The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) was created to oversee the staging of the Games, and held its first board meeting on 3 October 2005. Main article: 2012 Summer Olympic development 2012 host city election – ballot results City The celebrations in London were short-lived, being overshadowed by bombings on London's transport system less than 24 hours after the announcement. At the end of the fourth round of voting, London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes to 50. The final two contenders were London and Paris. Moscow was the first city to be eliminated, followed by New York and Madrid. On 6 July 2005, the final selection was announced at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore. Perhaps it will come down to a difference of say ten votes, or maybe less." But my gut feeling tells me that it will be very close. On 1 July 2005, when asked who would win, Jacques Rogge said, "I cannot predict it since I don't know how the IOC members will vote. New York and Madrid also received very positive evaluations. London was close behind, having closed most of the gap observed by the initial evaluation in 2004. They did not contain any scores or rankings, but the report for Paris was considered the most positive. On 6 June 2005, the IOC released its evaluation reports for the five candidate cities. In late August 2004, reports predicted a tie between London and Paris. Its position began to improve after the appointment of Lord Coe as the new chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) on 19 May 2004. London was initially seen as lagging behind Paris by a considerable margin. Throughout the process, Paris was widely seen as the favourite, particularly as this was its third bid in recent years.
These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Belgian Jacques Rogge, who was succeeded by German Thomas Bach the next year.Ī number of countries won their first Olympic medals, Bahrain, Botswana, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala and Montenegro, with Bahrain and Grenada's winning gold medals for their first Olympic medals. The opening ceremony, directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle, received widespread acclaim. The Games received considerable praise for their organisation, with the volunteers, the British military and public enthusiasm commended particularly highly. Women's boxing was included for the first time, and the 2012 Games became the first at which every sport had female competitors. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time, meaning that every currently eligible country has now sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games. Michael Phelps of the United States became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, winning his 22nd medal. China finished second with a total of 91 medals (38 gold) and Great Britain came third with 65 medals overall (29 gold). The United States topped the medal table, winning the most gold medals (46) and the highest number of medals overall (104). The Games also made use of venues that already existed before the bid.
The main focus was a new 200-hectare (490-acre) Olympic Park, constructed on a former industrial site in Stratford, East London. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability.
London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 19. įollowing a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.
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