LONDON 2012OLYMPICS

Olympics The modern Olympic Games are a major

international event featuring summer and winter sports in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions.

The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating.

The Games are currently held biennially, with Summer and Winter Games alternating, meaning they each occur every four years.

Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.

The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games.

Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympics for athletes with a disability, Blind Olympics for the blind and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes.

Ancient Olympics The Ancient Olympic Games

were a religious and athletic festival held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece among representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece. These games featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events.

Youth Olympics:-The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event first held

in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010.

Winter Olympics :- The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924.

Paralympics :- In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, determined to promote the rehabitation of soldiers after World War II, organized a multi-sport event between several hospitals to coincide with the 1948 London Olympics. Guttmann's event, known then as the Stoke Mandeville Games, became an annual sports festival.

Blind Olympics :- Each year, Junior Blind hosts a number of events for children and families. The organization’s signature event, Junior Blind Olympics, invites boys and girls ages 6 to 19 to compete in Olympic-style events adapted for the blind.

Other Common Olympics

LONDON 2012

London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the

XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

It took place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

The first event, the group stage in women's football, began two days earlier, on 25 July.

More than 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.

SPORTS

Archery Atheletics Badminton Basket Ball Beach VolleyBall

Boxing CyclingBMX

Cycling-Mountain

Bike

Canoe-slalom

Canoe-sprint

CyclingRoad

CyclingTrack

Diving Equestrian Fencing

FootBall

Gymnatics-Artistics

Gymnastics-Rythmic

HandballGymnastics-Trampoline

Hockey Judo ModernPentathlon

Rowing Sailing

Shooting Swimming SynchronisedSwimming

TableTennis

Taekwondo

Tennis Trampoline Triathlon WaterPolo

Weightlifting Wrestling

1st twenty Medal Counts of London 2012

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 United States of America 46 29 29 104

2 People’s Republic of China 38 27 23 88

3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65

4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82

5 Republic of Korea 13 8 7 28

6 Germany 11 19 14 44

7 France 11 11 12 34

8 Italy 8 9 11 28

9 Hungary 8 4 5 17

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

10 Australia 7 16 12 35

11 Japan 7 14 17 38

12 Kazakhstan 7 1 5 13

13 Netherlands 6 6 8 20

14 Ukraine 6 5 9 20

15 New Zealand 6 2 5 13

16 Cuba 5 3 6 14

17 Islamic Republic of Iran 4 5 3 12

18 Jamaica 4 4 4 12

19 Czech Republic 4 3 3 10

20 Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea

4 0 2 6

AWESOME CLICKS AT LONDON 2012

Cycling-Track

Cycling-Track (Fast)

Opening Ceremony

Equestrain

Swimming

Cycling-BMX

Best of Opening Ceremony

The Most Beautiful Picture taken at London 2012 Olympics

Opening ceremony comes to an end

Gymnastics

Unforgettable Moments at London Olympics 2012

Sir Matthew Pinsent lights the cauldron with the Olympic Flame on the Royal rowbarge Gloriana as it makes it way down the River Thames towards Tower Bridge.

Best of Olympic Torch Relay

Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic Flame on top of a London Eye pod on the Torch Relay through London.

Olympic gold medallist and former sprinter Michael Johnson holds the Flame at Stonehenge, at the beginning of Day 55 of the Torch Relay. Stonehenge is an ancient site in Wiltshire, south-west England, and is made of a combination of Bluestone, Sarson and Welsh Sandstone. There are a number of stories behind the origin of the monument: the main theories being that it was built for human sacrifices, or it being used for astronomy purposes.

Former basketball player John Amaechi and gymnast Nadia Comaneci exchange the Olympic Flame on the viewing platform of North Greenwich Arena during Day 64 of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Oliver Golding holds the Olympic Flame in between the Olympic Rings at Kew Gardens during Day 67 of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Torchbearer Thomas Thacker lights the cauldron in Walpole Park at the end of Day 67.

Former World Cup winning footballer Gordon Banks carries the Olympic Flame down Wembley Way during Day 68.

Coming up next Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will

host the summer olympics of 2016

Created by, S.Samuel Jude

S.VenkateshM.A.Ruban

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Chennai ,TamilNadu,India.