London 2012

Cultural Olympiad

The London 2012 Games included a four-year Cultural Olympiad. It reached a climax with the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, starting a 60-day festival of sport and culture across the UK, as the Olympic and Paralympic spirit crossed the world once again.

Sports: 26 sports, featuring 39 disciplines

Venues: 34

Park: The Olympic Park, which held nine venues, was 2.5sq km in size—equivalent to 357 football pitches.

Tickets: 8.8 million tickets were available

Athletes: 10,500

NOCs: 204

Events: 302 medal events

Media: 21,000 accredited media communicated the Games to a potential worldwide audience of 4 billion people.

Officials: 2,961 technical officials and 5,770 team officials

Workforce: A total workforce of around 200,000 people: more than 6,000 staffs, 70,000 volunteers and 100,000 contractors

Olympic-sized Equipment Needs

LOCOG had sourced over one million pieces of sport equipment for the Games, including 510 adjustable hurdles for athletics, 600 basketballs, 2,700 footballs and 356 pairs of boxing gloves.

Spectator Travel

During the Games, 20 million spectator journeys were made in London, including three million on the busiest day of the Games.

Many Meals

Approximately 14 million meals were served at the Games, including 45,000 per day in the Olympic Village.