London Olympics

London Olympics

The sport of Sailing at the London 2012 Games will feature 10 different classes. 2012 Summer Olympic Sailing Events Key Facts Venue: Weymouth and Portland Dates: Saturday 28 July – Saturday 11 August Gold medals: 10 Athletes: 380 Sailing: A history of the sport Sailing, previously known as Yachting, developed as a sport from an [...]

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Swimming is one of the four disciplines of the Olympic sport Aquatics 2012 Summer Olympic Swimming Events Key facts Venue: Aquatics Centre Dates: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 12 August Gold medals: 34 Athletes: 850 A short history Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross rivers and lakes – we know this because [...]

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Badminton at the London 2012 Games will feature men’s, women’s, doubles and mixed doubles events. 2012 Summer Olympic Badminton Events Key facts Dates: Saturday 28 July – Saturday 4 August Gold medals: 5 Athletes: 172 (86 men, 86 women) Badminton: Then and now Badminton grew out of game called ‘Poone’, which was popular in India [...]

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Tennis was one of the sports played at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896. 2012 Summer Olympic Tennis Events Key facts Venue: Wimbledon Dates: Thursday 2 August – Saturday 11 August, 2012 Events: Mens and Women’s singles & doubles; mixed doubles Gold medals: 6 Athletes: 172 Tennis: A history of the sport Tennis [...]

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Beach Volleyball is one of two disciplines in the Olympic sport of Volleyball. 2012 Summer Olympic Volleyball – Beach Events Key facts Venue: Horse Guards Parade Dates: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 12 August, 2012 Gold medals: 2 Athletes: 96 Volleyball: a short history Beach volleyball first appeared in the early 1920s in Santa Monica, [...]

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At the London 2012 Games Dressage is one of the three disciplines of the sport of Equestrian. Equestrian is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms. It is also the only one in which humans and animals compete together. 2012 Summer Olympic Equestrian – Dressage Events [...]

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Canoe Slalom is one of the two disciplines of the sport of Canoeing. Venue: Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre Dates: Canoe Slalom: Sunday 29 July – Wednesday 1 August Gold medals: 4 Athletes: 82 Canoeing at the Olympic Games The first Olympic Canoe Slalom was at the Munich Games in 1972. It came back into [...]

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Eventing is one of the three disciplines in the Olympic sport of Equestrian. 2012 Summer Olympic Equestrian – Eventing Key facts Venue: Greenwich Park Dates: Saturday 28 July – Tuesday 31 July Gold medals: 2 (Team and Individual)Athletes: 75 Eventing: A short history Developed to test and prepare cavalry horses in the military, Eventing has [...]

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The Olympic sport of Volleyball includes two disciplines: Volleyball and Beach Volleyball. 2012 Summer Olympic Volleyball Events Key facts Venue: Earls Court Date: Saturday 28 July – Sunday 12 August, 2012 Gold medals: 2 Athletes: 288 Volleyball Volleyball: a short history Volleyball began in the same place as Basketball – a YMCA gym in Massachusetts, [...]

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