EVEN MORE THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE OLYMPICS

HEAVY MEDAL

The gold medals in the 2012 Olympics were the biggest and

heaviest medals ever although they are mostly made of silver

(only about 1.5% of gold)

CRACKDOWN ON STREAKING

Anyone caught streaking at the 2012 Olympics would have been

fined £20,000.

LOTS OF COMPETITION

The 2012 Olympics will had 10,500 athletes competing.

HITLER’S TORCH

The modern Olympic torch has its beginnings in the 1936 Olympics in

Berlin. Hitler and his regime reintroduced the ancient concept

supposedly for the publicity and propaganda.

FIRE AND WATER

The Olympic torch is designed for rugged terrain and was even taken

underwater passed the Great Barrier Reef during the 2000 Olympics in Australia

A LONG JOURNEY

The 2012 Olympic torch travelled 8000 miles around the UK

which is more than twice the width of the United States.

OLYMPIC LASERS

The most extreme measures ever taken to transport the torch occurred

during the 1976 Olympics. It was literally beamed across the ocean by

radio signal from Athens after which the signal triggered a laser that

lit the torch.

AS THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHED

For the 2012 Olympics over 4 billion people watched the opening ceremony.

That’s well over half of the world’s population.