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RECORDS BROKEN SO FAR - LONDON
2012 OLYMPIC GAMES
Record Title
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Record Holder
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Record Date
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Record Nationality
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Record Details
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Most individual Olympic medals won
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Michael Phelps
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31st July 2012
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USA
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The most individual Olympic medals
won is 19 by swimmer Michael Phelps (USA). "The Baltimore Bullet"
achieved his impressive medals haul at three Olympics, winning six gold and
two bronze medals in the pool at the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece, a record
eight gold medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing, China, and a first two silver
medals and one gold at the Olympic Games held in London, UK, in 2012. Read More
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Most gold medals won at the
Olympics
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Michael Phelps
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31st July 2012
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USA
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The most gold medals won at the
Olympics (male) is 15 by swimmer Michael Phelps (USA), with six at the 2004
Olympics in Athens, eight at the 2008 Games in Beijing, and one at the 2012
London Olympic Games as of 31 July 2012.
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Most consecutive sets won in
Olympic beach volleyball
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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
Jennings
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30th July 2012
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USA
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The most consecutive sets won in
Olympic beach volleyball is 32 (and counting) by Misty May-Treanor and Kerri
Walsh Jennings (USA) starting at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
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Most consecutive victories in
Olympic beach volleyball
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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
Jennings
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30th July 2012
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USA
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The most consecutive victories in
Olympic beach volleyball is 16 (and counting) by Misty May-Treanor and Kerri
Walsh Jennings (USA) starting at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
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Heaviest weightlifting 62 kg total
(male)
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Kim Un Guk
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30th July 2012
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North Korea
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The heaviest weightlifting 62 kg
total (male) is 327 kg by Kim Un Guk (North Korea) at the 2012 London Olympic
Games in London, UK, on 30 July 2012. The record total consisted of a 153 kg
snatch and 174 kg clean and jerk.
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Heaviest weightlifting 62 kg snatch
(male)
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Kim Un Guk
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28th June 2002
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North Korea
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The heaviest weightlifting 62 kg
snatch (male) is 153 kg, by Shi Zhiyong (China) in Izmir, Turkey, on 28 June
2002 and matched by Kim Un Guk (North Korea) at the 2012 London Olympic Games
on 30 July 2012.
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Youngest Olympic 100m swimming
breaststroke winner (female)
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Ruta Meilutyte
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30th July 2012
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Lithuania
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The youngest winner of the Olympic
100m swimming breaststroke (female) is Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania, b. 19 March
1997), who won gold in the final at the 2012 London Olympic Games at the age
of 15 years 133 days in London, UK, on 30 July 2012.
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Youngest Olympic weightlifting gold
medalist
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo
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29th July 2012
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Kazakhstan
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The youngest weightlifting gold
medalist is Zulfiya Chinshanlo (Kazakhstan) aged 19 years and 4 days,
achieved in London, UK, on 29 July 2012.
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Greatest weight lifted in a clean
and jerk weightlifting (female)
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Zulfiya Chinshanlo
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29th July 2012
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Kazakhstan
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The greatest weight lifted in a
clean and jerk (female) is 131kg for Zulfiya Chinshanlo (Kazakhstan), in
London, UK, on 29 July 2012.
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Fastest Women's 100 m butterfly
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Dana Vollmer
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29th July 2012
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USA
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The fastest 100 m butterfly
(female) is 55.98 sec, and was achieved by Dana Vollmer (USA) in London, UK,
on 29 July 2012
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Most Olympic women's shooting
medals
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Kim Rhodes
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29th July 2012
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USA
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The most medals won by a women is
five by Marina Logvinenko (Russia) (n'e Dobrancheva) (b. 2 Sep 1961), two
gold, one silver and two bronze, 1988-96. Her two gold medals is a record for
women's shooting and this was equalled by Renata Mauer-Roznaska (Poland) when
she won the Smallbore Three Position competition in 2000, having previously
won the Air Rifle title in 1996. This has been equalled by Kim Rhodes (USA)in
London, UK, on 29 July 2012.
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Oldest goalscorer in Olympic
football (male)
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Ryan Giggs
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29th July 2012
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Great Britain
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The oldest goalscorer in Olympic
football is Ryan Giggs (UK) aged 38 years 243 days, in London, UK, on 29 July
2012. Giggs hit the first goal in Great Britain's 3-1 win over UAE in their
group match at Wembley Stadium
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Most Olympic medals won by a man
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Michael Phelps
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29th July 2012
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USA
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The most Olympic medals won by a
man is 17 by the swimmer Michael Phelps (USA), achieved in London, UK, on 29
July 2012.
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Fastest 100m long course
breaststroke (Men)
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Cameron Van Der Burgh
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29th July 2012
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South Africa
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The fastest 100 m. long course
breaststroke is 58.46 sec, set by Cameron Van Der Burgh (South Africa) in
London, UK, on 29 July 2012.
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Most Olympic swimming medals by an
individual (female)
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Natalie Coughlin
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28th July 2012
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USA
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The most Olympic swimming medals by
an individual (female) is 12. Natalie Coughlin (USA), equallled Jenny
Thompson and Dara Torres (both USA) after winning bronze at the London 2012
Olympics as part of the USA's 400-meter freestyle relay team.
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Fastest swimming 400 metres medley
long course (women)
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Ye Shiwen
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28th July 2012
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China
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The fastest women's swimming 400
metres medley long course world record was set by Ye Shiwen (China) 4:28.43,
in London, UK, on 28 July 2012
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Most Olympic fencing medals won by
a woman
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Valentina Vezzali
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28th July 2012
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Italy
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The most Olympic fencing medals won
by a woman is 8 and was equalled by Valentina Vezzali (Italy) in London, UK,
on 28 July 2012. She equals Giovanni Trillini (Italy).
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Most Olympic medals in the cycling
road race event (mens)
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Alexandre Vinokourov
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28th July 2012
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Kazakhstan
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The most Olympic medals in the
cycling road race event is 2 and was achieved by Alexandre Vinokourov
(Kazakhstan) between 2000 and 2012.
Vinokourov won silver in Sydney
2000 and gold in London 2012
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Oldest outfield Olympic footballer
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Ryan Giggs
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26th July 2012
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Great Britain
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The oldest outfield Olympic
footballer is Ryan Giggs (UK) aged 38 years and 240 days when Great Britain
played Senegal at Old Trafford, Manchester UK on 26 July 2012.
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Most points scored in 70 metre 3 x
72 arrow FITA round outdoor recurve by a team (male)
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South Korea
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27th July 2012
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South Korea
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Most points scored in 70 metre 3 x
72 arrow FITA round outdoor recurve by a team (male) is 2,078 achieved by the
South Korean team of Dong Hyun Im, Kim Bub-min and Oh Jin-hyek in London, UK,
on 27 July 2012.
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The most points scored in 70 metre
72 arrow FITA outdoor recurve (male)
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Im Dong-hyun
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27th July 2012
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South Korea
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The most points scored in 70 metre
72 arrow FITA outdoor recurve (male) is 699 and was achieved by Im Dong-hyun
(South Korea) in London, UK, on 27 July 2012.
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Most career goals in Olympic
football (female)
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Cristiane
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28th July 2012
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Brazil
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The most career goals in Olympic
football (female) is 12 and was achieved by Cristiane (Brazil) at the London
2012 Olympic Games match against New Zealand on 28 July 2012.
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Most Olympic tickets on sale
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London 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The most tickets for a single
Olympics Games to go on sale is 8.8 million, for the Games of the XXX
Olympiad held in London, UK in 2012.
More than eight million tickets for
London 2012 - 75 per cent of a total 11 million tickets (a figure that
includes the 2.2 million tickets available for the Paralympic Games) - have
been allocated to Britons. Beijing 2008 made 50 per cent of seven million
tickets publicly available, and there are twice as many tickets available to
the domestic public in the UK than at Athens 2004. In April 2011 it was
announced that more than 20 million tickets were applied for in the first
round of sales, with 1.8 million people submitting requests for tickets. 6.6
million tickets went on sale to the public on 15 March 2011 for 39
disciplines in 26 sports and 645 sessions at 34 competition venues. A further
2.3 million tickets were made available to the public in the second round of
sales from 24 June 2011, and more than one million tickets were put on sale
to the British public in December 2011. Further tickets went on sale in May
and June 2012. On 27 June 2012, it was announced by the BBC that over 80 per
cent of all tickets (approximately seven million) for the Olympic Games
(excluding the Paralympics) had been sold. A total of 8.8 million tickets
were available for the Olympics and a further 2.2 million for the Paralympics
- 11 million in total.
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Most Olympic Games hosted by a city
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London 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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London is the first city to host
the Olympic Games three times. They were first held in the city in 1908, the
fourth Olympics of the modern era, then in 1948, the first games since 1936
and World War II, and again in 2012.
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Most Olympic drug tests planned
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London 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The Summer Olympic Games held in
London in 2012 will be he most drug-tested event in Olympic history with
5,000 individual drug tests planned. The tests will be organized and
administered by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic
Games (LOCOG) and the UK Anti-Doping Agency.
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Most modern Summer Olympics Games
hosted
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London
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The most modern Summer Olympic
Games hosted by a city is three, by London, UK, in 1908, 1948 and 2012.
Athens hosted the Summer Olympics
in 1896, 1906 and 2004 but the 1906 Games (known as the 1906 Intercalated
Games) are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Therefore, officially, London is the only city to host the Games three times.
1908 - the fourth modern Olympic Games on the recognized four-year cycle
(following the downgrading of Athens 1906). The first Olympic Games were
staged in 1896. 1948 - known as the "Austerity Games" following
World War II; the first Summer Olympics since Berlin 1936. London is only the
fourth capital city to host the Summer Olympics on more than one occasion -
Paris, France (1900 & 1924), Stockholm, Sweden (1912 & 1956 -
equestrian events only) and Athens, Greece (1896 & 2004) share this
honour. Los Angeles also hosted the Summer Olympics twice, in 1932 and 1984,
but is not, of course, a capital city.
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Most heads of state invited to an
Olympics Games
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London Organising Committee of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The most heads of state invited to
a single Olympic games is 120 by the London Organising Committee of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) for the 2012 games to be held in London
from 27 July to 12 August.
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Most expensive pint of beer at an
Olympic Games
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London Olympic Games 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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A pint of beer at the London 2012
Olympic Games will cost the equivalent of £7.23 ($11.20) - more than twice
the national average price of £3.17 ($4.91), according to the British Beer
and Pub Association.
A 330 ml bottle of Heineken, the
only lager that can be served at the Games under the Dutch brewer's exclusive
sponsorship deal, will cost £4.20 ($6.50) - the equivalent of £7.23 ($11.20)
a pint. By comparison, sports fans at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 could
enjoy a pint of beer for just $2.46 (approximately £1.60). Wembley Stadium
charges £4.70 ($7.28) for a pint of beer.
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Most expensive Olympic ticket
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Opening Ceremony of the Summer
Olympics held in London in 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The most expensive ticket in
Olympic history is £2,012 ($3,250) for the Opening Ceremony of the Summer
Olympics held in London in 2012. Tickets are priced in four bands for the
ceremony on 27 July 2012, with the other prices at £1,600 ($2,586), £995 ($1,608),
£150 ($242), and £20.12 ($35).
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Most expensive Olympic memorabilia
sold at auction
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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The most expensive Olympic
memorabilia sold at auction is the Historic Breal's Silver Cup, Marathon
Winner's Cup from the First Modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, Sold for the
price of £541,250 ($861,502), to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Greece), at
Christie's Auction House in London, UK, on 18 April 2012.
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Most expensive Olympic logo
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London 2012
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2007
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United Kingdom
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The most expensive logo produced
for an Olympic games is the 2012 London Summer Olympics logo, which cost
£400,000 ($645,645) to design. The logo was produced by brand consultants
Wolff Olins (UK) and paid for by private money. The logo was launched to
public disapproval in June 2007, however it was described as edgy, dynamic
and vibrant by Games organizers.
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Most expensive Olympic games
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London Olympic Games 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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In terms of "sport-related
costs", London 2012 is the most expensive Olympics ever at £8.4 billion
($13.01 billion), according to a report by Oxford University's Said Business School.
The figure, which includes security, transport, opening and closing
ceremonies, construction of venues and the athletes' village but excludes
expensive infrastructure projects (such as those commissioned for Athens 2004
and Beijing 2008), means that the London Games are now 100 per cent over its
original budget, set at£4.2 billion ($6.5 billion) in 2004.
The report compares the cost of all
Summer and Winter Olympic Games over the last 50 years. The 2008 Beijing
Games were widely believed to be the most expensive Games on record with many
estimates putting the total at £22 billion ($34.09 billion), but researchers
believe the bill may have been £3.13 billion ($4.85 billion) due to China's
cheaper labour.
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Most countries participating at a
Summer Olympic Games
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Beijing Olympic Games 2008
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2008
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China
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A total of 204 National Olympic
Committees (NOCs) were represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in
Beijing, China. Three countries - Montenegro, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu
-took part in the Games for the first time in 2008 after being recognized as
NOCs in 2008, 2006 and 2008, respectively. Brunei were the only NOC not to be
represented in Beijing.
There are currently 204 NOCs in
existence, and with no countries threatening to boycott the London Olympics,
it is expected that London will tie the record set by Beijing in 2008, even
though only 200 nations have officially qualified for the Games. * This
record was previously held by Athens 2004, with 201 NOCs represented. The
number of participating NOCs has increased with every Olympics since Moscow 1980.
As of 2012, there are a number of unrecognized NOCs, including Macau,
Gibraltar, Montserrat and the Turks & Caicos Islands, so this record
could well be broken at future Olympic Games.
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Most bird boxes at an Olympic Park
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The Olympic Park in Stratford
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The Olympic Park in Stratford,
London, UK, constructed to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in the city has
525 bird boxes installed as part of the Games organizers' commitment to stage
a environmentally sustainable event. There are also 150 bat boxes plus a
number of artificial otter holts.
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Largest Summer Olympic medals
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London Olympic Games 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The 4,700 medals made for the
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are the heaviest in the 116-year
history of the Olympic Games. The Olympic medals are 85 mm (3.3 in) in
diameter and 8-10 mm (0.31-0.39 in) thick. The gold and silver medals weigh
412 g (14.53 oz) while the bronze medals weigh 357 g (12.59 oz).
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First Olympic inclusion of Women’s
Boxing
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London 2012
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The first time that Women's Boxing
has been in included in the Summer Olympic Games programme is at the 2012
Games held in London, UK. Female athletes will compete at three weights,
Flyweight (48-51kg), Lightweight (56-60kg) and Middleweight (69-75kg).
Women's boxing was an exhibition
sport at the St Louis Olympic Games in 1904. Team GB will have three boxers
at London 2012: Nicola Adams (flyweight), Natasha Jonas (lightweight) and
Savannah Marshall (middleweight). Marshall became Britain's first women's world
boxing champion on 19 May 2012.
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First Olympic Games to pass the
100-, 200- and 300-event barriers
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London Olympics, 1908 Moscow
Olympics, 1980 Sydney Olympics, 2000
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2008
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Australia, Russia, United Kingdom
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The first modern Olympics, held in
Athens in 1896, hosted just 43 events across nine sports, the fewest in
Olympic history. However, as interest in the Games spread and more nations
began taking part, so the number of sports and individual events grew. London
1908 was the first Games to breach the 100-event barrier, with 110 events
across 22 sports, but it would be another 72 years before the 200 mark was
passed, with Moscow 1980 hosting 203 events across 21 sports. In 2000, the
Sydney Games again took the Olympics to a new level, featuring 300 events
across a total of 28 sports. Since 2008, however, baseball and softball have
been dropped from the schedule to leave a total of 26 Olympic sports going
into London 2012.
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Oldest company to supply Olympic
medals
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The Royal Mint
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2012
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United Kingdom
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The oldest company to supply medals
to an Olympic Games is the Royal Mint (UK), for the 2012 Summer Olympics held
in London, UK. The Royal Mint was instituted in the year 886 making the
company over 1,100 years old when it produced all the medals for the London
Games.
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Most individual Olympic medals won
in canoe-slalom
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Michal Martikán
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July 31st 2012
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Slovakia
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The most individual Olympic medals
won in canoe-slalom is five by Michal Martikán (Slovakia), with a career two
gold medals, two silver, and one bronze, after winning the bronze medal in
the C1 event at the London Olympic Games on July 31st 2012.
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Most gold medals won in Olympic
canoe-slalom
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Tony Estanguet
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July 31st 2012
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France
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The most gold medals won in Olympic
canoe-slalom is three by Tony Estanguet (France) having won the C1 event at
the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and 2012 London
Olympic Games.
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Longest set in an Olympic tennis
match
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic
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July 31st 2012
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The longest set in an Olympic
tennis match lasted 48 games between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) and Milos
Raonic (Canada), won by Tsonga, 25-23, in a three sets victory 6-3, 3-6,
25-23, at the 2012 London Olympic Games
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Longest Olympic tennis match by
time
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic
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July 31st 2012
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The longest Olympic tennis match by
time lasted 3 hr 57 min between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) and Milos Raonic
(Canada), won by Tsonga in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 25-23, at the 2012 London
Olympic Games.
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Most points scored in an Olympic
water polo match (male)
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Serbia
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July 31st 2012
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The most points scored in an
Olympic water polo match (male) is 21, set by Russia over Slovakia (21-5) at
the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and matched by Serbia over Great Britain (21-7)
at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Most Olympic gold medals won by an
individual on their birthday
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Michael Jung
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July 31st 2012
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Germany
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The most Olympic gold medals won by
an individual on their birthday is two by equestrian participant Michael Jung
(Germany) in the team and individual eventing competition at the 2012 London
Olympic Games on 31 July 2012.
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First cyclist to win the Tour de
France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year
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Bradley Wiggins
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August 1st 2012
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UK
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In 2012, Bradley Wiggins (UK)
became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal
in the same year.
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Most Olympic cycling medals won
(male)
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Bradley Wiggins
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August 1st 2012
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UK
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The most Olympic cycling medals won
by a male rider is seven, by Bradley Wiggins (UK). The 2012 Tour de France
winner won Olympic gold medals in the individual pursuit in 2004 and 2008,
the team pursuit in 2008 and the time trial in London on 1 August 2012. He
won a silver medal in the team pursuit in 2004 and picked up two bronze
medals, in the team pursuit in 2000 and the Madison in 2004.
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Michael Phelps |
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning - rowing |
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning - rowing |
Misty May- Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings |
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