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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 or "London 2012 Olympic Games", held in the city of London in the UK, from 27 July to 12 August . London becomes the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, before it did in 1908 and 1948.

London was chosen as the host city on July 6, 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, defeating Moscow, New York, Madrid and Paris, after four rounds of voting. The winning bid was led by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.. of events. The medals are listed by the participating countries and are sorted in descending counting the gold medals, in case of a tie, counting equally ordered the silver medals, and if kept equal, the medals are counted bronze.
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 36 22 19 77
2 United States 34 22 25 81
3 Great Britain 22 13 13 48
4 South Korea 12 7 June 25
5 Russia 19 November 22 52
6 France 8 September 11 28
7 Germany 7 15 October 32
8 Italy 7 6 April 17
9 March 2 11 Hungary 6
Kazakhstan 10 6 0 2 8

HISTORY
Olímpicos1 or Olympics Games, 2, or simply shorthand and Olympics are multidisciplinary sporting events involving athletes from around the world, in ancient Greece were dedicated to the god Zeus. There are two types of Olympics: Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, which take place in a range, including four years. The organization responsible for conducting them is the International Olympic Committee (for short, IOC).

The current Olympic Games were inspired by the eighth century BC by the ancient Greeks organized in the city of Olympia, between 776 to. C. and 393 d. C. In the nineteenth century, the idea of ​​making some events similar to those organized in antiquity, which would be realized primarily through the efforts of the French nobleman Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin. The first edition of the so-called Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens, capital of Greece. Since that time, the Summer Olympics have been held every four years in various parts of the planet, the only exceptions being the editions of 1916, 1940 and 1944, due to the outbreak of the First and Second World War.
The Olympic symbol consists of five rings represent the five continents of the world: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Are intertwined to symbolize the friendship of all peoples sport.
The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924 in the French town of Chamonix. Originally performed as part of the summer event, the IOC considered them as a separate event retroactively, and from that date began to be held in the same year as the original games. Subsequently, in order to foster the development of winter events, the IOC decided to delay the implementation of the Winter Olympics from Lillehammer 1994. Since then, the Winter Olympics are held in even years between two Summer Games. In 2007, the IOC decided to incorporate a new type of event: Youth Olympic Games, which began to be held from 2010 and 2012 editions of summer and winter, respectively.
The next Summer Olympics be held in London, UK, in 2012, while the Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia in 201Se tiene conocimiento


that about three thousand years ago, towards 776 BC in the city of Olympia, ancient Greece, athletes gathered from different regions to compete in different sports at the time.

From athletes expected the best performance for the pride of his hometown. In return they were proclaimed as heroes by placing a wreath made of olive branches, cut with a special knife for a 12 years, a condition that should have their parents live.

The winners on arrival, went through a hole made in the wall of the city to be closed after passage to prevent the escape of the city win the champions trophy ofrendaban their god Zeus.

From that moment the athlete's support was provided by the municipality for the rest of his days. The sport was held naked and barefoot. It excluded women and their participation was forbidden as spectators. Any violation of the rule was paid with death. However, the proud mother of your child's participation and dressed in a robe, entered clandestinely to observe their participation. When discovered he was taken to court where he was forgiven for being the mother of an Olympic champion.