Between July 27th and August 12th, London hosted the 2012 Olympic Games, the third time the city has held the event. Athletes from over 200 countries competed in 302 events including swimming, cycling, gymnastics, and more with the addition of women's boxing. While most events took place in London, some like football and sailing occurred at other UK locations like the Isle of Portland. The Olympics cost around £10 billion to stage with ticket prices ranging from £20 to £2,000 and the Olympic torch traveled over 8,000 miles from Greece to London via runners of different nationalities passing it along the way.

1. Between 27th July and 12th August 2012 London is hosting the Olympic Games. After
1908 and 1948, it is the third time that London is the host of this international sports
event. Athletes from more than 200 countries try to win Olympic medals in 302 events
such as swimming, canoeing, rowing, basketball, handball, volleyball, football, cycling,
boxing, fencing, table tennis, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, triathlon, archery,
athletics… The only new discipline this year is women’s boxing.
However, not all of these events will take place in London. The football tournament, for
example, will be at different stadiums around the UK and the sailing events will take
place on the Isle of Portland.
The total costs for the London Olympics are around 10 billion pounds (=12 billion euros)
and
a tickets cost between £20 and £2000 pounds!
The Olympic torch:
The Olympic torch will travel eight
The two mascots are Wenlock and
thousand miles from Greece to
Mandeville.
London. Athletes from different
nationalities pass it on from one
runner to the next one.