10 million
number of tickets that will go on sale for the London 2012 games
LONDON 2012
IN NUMBERS
302
number of gold medals to be won
900,000 different items of sports equipment that will be used in the games including footballs, towels, trampolines, hurdles, basketballs and shuttlecocks
4
amount of skeletons removed from the prehistoric settlement discovered on the sight of the Aquatics Centre.
6
Issue 1
Just The Tip
60,000 the number of spectators who watched the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
766 330
number of miles necessary for Games Maker uniforms
tonnes of fruit and vegetables the athletes will consume over the 17 days
1mm
the maximum amount by which the Olympic running track can deviate
14,700
245
number of athletes competing at London 2012
number of athletes who took part in the first Modern Games in 1896
21,000
26
number of journalists and broadcasters at the event
75,000 litres of milk the athletes will consume over the 17 days of competition
10,000
tonnes of steel used to build the Olympic stadium
number of Olympic sports
43
number of events at the first modern Olympics in 1896. Fourteen countries participated in the competition in Athens, Greece.