London Olympic 2012 Ticket Prices

Below is a full summary of the actual prices of London Olympic tickets for all sports.Opening & Closing Ceremonies:Opening Ceremony Olympic Park: Olympic Stadium £2,012 £1,600 £995 £150 £20.12 Closing Ceremony Olympic Park: Olympic Stadium £1,500 £995 £655 £150 £20.12 Archery - Lord's Cricket GroundPreliminary M/W £65 £45 £30 £20 Final M/W £95 £65 £45 £30 Athletics - Olympic Park - Olympic Stadium Preliminary M/W £150 £95 £65 £40 £20 Final M/W £450 £295 £150 £95 £50 Super final M/W £725 £420 £295 £125 £50 Athletics - Marathon London Final M/W £50 £30 £20 Athletics - Race Walk London Final M/W £30 £20 Badminton - Wembley Arena Preliminary M/W £75 £50 £35 £20 Quarter-final M/W £95 £65 £45 £30 Semi-final M/W £95 £65 £45 £30 Final M/W £150 £95 £65 £45Basketball - Olympic Park - Basketball...

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London Olympics 2012 Venues

The main venues for the London 2012 Olympic Games VenueSportsCapacity All England Tennis ClubTennis30,000 Aquatics CentreDiving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo, Paralympic Swimming, Modern Pentathlon.17,500 for Diving and Swimming events and 5,000 for Water Polo Basketball ArenaBasketball, Handball, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby12,000 during the Olympic games; 10,000 during the Paralympic Games Earls CourtIndoor Volleyball15,000 Eton DomeyRowing, Canoe Sprint, Paralympic Rowing30,000 Eton ManorWheelchair Tennis10,500 ExCeLBoxing, Fencing, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Boccia, Paralympic Table Tennis, Paralympic Judo, Paralympic Powerlifting, Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair Fencing.ExCeL will be divided into 4 sports halls with capacities...

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History of the Olympics in London

1908Summer Olympics held in LondonThe Games of the IV Olympiad) were the third to be hosted outside of Athens and were scheduled to take place in Rome, but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 7 April 1906 required the Italian Government to redirect funds away from the Olympics. The events took place between 27 April 1908 and 31 October 1908, with 22 nations participating in 110 events. The British team easily topped the unofficial medal count, finishing with three times as many medals as the second-place United States. 19441944 Summer Olympics CancelledThe Summer Olympics of 1944 were to be held in London having been awarded in 1939. However, they were cancelled due to World War II. In lieu of the Olympics, a small celebratory sporting competition was held in Lausanne, at IOC HQ. 1948The...

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Young royals take centre stage at London Olympics 2012

You can't hold the London Olympics without the British royals, now can you? The two have been intertwined over the years like the Olympic rings themselves. At the London Games this summer, they'll be everywhere -- Wills and Kate, Harry and Zara, the queen and Prince Philip -- posing, pronouncing, maybe even participating. These games will showcase a whole new royal generation: the elegant Duchess of Cambridge, whose fairy-tale wedding last year was watched by hundreds of millions; the irrepressible Prince Harry, at 27 one of the world's most eligible bachelors; and another one of Queen Elizabeth II's grandchildren, Zara Phillips, who is seeking a berth on the British equestrian team just like both her parents did years ago. Prince William, his wife Kate and Harry will all be Olympic ambassadors....

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Australia's Leisel Jones off to fourth Olympics

Former breaststroke queen Leisel Jones will compete at her fourth Olympics in London this year after finishing second in the 100-metres event at Australia's selection trials on Saturday. Jones, 26, a triple Olympic gold medallist and former world record holder, had to settle for second to emerging star Leiston Pickett in the final in Adelaide, with both clinching spots on the Australian team to London. 'Lethal' Leisel becomes the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic Games. Pickett claimed the gold medal in one minute 06.88 seconds with Jones second in 1:07.64. Jones, who was Australia's youngest-ever Olympics swimming medallist at 15 at the 2000 Sydney Games, is her country's greatest breaststroker with eight Olympic medals, 14 at the world championships and a 10-time Commonwealth...

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