London 2012 Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will take place in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. 

184 countries are participating.

The 2012 Summer Olympic programme features 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines. 

The 2012 Paralympic Games programme has 20 sports and 21 disciplines. 

For the first time, women's boxing is included in the programme.

London 2012 : Facts and figures

The History of the Olympics

Time to play! Help Omar, the tourist, through London.

Find out the full programme : go and visit the official London 2012 website!

ARE YOU AN EXPERT? Try the EASY BBC QUIZ!      THE CBBC QUIZ!  

Read the story about the first marathon with Learn English Kid

Play a GAME of OLYMPIC SPORTS! 

OLYMPIC SPORTS VOCABULARY GAME (Play and play again!)

The Olympic Trivia Game 

OLYMPIC WORDSEARCH

A game for Athletics pros!

Sing "Proud", the official song of 2012.

If you really want to sing, here are the lyrics!

Here is the official programme of events:

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

July / August	25 Wed	26 Thu	27 Fri	28 Sat	29 Sun	30 Mon	31 Tue	1 Wed	2 Thu	3 Fri	4 Sat	5 Sun	6 Mon	7 Tue	8 Wed	9 Thu	10 Fri	11 Sat	12 Sun	Events
Ceremonies			OC																CC
Archery			●	1	1	●	●	●	1	1										4
Athletics										2	5	7	5	4	4	5	6	8	1	47
Badminton				●	●	●	●	●	●	1	2	2								5
Basketball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Boxing				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	3	●	5	5	13
Canoeing					●	●	1	1	2				●	●	4	4	●	4		16
Cycling				1	1			2	2	2	1	1	1	3	●	●	2	1	1	18
Diving					1	1	1	1		●	●	1	●	1	●	1	●	1		8
Equestrian				●	●	●	2		●	●	●	●	1	1	2					6
Fencing				1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1								10
Field hockey					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Football	●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		●	●		1	●	1		2
Gymnastics				●	●	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4		●	●	1	1	18
Handball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Judo				2	2	2	2	2	2	2										14
Modern pentathlon																		1	1	2
Rowing				●	●	●	●	3	3	4	4									14
Sailing					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2	2	2	1	1	1	1		10
Shooting				2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2							15
Swimming				4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4					1	1			34
Synchronized swimming												●	●	1		●	1			2
Table tennis				●	●	●	●	1	1	●	●	●	●	1	1					4
Taekwondo															2	2	2	2		8
Tennis				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2	3								5
Triathlon											1			1						2
Volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	●	1	1	4
Water polo					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●		1	2
Weightlifting				1	2	2	2	2		2	1	1	1	1						15
Wrestling												2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	18
Total events				12	14	12	15	20	18	22	25	23	18	21	17	22	16	32	15	302
Cumulative total				12	26	38	53	73	91	113	138	161	179	200	217	239	255	287	302
July / August	25 Wed	26 Thu	27 Fri	28 Sat	29 Sun	30 Mon	31 Tue	1 Wed	2 Thu	3 Fri	4 Sat	5 Sun	6 Mon	7 Tue	8 Wed	9 Thu	10 Fri	11 Sat	12 Sun	Events