2012 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXX Olympiad, in London, United Kingdom
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Summary
2012 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 16,026 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #5 of 35).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 2008 Summer Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 2016 Summer Olympics[6]
- Location: London[7]
- Commons category: 2012 Summer Olympics[8]
- Edition number: 30[9]
- Has part(s): football at the 2012 Summer Olympics[10], rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics[11], handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics[12], weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics[13], wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics[14], athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics[15], volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics[16], water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics[17], swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics[18], archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics[19], shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics[20], field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics[21], diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics[22], gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics[23]
- Officially opened by: Elizabeth II[24]
- Oath made by: Mik Basi[25], Sarah Stevenson[26], Eric Farrell[27]
- Torch lit by: Callum Airlie[28], Jordan Duckitt[29], Desirèe Henry[30], Katie Kirk[31], Cameron MacRitchie[32], Aidan Reynolds[33], Adelle Tracey[34]
- Start time: July 27, 2012[35]
- End time: August 12, 2012[36]
- Point in time: 2012[37]
- Sport: Olympic sport[38]
- Organizer: London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games[39]
- Participant: Afghanistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics[40], Egypt at the 2012 Summer Olympics[41], Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics[42], Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics[43], France at the 2012 Summer Olympics[44], Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics[45], United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics[46], Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics[47], Algeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics[48], American Samoa at the 2012 Summer Olympics[49], Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics[50], Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics[51], Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics[52], Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics[53]
Why It Matters
2012 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]