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The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of the Games, on 3–12 August. Track and field events took place at the Olympic Stadium in east London. The road events, however, started and finished on The Mall in central London. [3]
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 decathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–9 August. [1]From the outset, new world record holder Ashton Eaton dominated the events with teammate Trey Hardee his closest competitor.
The men's 800 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–9 August. [1] Fifty-five athletes from 43 nations competed. [2] The event was won in a world record time of 1:40.91 by David Rudisha of Kenya, the second consecutive and fourth overall title for Kenya in the event ...
The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August. [1] The winning margin was 0.21 seconds. The times in the three semi-finals were very close, but while Allyson Felix appeared to put a minimum of effort to hold off Murielle Ahouré in heat two, in heat one Veronica Campbell Brown dipped at the finish to edge Carmelita Jeter and in heat ...
The Women's 800 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–11 August. [2] Mariya Savinova finished the race in first place, but she has since been stripped of the gold medal for doping.
The men's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–11 August. [1] In a tactical, slow race, the gold medal was won by 0.32 seconds by reigning World champion Mo Farah of host Great Britain, completing a distance double having won the 10,000 metres a week earlier.
Olympic record United States (USA) (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) 37.40: Barcelona, Spain: 8 August 1992 2012 world leading: Racers Track Club (Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Kimmari Roach, Usain Bolt) 37.82: Kingston, Jamaica: 14 April 2012