London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics
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- Olympic Park
- Olympic Stadium
- Aquatics Centre
- Copper Box
- BMX Track
- Velodrome
- Eton Manor arena
- Basketball Arena
- Water Polo Arena
- Riverbank Arena
- Orbit
- Energy Station
- Shops
- Promotional buildings
- Rivers
- Park Live
- Entertainment
- Gardens
- Security
- Olympic Village
- London venues
- ExCel
- North Greenwich Arena
- Horse Guards Parade
- Hyde Park
- Lee Valley White Water Centre
- Lords Cricket Ground
- The Mall
- Earls Court Exhibition Centre
- Greenwich Park
- The Royal Artillery Barracks
- Hampton Court Palace
- Wembley Arena
- Wembley Stadium
- Wimbledon
- Out-of-London venues
- Brands Hatch
- Eton Dorney
- Hadleigh Farm
- Box Hill
- Weymouth & Portland
- Hampden Park
- Old Trafford
- City of Coventry Stadium
- St. James' Park
- Millennium Stadium
- Torch Relay
- Logos & Mascots
- London 2012 Logo
- Olympic Logo
- Paralympic Logo
- Wenlock and Mandeville
- Gold Post Boxes
Torch Relay
The UK torch relay lasted 70 days, with 66 evening celebrations. About 8,000 people carried the torch a total distance of about 8,000 miles (12,800 km), starting from Land's End in Cornwall. The torch relay passed within one hour's travelling time for 95% of the UK population. It was intended to help the London 2012 Olympic Legacy by getting school children, local celebrities and local people involved.Shared Description used on 72 images
The Olympic Flame travelled from Athens by plane to Cornwall, where it was taken to Land's End. On 19th May it started the 8,000 mile journey over 70 days carried by 8,000 runners to reach London on 27th July for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Logos & Mascots
London 2012 Logo
This was designed by Wolff Olins, was published on 4 June 2007 as a representation of the number 2012, with the Olympic Rings embedded within the zero.
Olympic Logo
The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. According to de Coubertin, the ring colours with the white background stand for those colours that appeared on all the national flags that competed in the Olympic games at that time
Paralympic Logo
The 2012 Summer Paralympics used an emblem sharing a common design with that of the Summer Olympics—the first time this had ever been done.The symbol of the Paralympic Games is composed of three "agitos", coloured red, blue, and green, encircling a single point, on a white field. The agito ("I move" in Latin) is a symbol of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent. The Paralympic symbol was created by the Scholz & Friends agency and approved in April 2003.
Wenlock and Mandeville
The Olympic and Paralympic mascots, named after Much Wenlock, the inspiration for the modern Olympic games and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, which organised the first Stoke Mandeville Games in 1948 (the same year as the previous London games), which is considered to be the precursor to the Paralympics.
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These two-metre-tall figures have appeared on London's streets in the run up to the Olympic Games. They are made with the last drops of steel left over from the construction of the final support girder of the Olympic Stadium.
Wenlock's name is derived from the Shropshire village of Much Wenlock which hosted Wenlock Games that inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin to create the modern Olympics.
Mandeville's name comes from the Stoke Mandeville Games, widely recognised as a forerunner of the Paralympic movement.
Wenlock's name is derived from the Shropshire village of Much Wenlock which hosted Wenlock Games that inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin to create the modern Olympics.
Mandeville's name comes from the Stoke Mandeville Games, widely recognised as a forerunner of the Paralympic movement.
Gold Post Boxes
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During the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, the Royal Mail celebrated each Great Britain gold medal by painting a post box gold in the home town of each gold medal winning olympian and paralympian.
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