LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES

are a sporting event that is taking place from July 27 until August 12, 2012 in London, United Unido.The first event, the group stage in women's soccer tournament began two days before the inauguration, on 25 July 2012. around 10,500 athletes from 204 countries participating in the Olympics Londres.

Olympic torch route

The Olympic torch was unveiled on 8 June 2011.24 The design resembles a gold mesh, and contains eight thousand holes representing the number of carriers and the travel distance in miles to the opening day (12,800 km)

Logo and graphic design

The logo was unveiled on June 4, 2007 by the Olympic Committee and the ambassadors of the game. Represents the number "2012" and includes the Olympic rings and the word 'London'. Its modern design, displayed in pink, blue, green and orange means dynamism, and over time from submission to the opening day.

Pet names refer to two British localities of concern to the Olympics. Wenlock's name is based in the town of Much Wenlock, located in the county of Shropshire, where they took place Wenlock Olympics, organized by William Penny Brookes and one of the inspirations of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement .

Locations 

The Olympic Park will be the site of the juegos.40 was built in an old industrial area and has large green areas with trees planted four thousand and 300 thousand plants of wetlands, and a garden with 120 000 plants from 250 species around the world, also create a permanent habitat for several species of birds. It covers an area of 2.5 km ² and is located east of the city of London.

PET OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

The mascots of the Olympic Games or Olympic Pets are one of the main symbols of each of the Olympic events. Pets are usually animals or anthropomorphic figures representing the area of realization of the Games or the event itself.

Pets began to be used at the Olympic Games from Grenoble 1968 (winter) and, at the Summer Games since Munich 1972.

Munich 1972. Waldi, a dachshund dog very representative of Bavaria. Represented the strength, toughness and agility of athletes.

Montreal 1976. Amik, a beaver, an animal symbols of Canada. Its name comes from the Algonquin language.

Moscow 1980. Misha, a bear, designed by children's book illustrator Victor Chizikov. He was without doubt one of the most popular pets in history.

Los Angeles 1984. Sam, a bald eagle, national symbol of the United States. It was designed by Robert Moore and Disney.

Seoul 1988. Hodori, a tiger, an animal common in Korean traditional stories and legends. For the Paralympic Games was your female counterpart, Hosuni.

Barcelona 1992. Cobi, a humanized dog. Designed by Javier Mariscal, has been one of the most popular pets.

Atlanta 1996. Izzy was a mixture of various figures. His original name was Whatizit. Because of his strange figure, was not popular and quickly passed into oblivion.

Sydney 2000. To celebrate the Games were created three animals: Olly, a kookaburra, whose name came from Olympics, Sid was a platypus that the word came from Sydney, and Millie the echidna, whose name representava the new millennium.

Athens 2004. Athena and Phevos two children were inspired by two figures of ancient Greece. Their names came from the gods Athena, protector of the city, and Phoebus, god of the arts and sport.

Beijing 2008. Games were chosen for these five mascots: Beibei, blue fish, Jingjing, a panda, Huanhuan, torch red, Yingying, a Tibetan antelope, and Nini, a swallow green. His repeated two-syllable names refer to the pet names with which they often treat children in Chinese.

Londres 2012: these two figures represent the Olympic Games in London to reinfection. They are called Wenlock and Mandeville, supposedly these two dolls representing the last drops of steel left over from building the Olympic Stadium and say it is intended to bring a little children to Olympic sports.

olympic symbols

According to the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic rings represent the universality of the games based on the idea that at least one of the five colors of the Olympic flag are flags all over the world.

However, the idea that each ring and its color represent one of the five continents is still very popular, even though the IOC rejected.

The Olympic flag is 2:3 ratio, and its use is strictly regulated by the International Olympic Committee, like the rings.
The Olympic flag is hoisted in all the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Antwerp since 1920. Summer, from the 1988 Seoul Olympics to date.



The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games, and evokes the legend of Prometheus, who had stolen fire from Zeus to give it to mortals.





Olympic Creed:

"The most important of the Olympic Games is not winning but competing, and most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. Thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well"



The Olympic motto:  "Citius, Altius, Fortius" is a Latin phrase meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger"

The Olympic Oath was written by Baron de Coubertin and is as follows:

"In the name of all competitors I promise that we will participate in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern it, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams."

The Olympics through history:

are multidisciplinary sporting events involving athletes from around the world, in ancient Greece were dedicated to the god Zeus. There are two types of Olympics: Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, which take place in a range, including four years. The organization responsible for conducting them is the International Olympic Committee (for short, IOC).

The first edition of the so-called Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens, capital of Greece. Since that time, the Olympics have been held every four years in various parts of the planet, the only exceptions being the editions of 1916, 1940 and 1944, due to the outbreak of the First and Second World War.

The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924 in the French town of Chamonix. Subsequently, in order to foster the development of winter events, the IOC decided to delay the implementation of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer 1994.