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London Olympics by the numbers
A tally of what’s on tap for the 2012 Summer Games.
Published: July 26, 2012
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8.8 million Olympic tickets
2 million Paralympic tickets
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10,500 Olympic athletes
26 Olympic sports
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10,500 Olympic athletes
39 disciplines
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4,200 Paralympic athletes
20 Paralympic sports
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4,200 Paralympic athletes
12 disciplines
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21,000 members of the media will cover the events
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529 Team USA members
19 Team USA members from Illinois
27 average age of Team USA
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8,000 torchbearers will run with the Olympic flame across the U.K.
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5 jumbo jets could fit, wing-to-wing, inside the International Broadcast Centre.
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14 million + meals will be served to athletes and spectators during the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, in 40 locations.
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2 Chicagoans on Team USA: basketball player Anthony Davis of the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets and windsurfer Bob Willis
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2 sports dropped after 2008: baseball and softball
It's okay to be a show-off.
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