonnes of Sea-food 31 tonnes of Poultry items More than 100 tönnes f Meat Wyl 75,000 litres of Milk 21 tonnes of Cheese More than 330 tonnes of Fruits and Vegetables Sources: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/2012_olympics_vista/ http://www.zimbio.com/Olympic+Games+2012/articles/4IV042Q_KA3/Ready+London+Olympics+2012 http://www.cherrywhite-design.co.uk/Blog/?p=86 http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-06-19/news/32321355_1_olive-oil-sports-drink-training http://www.olympic-2012-london.co.uk/index.php http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/04/price-of-london-olympics http://city-of-london.com/london-olympics-2012.html Designed by: InfoGraphic DESIG N TEAM U $80 billion

London Olympics 2012

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Here comes the London Olympics, 2012! 63000 people involved in staging this Olympics! Interesting facts and amazing figures about this Olympic Games. Check out the cool Infographic and feel the thrill.

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