LONDON 2012 SUMMER GAMES.....Olympic Stadium is for the OPENING CEREMOINIES and TRACK and FIELD...where are the other Venues.....in London or Outside of LONDON?

The World's Best Athletes train for nearly 47 months and then it comes down to Olympic Trials to see who is on the team and who isn't, then the Opening Ceremonies, then Competition. Now it is time and we are officially 62 Days away from London 2012 and the Venues are ready to go.

So what Sports will be played in and around Venues in London:

ALL Events at OLYMPIC Park

Aquatics Centre -  All Swimming
Basketball Arena -  Basketball
BMX Track - BMX Riding
Copper Box - Handball/Modern Pentathlon

Olympic Stadium - All Track and Field
Riverbank Arena - Hockey*
Velodrome - Cycling Track
Water Polo Arena - Water Polo

LONDON VENUES (Venues already built)

Earls Court - Volleyball
ExCel - Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, Wrestling

Greenwich Park - Equestrian, Modern Pentathlon
Hampton Court Palace - Cycling Road
Horse Guards Parade - Beach Volleyball
Hyde Park - Triathlon, Swimming
Lord's Cricket Ground - Archery
North Greenwich Arena - Gymnastics Artistic, Trampoline, Basketball

The Mall - Athletics, Cycling Road
The Royal Artillery Barracks - Shooting
Wembley Arena - Badminton, Gymnastics Rhythmic

Wembley Stadium - Football (Soccer)
Wimbledon - Tennis (the Great Grass Courts)

Outside of LONDON VENUES


Box Hill - Cycling
City of Coventry Stadium - Football (Soccer)

Eton Dorney - Rowing, Canoe Sprint
Hadleigh Farm - Cycling Mountain Bike
Hampden Park - Football (Soccer)

Lee Valley White Water Centre - Canoe Slalom
Millenium Stadium - Football (Soccer)
Old Trafford - Football (Soccer)
St. James' Park - Football (Soccer)

Weymouyh & Portland - Sailing

ROAD Events

Cycling - Road Race/Time Trial
Marathon
Race Walk
Triathlon

Soccer leads all Sports being played in SIX Venues as expected.......

Some of the more notable Venues that the US is Familiar with is Wimbledon Tennis Club

Some of the more interesting Venues are all the Water Sports outside of Swimming like...Canoeing, Sailing, Canoe Slalom, Rowing, and Canoe Sprint

The Games are just 2 months away as the Athletes are finishing up Team Trials......

London 2012 is slated to start on July 27, 2012 - August 12, 2012

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Venue Locations from London2012.com........