London 2012 Olympics | The Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games

The London Summer 2012 Olympics 

The London Summer Olympics 2012 has to end on August 14, 2012 

The Closing Ceremony celebrates the achievements of athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and includes a Handover from one Host City to the next. In 2012, London will hand over to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. The Closing Ceremony also features the extinguishing of the Olympic Flame, signalling the end of the Games.

The Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games will provide an opportunity for the world to view the artistic expression of Artistic Director Kim Gavin, his team and the culture of our Host City and the UK. As with the Opening Ceremony, there are certain elements that must feature as outlined in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Charter. The artistic performance of the Ceremony then gets underway and celebrates the success of the Games.

The Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games will be titled ‘A Symphony of British Music’, to celebrate the fact that music has been one of Britain’s strongest cultural exports over the last 50 years. The worldwide broadcast of the Ceremony will start at 9pm and feature more than 4,100 performers, including 3,500 adult volunteers and 380 schoolchildren from the six east London Host Boroughs.

Organisers will work with some of the country’s most globally successful musicians, along with some of the industry’s stars of tomorrow. The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has been appointed to record the soundtracks for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The 2012 Summer Olympic programme features 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines:

• Aquatics

Diving
    Swimming
Synchronized swimming
Water polo

• Archery 

• Athletics 

• Badminton 

• Basketball 

• Boxing 

• Canoeing

Sprint
Slalom

• Cycling

• BMX 

Mountain biking
Road
Track

• Equestrian

Dressage
Eventing

• Jumping 

• Fencing 

• Field hockey 

• Football 

• Gymnastics

Artistic
Rhythmic
Trampoline

• Handball 

• Judo 

Modern pentathlon

• Rowing 

• Sailing 

• Shooting 

• Table tennis 

• Taekwondo

• Tennis 

• Triathlon 

• Volleyball

Volleyball
Beach volleyball

• Weightlifting

• Wrestling

Freestyle
Greco-Roman


Here are the list of Countries who participated in London Summer Olympics 2012:
 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Algeria
 American Samoa
 Andorra
 Angola
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Argentina
 Armenia
 Aruba
 Australia
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Bahamas
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Barbados
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Belize
 Benin
 Bermuda
 Bhutan
 Bolivia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Botswana
 Brazil
 British Virgin Islands
 Brunei
 Bulgaria
 Burkina Faso
 Burundi
 Cambodia
 Cameroon
 Canada
 Cape Verde
 Cayman Islands
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Chile
 China
 Colombia
 Comoros
 Congo
 DR Congo
 Cook Islands
 Costa Rica
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Croatia
 Cuba
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Djibouti
 Dominica
 Dominican Republic
 Ecuador
 Egypt
 El Salvador
 Equatorial Guinea
 Eritrea
 Estonia
 Ethiopia
 Fiji
 Finland
 France
 Gabon
 Gambia
 Georgia
 Germany
 Ghana
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Grenada
 Guam
 Guatemala
 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau
 Guyana
 Haiti
 Honduras
 Hong Kong
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Independent Olympic Athletes
 India
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Iraq
 Ireland
 Israel
 Italy
 Jamaica
 Japan
 Jordan
 Kazakhstan
 Kenya
 Kiribati
 North Korea
 South Korea
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan
 Laos
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Lesotho
 Liberia
 Libya
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Macedonia
 Madagascar
 Malawi
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Mali
 Malta
 Marshall Islands
 Mauritania
 Mauritius
 Mexico
 Micronesia
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Mongolia
 Montenegro
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Myanmar
 Namibia
 Nauru
 Nepal
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Nicaragua
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Norway
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Palau
 Palestine
 Panama
 Papua New Guinea
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Philippines
 Poland
 Portugal
 Puerto Rico
 Qatar
 Romania
 Russia
 Rwanda
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Samoa
 San Marino
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Saudi Arabia
 Senegal
 Serbia
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Singapore
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Solomon Islands
 Somalia
 South Africa
 Spain
 Sri Lanka
 Sudan
 Suriname
 Swaziland
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Syria
 Chinese Taipei
 Tajikistan
 Tanzania
 Thailand
 Timor-Leste
 Togo
 Tonga
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tunisia
 Turkey
 Turkmenistan
 Tuvalu
 Uganda
 Ukraine
 United Arab Emirates
 United States
 Uruguay
 Uzbekistan
 Vanuatu
 Venezuela
 Vietnam
 Virgin Islands
 Yemen
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe