London 2012 Olympics a year with facts and figures

London 2012 Olympics a year with facts and figures to:

_ Olympics run from July 27 to Aug. 12, 2012.

_ 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries.

_ 5,000 officials and coaches.

_ 20,000 broadcast and print media.

_ 26 sports in 32 venues.

_ Local organizing committee: LOCOG.

_ LOCOG chairman: Sebastian Coe.

_ Public sector budget: 9.298 billion pounds ($15 billion).

_ LOCOG's private operating budget: 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion).

_ Mascots: Wenlock (Olympics) and Mandeville (Paralympics).

_ Olympic Park: 2.5-square-kilometer (1-square-mile) site in Stratford, East London.

_ 5 new permanent Olympic Park venues: Olympic Stadium, aquatics center, velodrome, handball arena, international broadcast/main press center.

_ 2 temporary Olympic Park venues: basketball arena, hockey center.

_ Olympic Village: residential blocks on edge of Olympic Park, providing new homes and school and medical facilities after the games.

_ Other venues include:

Wembley Stadium (soccer)

Wembley Arena (badminton, rhythmic gymnastics)

Wimbledon (tennis), Lord's (archery)

Horse Guards Parade (beach volleyball)

Hyde Park (triathlon, open water swimming)

Earls Court (volleyball) Greenwich Park (equestrian)

ExCel (boxing, fencing, table tennis, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting)

North Greenwich Arena (gymnastics, basketball)

Weymouth (sailing)

Eton Dorney (rowing).