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London 2012 Summer Olympics
Congratulations London! 
Great Britain placed fourth in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics
with a total of 47 medals — 19 of them Gold. Way to go!
Host of 2012 Summer Olympic Games
— First City to Host Games 3 Times!
Start planning your Vacation, Business Meeting or Corporate Event
now to visit London — host
of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. London is the first city to
host the Olympic Games three times (1908, 1948 and 2012).
London 2012 Olympics Key Dates
— Opening & Closing Ceremonies
Opening Ceremonies: July 27, 2012
Closing Ceremonies: August 12, 2012
More Info
London 2012 Summer Olympics
Official Web Site
Beijing 2008 Olympics — UK
Recap
Best Olympic Performance in 100
Years
British competitors won 19 Golds in Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympic
Games, finishing
in fourth place, with a total of 47 medals — behind the United States (110
medals), host city China (100 medals), and Russia (72 medals). It was the country's
best
Olympic performance in a century.
Britain's Top Olympic Medalists
— 2008
Beijing Summer Olympics
Click on the link below to see a complete list of Great Britain's
Top Olympic Medalists - Athletes, Sporting Events and Medals
Great
Britain's Top Olympic Medalists
Beijing to London Handover
Following Beijing's Closing Ceremonies, over 200,000 people gathered
together at varies venues around Great Britain to celebrate
the Olympic Games "handover" from
Beijing
to
London.
British "Pomp & Circumstance"
— Let the Games Begin
The next Olympics are going
to be a tough act to follow (especially after Beijing's spectacular
Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies),
but no one does "Pomp & Circumstance" — a
splendid celebration with ceremony and fuss — better than the
Brits!
London 2012 will be upon
us before
we know
it... Let the Games Begin!
The Royal Parks & London 2012 Games
The Royal Parks & the London 2012 Games
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History of London's
Olympic Games
London has hosted the Olympic Games twice — in 1908 and
1948. The 2012 games will be the city's third Olympics, the most
of any
city.
Rome was originally slated to host the 1908 Olympics, however,
after the 1906 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, the games were
relocated to London.
History of the Olympics
1896 — Athens
1900 — Paris
1904 — St. Louis
1906 — Athens
1908 — London
1912 — Stockholm
1916 — No Games*
1920 — Antwerp
1924 — Paris
1928 — Amsterdam
1932 — Los Angeles
1936 — Berlin
1940 — No Games*
1944 — No Games*
1948 — London
1952 — Helsinki
1956 — Melbourne
1960 — Rome
1964 — Tokyo
1968 — Mexico City
1972 — Munich
1976 — Montreal
1980 — Moscow
1984 — Los Angeles
1988 — Seoul
1992 — Barcelona
1996 — Atlanta
2000 — Sydney
2004 — Athens
2008 — Beijing
2012 — London
* No Olympic Games were held in 1916, due to
World War 1. Games were also cancelled in 1940 and 1944, due to
World War II.
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