London Olympics Guide 2012 Index / Directory
The 2012 Olympics will be held between July 27th & August 12th
Venues & Location Listing
The Olympic Stadium is in Stratford East London. The stadium is located in an 500m acre Olympic Park designated as the ‘Olympic zone’ This zone also includes the Aquatics Centre which will host the swimming and diving competitions, the Basketball Arena, the Handball Arena, the Water Polo Arena and the Velorome which along with the parks BMX circuit will host the main cycling competitions.
The Olympic Stadium itself will host the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field events. It will also be the finishing point for the Olympic Marathon. Other Olympic events will be held at other venues across London. Some events including canoeing football rowing and sailing iwill be held in other parts of the UK. At a glance details of the location of all discilplines and sports events are give in our our venues and locations guide. You can also find more detailed information about the venues and locations for each individual sport using the index in the column on the right hand side of this page.
Ticket Sales For Olympic Events
Around eight million tickets for seats at 2012 Olympics will be available. These tickets will be available through official channels from March 15th 2011. For some events and dates you may have to take part in a ballot for the tickets. The number of tickets you can purchase per session is limited.. Imformation on ticket prices and details of how to apply for tickets when they are available are given here.
iImportant Ticket Warning: Anyone who is offered tickets before they are officially on sale should be aware that they are highly likely to be forgeries. Equally they should also be aware of fraudulent websites purporting to offer tickets. These sites are likely to ask for full or part-payment of the price they asking for the ticket.
Free Travel In The London Area With Each Ticket:
Each ticket purchased for a Olympic session will allow the person using it to free travel on all public transport in London on the date of the event shown on the ticket. Details of the nearest Docklands Light Railway Stations, London Underground metro stations and National Rail Stations to each vernue are given in with programme schedule for that sport.
Parking In London During the Games
Finding a parking bay in London at anytime and being able to afford it is a challenge most visitors to London fail. During the Olympic Games finding somewhere legal to park promises to be as difficult as finding an airport open during the 2010 volcanic ash crisis. The inevitable nightmare will be compounded further as local authorities and the police introduce a combination of measures in an attempt to stop the capital from becoming gridlocked. Ticket holders for any event should there take advantage of the free travel offer
Some sporting venues that normally have limited parking facillities may not have these available on an ad-hoc basis. In the interests of public security the authorities illegal parking will not be tolerated.
History Of The Olympics
The origins of the Olympics date back to the eighth century BC. In the following 1,000 years their significance increased until they were banned by the Greek Aristocracy in the fifth century AD in a bid to convert the masses to Christianity. In the 18th and 19th centuries AD several attempts to resurrect the Olympics were made by the French Greeks & English. The first international olympics were held in Athens in 1896. For more detailed omformation please our Olympic History feature.
Memorable Modern Olympics
1936 Berlin Jesse Owens Triumphs Against Adversity
