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The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years

27 July 2012

The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of

The cycling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at five venues between 28

Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic

The rowing competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 4 August

Rudisha won gold medals in the 800 m at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games

He won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

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He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics

he has also won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics

He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008, and 2012

setting successive world records at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Olympics

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taking gold at the 2012 London Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics and bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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She represented Great Britain team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics

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he was part of Brazil's 2012 Olympic team and won a silver medal

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Jackson played at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024

He won gold medals with the US national team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London

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She played for Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics.

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stripped of both her World Championship medals (2011 and 2013) and her 2012 Olympic gold medal

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Williams also featured for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics

She won her second Olympic gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics

She won the gold medal in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics.

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became the 1500 metres Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

Parchment won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics

won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Houghton scored three goals

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having won the bronze medal in the mixed-doubles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics

He played in seven games for Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, averaging 5.5 points.

She won the gold medal at the London Olympics on August 6, 2012

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She competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics.

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He won the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics

was a two-time gold medalist for the United States men's national basketball team, participating in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics

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She participated in four consecutive Olympics from 2000 at Sydney to 2012 at London.

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played for Britain at the 2012 Olympics

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He was a silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics

On 8 August 2012, Antyukh, then 31 years old, won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 Olympic Games in London

He won the bronze medal in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics

She also took the bronze medal at the Olympics in London

He earned the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic marathon.

Following his performances at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was named CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race.

Aymar was the flag bearer for Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the second Argentine field hockey athlete being honoured this way after Marcelo Garraffo.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorius was the first double-leg amputee participant.

She won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics, equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays.

With the Brazilian National Team he won a total of 8 South American Championships, 3 America's Cups, 8 World League titles, 3 World Grand Champions Cups, three World Championships (2002, 2006, 2010), a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and two silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics,

Uchimura was already considered by many in the sport to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time after he completely dominated to unprecedented levels in all the major competitions for the entire quad, and finally finishing the season by winning the Olympic individual all-around gold medal at the

After winning a further two gold medals (in the keirin and team sprint) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hoy has won the second-most Olympic gold medals (six) of all British athletes, behind Jason Kenny, and more total medals (seven) than any except fellow cyclists Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins.

By winning his fifth Olympic medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Todd equalled the Olympic record established by Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich for the longest gap between first and last Olympic medals - 28 years - and shares the record for second-most Olympic medals won by a New Zealander with canoeists Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the sprint, and in the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the keirin and a silver medal in the sprint.

He represented Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won a gold medal and the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics where Australia won bronze medals.

He has represented his country at 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIH Hockey World Cups and the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics being the top scorer for Pakistan at both the World Cups and Olympics.

They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time." May-Treanor retired from competitive play on August 8, 2012, after she and Walsh Jennings won gold in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

With her horse Abraxxas, she won two gold medals in team eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Xu Lijia (Chinese: 徐莉佳; pinyin: Xú Lìjiā; born 30 August 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closi

In 2012, Wiggins won the Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie, the Critérium du Dauphiné, and became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France and the time trial at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She was selected to be the flag-bearer for Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Opening Ceremony.

He was a member of the Germany men's national field hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics as well as at the 2006 World Cup.

In 2012, Van As was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau after she and the fellow members of her hockey team won the women's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The team kept its Olympic title at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, beating the Argentinian team 2-0 in the final.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team and the team achieved the silver medal; at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was part of the team that won the silver medal.

She won a second gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Keller was the flag bearer for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first field hockey athlete being honour.

Fox made her Olympic debut at 18 years of age in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won a silver medal in the K1 event.

She won three consecutive gold medals in the Women's K‑1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships.

Previously she won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the men's 10 metre air rifle, men's small-bore rifle, three positions, 50 metres and men's small-bore rifle, prone, 50 metres, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre air rifle, winning silver, and in the men's 50 metre rifle three

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Deignan won the silver medal in the road race.

After the 2012 Summer Olympics, on 15 August at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Kanaeva, along with fellow Olympic gold medalists, was awarded the Merit for the Fatherland IV Degree.

Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tsonga won the silver medal in men's doubles partnering Michaël Llodra.

She ended up in a Hizbul-Islam displacement camp, and in pursuit of competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she crossed the border to Ethiopia looking for a safe place to train.

She was an unused reserve for the German 4 × 100 m team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics Drysdale won the gold medal in the men's single sculls, despite throwing up the morning of race day due to nervousness.

In 2012, Hoog became the first woman player to decide a major championship match with a penalty shootout, taking the winning shot in the 2012 Summer Olympics semi-final against New Zealand.

He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first person to win two Olympic medals for independent India.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Dempsey won the silver medal in the RS:X Class windsurfing class, behind Dorian van Rijsselberge of the Netherlands.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Ledecky qualified to swim in the final of the 800-meter freestyle by placing third overall in the heats with a time of 8:23.84.

Parker played for Team USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

During the summer of 2012, Rapinoe and fellow national team members Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan and Stephanie Cox played on a limited basis with the Seattle Sounders Women between commitments with the national team as they prepared for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Scheidt won his fifth Olympic medal, a bronze at the Star.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics, he represented India.

He participated in his first Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament that came fifth.

Manaudou competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in three events, 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and the 4 × 100 m medley relay.

With his 200-metre freestyle gold medal and his 400 and 1500 metre freestyle gold medals from the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sun became the first swimmer in history to win Olympic gold medals in the 200, 400, and 1500 metre freestyle events.

Rim won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 69 kg event.

She was the official flag bearer of the 2012 Italy Olympic team in London.

She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2012, K-4 500 m: 2000, 2004, 2008).

A member of Canada's 2012 Olympic Games team, he broke the record when he took part in his tenth Games in London 2012.

In 2012 Summer Olympics, Walsh was hit by a stick in the team's opening match against Japan and suffered a broken jaw, which was expected to end her journey in Olympic games.

She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit

in her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Lashmanova won gold

silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics