2012 Olympics

Symbol of the Olympic Games is the intersection of five rings symbolizing each of the five continents involved in the various disciplines and sports, sports and friendship between countries. But each issue has its own logo.

Logo of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The London 2012 Olympic torch.

The tradition of the torch carried in relay by cross country athletes is used to light the Olympic flame, which burns without interruption until the next Olympic Games. These torches were first introduced by Carl Diem responsible for the 1936 Olympic Games as during the ancient Olympic Games at the Temple of Hera in Olympia burned a flame when they lasted.

The emblem of the games in the Olympic torch.

The official mascots 

The official mascots of the Olympics and Paralympics are Wenlock and Mandeville. They were created by the company Iris and delivered on May 19, 2010. According to the story, both born of the drops falling steel construction of the last support beam of the Olympic Stadium in London.

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 . Mandeville's name, meanwhile, refers to Stoke Mandeville, in Buckinghamshire. There, in 1948, the same day it was inaugurated the London Olympics Dr. Ludwig Guttmann organized a competition for veterans of World War II who suffered spinal cord injuries, which laid the foundation for Paralympics.

The XXX Olympic Games was a sporting event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in the city of London, UK. The first event, the group stage in the women's football tournament began two days before the inauguration on July 25, 2012. Around 10,500 athletes from 204 countries participating in the Olympic Games in London.

Organized

The event was organized by two entities: the Organizing Committee and the Project Office Olympics (ODA by its acronym in English). The organizing committee was responsible for planning, as well as raising the funds needed to carry it out. He was also responsible for the implementation of the opening and closing ceremonies, the Olympic torch relay, the participation of non-profit organizations, the promotion of pets and the festival in 2012. The committee chairman was former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.38

Meanwhile, the Project Office was responsible for carrying out the works necessary materials for the development of the Olympic Games, as well as transport and services for optimal functioning. There was also support from other agencies: the Olympic Board that was responsible for the coordination and inspection of the games, The Nation and Regions Groups, which ensured the involvement of people in the UK in the games, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson , which helped ensure that Londoners benefit event received, the Department of Culture, Communications and Sports, finance Manager of the games and sponsorship of ODA, and the official sponsors of international and United Unido.38 addition to the development of the event was attended by around 70,000 volunteers

Sports

In the sports tournament twenty-six developed covering Olympic sports disciplines thirty-nine. With respect to the previous edition, two sports were less with the removal of baseball and softball from the Olympic program. However, there was some news: for the first time took place in the women's boxing, also in track cycling the number of competitions for each gender was five, unlike in Beijing where he had five for men and three for women, and added in tennis mixed doubles competition