NUMBERS IN OLYMPIC LONDON 2012

It totally costs RM46.5 billion. What a gorgeous number! huuuu....

* total participation: 10,490 athletes in 26 sports in a total of 32 medal events. fuh... and they are subjected to 5000 anti-doping tests.

* 8 tonnes of gold, silver and copper

*11 million tickets for all games including Paralympic events

*1 million pieces of sports equipment  which are 26400 tennis balls, 600 basketballs and 6000 archery targets will be used. Huge number!

*34 venues across Britain including 9 inside the Olympic Park in east London. The Olympic Stadium took 3 years to build and uses 10000 tonnes of steel. Reminds me to Titanic.

*2 million visitors from abroad and spectators will make 15 million journeys on London's creaking transport system. (high numbers from Middle East during Ramadhan, cooler air)

*14 million meals consists 25000 loaves of bread, 100 tonnes of meat, 75000 litres of milk and 330 tones of fruit and vegetables.

*46000 construction workers built the Olympic Park and Village. The games themselves will involve a total workforce of 200000 including 100000 contractors and 70000 volunteers.

*70 sheep, 12 horses, 3 cows, 2 goats, 10 chickens, and 3 sheepdogs participated in the opening ceremony.


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