Who won London 2012?
London 2012 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in London that took place July 27–August 12, 2012. The London Games were the 27th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games….London 2012 Olympic Games.
| country | China |
|---|---|
| gold | 38 |
| silver | 27 |
| bronze | 23 |
| total | 88 |
Who set the WR in London 2012?
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt set London 2012 alight with his 9.63 time but he went even faster by setting the 100m world record several years prior – can anybody touch his record at Tokyo 2020? Nobody has ever lived up to their surname in quite the same fashion as Usain Bolt – the world’s fastest man of all time.
How many medals are GB expected to win?
Team GB have a medal target of between 45 and 70 medals in total, and anything that beats the 67 achieved five years ago would be a record.
What was the South African sport boycott?
In 1968, the IOC was prepared to readmit South Africa after assurances that its team would be multi-racial; but a threatened boycott by African nations and others forestalled this. The South African Games of 1969 and 1973 were intended to allow Olympic-level competition for South Africans against foreign athletes.
How many medals did Team GB get in London 2012?
Team GB at London 2012 Great Britain finished third at their home Olympics in London, with 65 total medals – 29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze. They were dominant in the cycling, taking home 12 medals, eight of them gold, and also won five medals in equestrian, with three golds.
What was Usain Bolt’s Olympic record?
9.63
The Olympic record, also belonging to Bolt, stands at 9.63 and was set at the 2012 London Olympics.