Games of the XXX Olympiad
Host city	London, United Kingdom
Nations participating	156 (qualified) 204 (estimated)
Athletes participating	10,500 (estimated)
Events	300 in 26 sports
Opening ceremony	July 27
Closing ceremony	August 12
Stadium	Olympic Stadium

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.

Contents 1 Venues 1.1 Olympic Zone 1.2 River Zone 1.3 Central Zone 1.4 Outside Greater London 1.5 Football stadia 2 See Also

VenuesEdit

Olympic ZoneEdit

The Olympic Zone will encompass all of the facilities within the 500 acre (2 km²) Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. This park is being developed on existing waste and industrial land, at British national grid reference system, and will be seven minutes by Olympic Javelin train from central London. The park will contain:

• Aquatics Centre
• Basketball Arena
• BMX Circuit
• Eton Manor
• Copper Box
• London Velodrome
• Riverbank Arena
• Olympic Stadium
• Water Polo Arena

River ZoneEdit

The River Zone will feature four main venues in the Thames Gateway area straddling the River Thames:

• ExCeL
• Greenwich Park
• North Greenwich Arena (The O₂ arena)
• Royal Artillery Barracks

Central ZoneEdit

The Central Zone will be formed out of all the remaining venues within Greater London. They are quite widely spread across central and west London:

• All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
• Earls Court Exhibition Centre
• Horse Guards Parade
• Hyde Park
• Lord's Cricket Ground
• Marathon Course
• Regent's Park
• Wembley Arena
• Wembley Stadium

Outside Greater LondonEdit

Four of the venues will be outside Greater London:

• Brands Hatch
• Dorney Lake
• Hadleigh Farm
• Lee Valley White Water Centre
• Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy

Football stadiaEdit

The earlier stages of the Olympic football competition will be played at football stadia around the United Kingdom shown in the table below. As stated above, the Football final will be at the 90,000 seat Wembley Stadium:

• City of Coventry Stadium (Ricoh Arena)
• Hampden Park
• Millennium Stadium
• Old Trafford
• St James' Park (Sports Direct Arena)

See AlsoEdit

• Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
• Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
• Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.

Preceded by Vancouver 2010

Olympics 2012

Succeeded by Sochi 2014

Preceded by Beijing 2008

Summer Olympics 2012

Succeeded by Rio de Janeiro 2016