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London Olympics History

1906 - London was named a new capital of 1908 Olympic games after Vesuvius volcanic eruption in Italy.
1908 - Games of the 4 Olympiad in London.
1939 - London won the bid to host 1944 Summer Olympic games.
1944 - Games of the 13 Olympiad was canceled because of the Second World War.
1948 - Games of the 14 Olympiad in London.
2005 - London was selected as host city of Summer Olympic games 2012.
The First London Olympics 1908
The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came to London in 1948
London 2012: The 30th Summer Olympics
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Olympic Games Winners - Info

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We made an effort to do this project not simply as a next set of different information about the Olympic games. It is an attempt to give you information in a comfortable form and in the maximally structured kind like a compact pocket Reference book.

In addition to statistics, the Reference book now contains 12078 photos of the athletes and 433 videos from olympic arenas.

What information can you get from the Reference book?

In the section Info you simply choose the need from the list of the Olympic games and get general information and some facts about Olympics.

In the section Winners you choose the need from the list of the Olympic games. Use click on plus/minus sign to expand or collapse list of the programme of competitions, then choose the event and find out all Olympic games winners. Search can be done on any level.

In the section Events you choose the need from the list of Sports. Use click on plus sign to find all events that are included in the Sport, then choose the event and find out all Olympic games winners. You can refine your search by choosing from the lists of the Olympic games and Nations. Search can be done on any level.

In the section Nations you choose the need from the list of Nations and find out all Olympic winners. You can refine your search by choosing from the list of the Olympic games.

In the section Athletes the information about all Olympic games winners of the all times is presented. You can enter terms of search or the Last name and get list of athletes. The feature of this section is grouping those athletes ( more precisely, to say - sportswomen), who changed their Last name or First name once or more times. Information about athlete consists of birthday, prize list and photo.

In the section Medals you can enter terms of search and find out the athletes who won the most medals. Athletes winning 3 and more medals (gold, silver, bronze) are included in the list.

Please visit our online Store and pick up Olympic Games books and DVDs - history, past winners, olympic heroes' life stories, maps and London 2012 Travel Guides.

Olympic Headlines

17 May 2012  Vogue celebrates US athletes for the London Games with creative photo shoot
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications May 17 - Vogue magazine hits the stands in the USA on May 22 with a splashy photo layout by Annie Leibovitz dedicated to American Olympians mixed with fashion. Some of the athletes featured in ...
17 May 2012  Olympic Flame handed over to Princess Anne and LOCOG delegation
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications May 17 – The London 2012 delegation led by International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Princess Anne has now officially taken up the Olympic Torch after the final leg of the Greek relay. The handover ...
17 May 2012  The AJC calls on IOC to reconsider moment of silence on 40yr anniversary
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications May 17 – The American Jewish Community (AJC) for global Jewish advocacy has called out for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider observing a moment of silence on behalf of the 11 Israeli ...
16 May 2012  JIM BYERS: Olympic Travel and what I really want to see of the five cities
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications May 16 - SportsFeatures.com had a chance to catch up for some travel nuggets on the 2020 bid cities with globe trotter Jim Byers the travel editor for the Toronto Star newspaper. Byers formerly covered the ...
16 May 2012  Doha 2020: More Qatari women for London 2012?
AJU GEORGE CHRIS / Doha Stadium Plus May 16 -  The announcement of Candidate Cities bidding for the 2020 Olympics is due next Wednesday and Qatar, whose capital city Doha is one of the bidders, is trying to gain entry ...
16 May 2012  JOHN GOODBODY: IOC faces awkward decisions for 2020 Summer Games
THE JOHN GOODBODY COLUMN / An authoritative and exclusive series from Sports Features Communications May 16 - Selecting host cities of the Olympics is seldom an easy choice for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). One of the few exceptions was ...
16 May 2012  Qatar 2022: I am here to support Qatar football, says Raul Gonzalez
DR AHMED AL MOHANNADI / Editor-in-Chief | Doha Stadium Plus May 16 - Legendery Spanish striker Raul Gonzalez said Qatar would host a successful World Cup in 2022. “Qatar has everything in place to host a successful World Cup. Now ...
15 May 2012  IOC chief Jacques Rogge visits Italian president Giorgio Napolitano in Rome
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications May 15 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Dr. Jacques Rogge is in the Eternal City to be honored with the Onesti award and paid a visit to see Italian president Giorgio Napolitano. Rogge was accompanied by a ...
15 May 2012  Tokyo 2020 on the road to SportAccord this weekend for IOC candidates decision
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications May 15 – The high level Tokyo 2020 delegation will be taking off for the annual SportAccord convention to be held in Quebec, Canada. All the applicant cities are in anticipation of the International Olympic Committee ...
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