Summer Olympics 2012

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The Summer Olympics 2012 was a major international multi-sport event held in London, featuring athletes from around the world competing in a wide range of disciplines.

Aliases (6)

2012 Summer Olympics ×70
London 2012 ×3
London 2012 Games ×1
London 2012 Olympic Games ×1
London 2012 Summer Olympics ×1
London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
athletesVillage	Olympic Village (London) →
biddingCity	London → Madrid → Moscow → New York City → Paris →
broadcastPartner	BBC → NBC →
closingCeremonyDate	2012-08-12 →
closingCeremonyVenue	Olympic Stadium (London) →
closingDate	2012-08-12 →
continent	Europe →
country	United Kingdom →
currency	Pound sterling →
followedBy	2016 Summer Olympics →
hostCity	London →
hostSelectionCity	Singapore →
hostSelectionDate	2005-07-06 →
introducedSport	women's boxing →
logoDesigner	Wolff Olins →
mainAquaticsVenue	London Aquatics Centre →
mainIndoorArena	The O2 Arena →
mainStadium	Olympic Stadium (London) →
mascot	Wenlock →
motto	Inspire a generation →
numberOfAthletes	10568 →
numberOfEvents	302 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	204 →
numberOfSports	26 →
officialLanguage	English → French → host country language →
officialName	Games of the XXX Olympiad →
openingCeremonyDate	2012-07-27 →
openingCeremonyDirector	Danny Boyle →
openingCeremonyVenue	Olympic Stadium (London) →
openingDate	2012-07-27 →
organizer	International Olympic Committee →
organizingCommittee	London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games →
precededBy	2008 Summer Olympics →
secondMedalCountry	China →
shortName	London 2012 →
thirdMedalCountry	Great Britain →
timePeriod	2012 →
topMedalCountry	United States →
torchRelayEndDate	2012-07-27 →
torchRelayEndLocation	London →
torchRelayStartDate	2012-05-19 →
torchRelayStartLocation	Olympia, Greece →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Candace Parker ("2012 Summer Olympics") → Carmelo Anthony ("2012 Summer Olympics") → Tamika Catchings ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	OlympicGoldMedalist
Jessica Ennis-Hill ("2012 Summer Olympics") → Michael Phelps ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	competedIn
Kevin Durant ("2012 Summer Olympics") → Sue Bird ("London 2012 Summer Olympics") →	OlympicGoldMedal
Alex Morgan ("2012 Summer Olympics") → Ashton Eaton ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	participatedIn
2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament ("2012 Summer Olympics") → London 2012 Olympic beach volleyball tournament ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	partOf
Games of the XXX Olympiad ("London 2012") →	alsoKnownAs
Wenlock ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	createdForEvent
Danny Boyle ("London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony") →	directed
Games of the XXIX Olympiad ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	followedBy
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ("London 2012 Olympic Games") →	formedFor
London →	hasMajorEvent
London →	hosted
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ("London 2012 Games") →	jurisdiction
Usain Bolt ("London 2012") →	olympicGames
Kobe Bryant ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	OlympicGamesParticipated
Michael Phelps ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	olympicGoldMedalsAt
Christine Sinclair ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	OlympicParticipation
Olympic Village (London) ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	servedEvent
2012 Summer Olympics ("London 2012") →	shortName
London Aquatics Centre ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	wasVenueFor
Maya Moore ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	wonGoldMedalAt
Kevin Love ("2012 Summer Olympics") →	wonMedalAt