Trevor Himma 2009 About the Olympic Games International

Trevor Himma 2009

About the Olympic Games • International multi-sport event • Divided into two generations 1. Ancient Olympic Games ( since 776 B. C. ) 2. Modern Olympic Games ( since 1859 ) • Takes place every 2 years • Summer and Winter games take turns

2012 Summer Olympics • • • Host city – London, United Kingdom Nations participating – 205 Athletes participating – 12 500 300 events in 26 sports The London Olympic Stadium – built specially for 2012 Olympics ( 80 000 seats ) • Opening ceremony – July 27 • Closing ceremony – August 12 • Muslims complain about the Olympics taking place during the month of Ramadan

26 Olympic sports • • • • Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoe and Kayak Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball • • • • Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

The UK is the front-runner in: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Cycling Swimming Canoeing Equestrian Sailing Athletics Rowing

Great Britain is the 3 rd most successful country in the Olympics, with: 207 gold medals 255 silver medals 253 bronze medals Some of the most successful athletes of the United Kingdom Name Sport Olympic medals won Chris Hoy Cycling 4 gold, 1 silver Bradley Wiggins Cycling 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze Rebecca Adlington Swimming 2 gold Ben Ainslie Sailing 3 gold, 1 silver Iain Percy Sailing 2 gold Tim Brabants Canoeing 1 gold, 2 bronze

The logo of the 2012 Olympics • Designed by Wolff Olins brand consultancy • Development cost £ 400. 000 • The shapes are simplified representations of the geographical shapes of the five continents - clockwise from top right: Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia in the centre. • 2012 is often misread as 20 R • The logo has recieved harsh criticism and is most commonly described as a “joke”, “disaster”, “puerile mess”, “commercial scandal” and “kid’s competition entry”. • Design guru Stephen Bayley has said: "There are 5, 000 talented designers who could have done the job for £ 10, 000. "

Financing • • • Total budget £ 9. 345 billion The Games are privately funded by sponsors like Adidas, British Airways, You. Tube, BT, EDF Energy and others Building the venues and infrastructure is met largely by public money: 1. 64% from Central Government 2. 23% from National Lottery 3. 13% from the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency

Opening and Closing Ceremonies • Fireworks, music, dance, culture and the top athletes from around the world • Watched by a worldwide audience of one in three people • Ceremonies will welcome the world to London and set the tone for the 2012 Games

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