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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, were held in London, United Kingdom, from 25 July 2012 to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10,500 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports. [1] Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 103.
[a] [3] The latter record is the largest gold medal haul for the country at a non-US-hosted Olympics. [3] Host nation Great Britain [b] won 29 gold medals and 65 overall medals, making it the most successful Olympics performance for that nation since the 1908 edition. [5] Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin won the most gold medals at the Games ...
Double trap shooter Peter Wilson won the nation's first gold medal in his sport for 12 years. By winning two gold medals in London, track cyclist Chris Hoy emerged as Great Britain's most successful athlete in Olympic history with a total of seven medals, including six golds which surpassed the five golds won by former rower Steve Redgrave.
Lashinda Demus is presented with her reallocated Olympic gold medal from the London 2012 Olympic Games during a Medal Reallocation Ceremony. (Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images) (John ...
Uzbek freestyle wrestler Artur Taymazov has been stripped of his London 2012 Olympic gold medal after re-analysis of stored samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday.
London was chosen over Birmingham to represent Great Britain's bid by the British Olympic Association.. By 15 July 2003—the deadline for interested cities to submit bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)—nine cities had submitted bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics: Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. [24]
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Defending the gold medal won by the 2008 team in the previous Olympic Games, the Americans qualified for the 2012 Games after winning the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The Olympic team lost some players to injuries who might have ...
The bar for the Rio Olympics is set high thanks to the efforts of the 'Fierce Five' from 2012. ... team that won gold at the 2012 London Olympics. ... to win four medals in the individual events ...