21/12/2012
London 2012 was truly a spectacle of sporting achievement that took over the British capital earlier this summer, uniting the whole world for two weeks and inspiring youngsters everywhere. The excitem...
04/12/2012
On 5 December, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) joins the international community in celebrating International Volunteer Day. Volunteerism is the very foundation, and also one of the core val...
30/11/2012
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday honoured broadcasters for their outstanding coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the biennial Olympic Golden Rings awards in Lausanne. En...
21/11/2012
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Debriefing of the London 2012 Games wrapped up today in Rio de Janeiro, bringing a close to a week-long transfer of knowledge between organisers of the Game...
By Jacques Rogge The final Olympic Games of my 12-year term as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were received with great fanfare this summer in London. Evidence of their success ...
20/11/2012
As with any good relationship, the more you put into those with Olympic marketing partners, the more you’ll get out. That’s a key message the IOC’s Managing Director of Television and Marketing Servi...
19/11/2012
It’s often said that athletes are the heart of the Olympic Movement. It makes perfect sense, then, for future organisers of the Games to turn to Olympians for advice when preparing to stage the bigges...
18/11/2012
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Official Debriefing of the London 2012 Games has begun in Rio de Janeiro, the next host city of the summer Games. The London Debriefing, which is the sevent...
17/11/2012
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Debriefing of the London 2012 Games gets underway on Saturday 17 November 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. This is the seventh event of its kind run by the IOC and i...
16/11/2012
The London 2012 Olympic Games debriefing, led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), got underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - the next Olympic host city in 2016 - this week, with three days of ...
London – 1 August 2012: In the space of less than a month, Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France, then became Olympic time trial champion in front of a home crowd. Here he poses with his gold medal, holding aloft the British flag, with the pride of winning of his fourth gold medal at three Olympic Games, but his very first on the road.
London – 1 August 2012: Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins (gold), flanked by Germany’s Tony Martin (silver) and his fellow countryman Chris Froome (bronze) on the podium for the men’s road time trial, in front of Hampton Court Palace in Richmond-Upon-Thames, Greater London. Wiggins won this event to take his fourth Olympic gold medal, but the first on the road... only a few days after completing the Tour de France on the Champs Elysées wearing the yellow jersey.
London – 1 August 2012: untouchable in the time trial, crowned Olympic champion for the fourth time in his career, but the first time on the road, Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins triumphant before his home crowd after winning with a 42-second lead over Germany’s Tony Martin at the end of the 44km race. He raised his arms and continued in the clamour to Hampton Court Palace where he was awarded his gold medal.
London – 1 August 2012: On the track, Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins is a three-time Olympic gold medallist in the individual and team pursuit, and six-time world champion. On the road, he had just won the Tour de France. Supported by a host of people, he broadly dominated the individual time trial over the 44km route in the South West of London, finishing in a time of 50:39.54, some 42 seconds ahead of Germany’s Tony Martin to win his fourth title and his seventh medal in three Olympic Games.
London - 7 August 2012: Iran’s Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei (in red) faces Russia’s Rustam Totrov in the final of the Greco-Roman wrestling 96kg category at the ExCeL Arena. Rezaei won 2-0 (2-0, 1-0), taking one of Iran’s three gold medals in wrestling at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
London - 7 August 2012: Iran’s Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei is knocked over by his coach on the mat at the ExCel Arena after his 2-0 (2-0, 1-0) victory in the final of the Greco-Roman wrestling 96kg category against Russia’s Rustam Totrov. Rezaei took one of Iran’s three gold medals in wrestling at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
A Look Back At London 2012
Volunteers, champions of the Games
IOC honours broadcasters for London 2012 coverage
Successful IOC Debriefing of London 2012 comes to close
Jacques Rogge: "Early legacy planning key to producing long-term benefits"