Olympic Games 2012 in London

A bit of history.

• The tradition of Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece. The idea of Olympic Games is attributed to Hercules – mighty hero of Greek mythology.

Olympic games - is the largest international sporting competitions, which are held every 4 years.

London was chosen as candidate July 6, 2005.Thirties Summer Olympic Games, held in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

Summer Games 2012

Opening ceremony took place on July 27 at a new, specially built for the games Olympic stadium. it was called the «island wonders».

Olympics opening ceremony

Olympic Stadium

Bullring O2

Wembley Stadium

Harbor for sailing competitions

SPORTS OBJECTS

Image is composed of four parts in ideal irregular polygons that represent the year the Olympic Games-«2», «0», «1», «2».

EMBLEM 2012

CharmsWenlock

Mandeville

WenlockNamed after Much Wenlock which held its first event like olimpm.

Mandeville Named in honor of the city hospital, Stoke Mandeville, where the first in the UK on the similarity of Paralympic competition.

Anthem Official anthem of the Olympic Games in London was the song Survival of MuSe. Song was played during the opening of the Olympics and the athletes at the awards ceremony./

Games The entire event took place in 26 sports and 39 sports disciplines

Participate in the Olympic Games, almost all countries of the world

recordsall these games found 95 records :39-world,56-olimiyskih.

Russian championsWeightliftingNatalia ZabolotnaTatiana Kashirina

ShootingAlexey KlimovValeri Shomin

Track-and-field athleticsElena Lashmanova

Result Russia•Judo 3 gold , 1 silver, 1 bronze medals•Swimming1 gold , 1 silver, 1 bronze medals•Gymnastics1 gold , 1 silver, 2 bronze medals•Rowing and Canoeing2 gold , 2 silver, 1 bronze medals•Archery1 bronze medal

•Diving1 gold , 2 silver medals•Cycling2 bronze medal•Fencing 2 silver, 1 bronze medals•Boxing1 gold , 1 silver, 1 bronze medals•Wrestling 4 gold , 5 silver, 3 bronze medals

Medal standings Russia

24 gold26 silver 32 bronze

The Russian national team at the Olympic Games in London has become the fourth the number of medals won, almost overtaking China for the first time in 12 years, having achieved a victory in the game.

it was a hard game…

Closing CeremonyClosing ceremony was held on August 12 and was called the «Symphony of British music».

Olympics bring people together…