Go to London for Olympic Games 2012 - By: thinktankmukesh

Olympic Games, the most awaited sports events for a large number of athletes of the world, originated in Olympia in Greece in the 8th century BC. It took place till 5th century AD. Modern Olympic Games started in 1896 after the foundation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. It takes place every two years with alternating of Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. The games held every four years with seasonal games. It means if summer Olympic Games held in 2008 will take place in 2012. Paralympic games are also held just after Olympic Games for physically disabled athletes. Paralympic Games started in 2008. The Olympic games of 1916, 1940 and 1944 were canceled due to the World Wars. The number of participants was very less in the Olympic Games of 1980 and 1984 due to Cold Wars. The Olympic Games took place every four years altering seasonal games (Winter Olympic and Summer Olympic) without any obstructions after 1984.

Olympic Games 2012 is going to be held in London. London becomes the first city to organize Olympic Games three times. London has hosted Olympic Games two times earlier in 1908 and 1948. 113 qualified and estimated 204 countries are going to participate in Olympic Games 2012. About 849 qualified and 10 500 estimated athletes will become the participants of Olympic Games 2012. The opening ceremony will be in London on the 27th July and the closing ceremony will be on the 12th August, 2012. The total events taking place in Olympic Games 2012 are 302.

Olympic Games 2012 includes 26 sports categorized into 39 disciplines. The sports which will be played are Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Cycling-BMS, Cycling- Mountain Bike, Cycling-Road, Cycling-Track, Diving, Equestrian-Dressage, Equestrian-Eventing, Equestrian-Jumping, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics-Artistic, Gymnastic-Rhythmic, Gymnastic-Trampoline, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

Olympic Game dates have been changed. The first Olympic game dates were officially broadcasted on the 15th October, 2010. The current Olympic game dates came into light on the 15th February, 2011. There are some issues regarding Olympic Games schedule. As Olympic Games 2012 is scheduled from the 27th July to the 12th August, 2012. During this period, Muslim athletes will be on fast from sunrise to sunset due to Ramadan. Some of Muslim athletes have requested to reschedule the games outside the period of Ramadan. According to the current Olympic Games schedule, the opening ceremony will be held on Friday, July 27. The first competition of Archery will also be held on the 27th July. The event competitions & event finals take place on various dates in July and August. Event finals start on the 28th July (Archery, Fencing, Judo, Cycling, etc). All the event finals will end on Sunday, August 12, 2012. There will be a closing ceremony on the 12th August, 2012.

Organizers expect that eight million Olympic Games tickets will be available for customers. The first phase of getting tickets through online completed on April 26, 2011. Now the second phase of tickets selling available and you can get tickets till 6 pm on July 3, 2011. For getting Olympic game tickets, you have to apply for paper tickets from September 9 to September 30, 2011 after completing some requirements. Get Tickets and go to London for Olympic Games 2012.

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