How many medals were won in the 2012 Summer Olympics?

The 2012 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10,800 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports.

Who are the host cities for the 2012 Summer Olympics?

By 15 July 2003, the deadline for interested cities to submit bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), nine cities had submitted bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics: Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro.

What was the reality of the London 2012 Olympics?

Richard Williams, Guardian: “So much about the reality of London 2012 seemed surprising, even unprecedented.

Who was eliminated from the 2012 Summer Olympics?

Moscow was the first city to be eliminated, followed by New York and Madrid. The final two contenders were London and Paris. At the end of the fourth round of voting, London won the right to host the 2012 Games with 54 votes to 50.

What was the medal table for the 2016 Olympics?

The following medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and one non-NOC team ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Who was stripped of his bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics?

On 6 November 2012, the IOC stripped Uzbek wrestler Soslan Tigiev of his bronze medal in the men’s freestyle 74 kg division after he tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine. Hungary’s Gábor Hatos was elevated to the bronze medal position.

Who are the athletes that won the most gold medals in the Olympics?

Athletes from China won the most gold medals, with 48 gold medals. Athletes from the United States won the most total medals, with 112. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first Olympic medals.

How many points did Carmelo Anthony score in one game?

In the USA’s 156-73 win over Nigeria in 2012 Olympic preliminary round play, scored a U.S. Olympic single-game record of 37 points in just 14:29 minutes of action, and made 10-of-12 from 3-point to set U.S. Olympic marks for 3-pointers made and attempted. Member of the 2012 USA National Team that finished pre-Olympic tour with a 5-0 record.

How are the Paralympic Games and the Special Olympics different?

The Paralympic Games are organized in parallel with the Olympic Games, while the IOC-recognized Special Olympics World Games include athletes with intellectual disabilities, and the Deaflympics include deaf athletes. Given the wide variety of disabilities that Paralympic athletes have, there are several categories in which the athletes compete.

Who are the athletes that have been disqualified from the Olympics?

On 27 October 2016, the IOC disqualified eight athletes for failing doping tests at the games. This included four medal winners including Zulfiya Chinshanlo, Maiya Maneza and Svetlana Podobedova all from Kazakhstan, and Maryna Shkermankova of Belarus.

How many gold medals did Great Britain win in the Olympics?

The latter record was the largest gold medal haul for that nation at a non-US hosted Olympics at the time. Host nation Great Britain won 29 gold medals and 65 overall medals making it the most successful Olympics performance for that nation since the 1908 edition.

Who was in the 2012 Olympics Parade of Nations?

Team Dutch Antilleans paraded by default under the Olympic flag , together with a South Sudanese runner whose newly independent country did not yet have an Olympic committee. Notable were the debut female Olympic athletes from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei.