Istituto Comprensivo Tortona B Scuola secondaria di I grado M.Patri LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES Anno scolastico 2012 – 2013 Classe I A

THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS COMMONLY KNOW AS LONDON 2012 WAS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT EVENT. IT TOOK PLACE IN LONDON FROM 27° JULY TO 12° AUGUST 2012.

HOST CITY:LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM MOTTO:INSPIRE A GENERATION NATIONS PARTICIPATING: 204 ATHLETES PARTICIPATING: EVENTS: 302 IN 26 SPORTS OPENING CERIMONY: 27° JULY CLOSING CERIMONY: 12° AUGUST OFFICIALLY OPENED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

THE OFFICIAL LOGO: ITS A REPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBER 2012 WITH THE OLYMPICS RINGS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ZERO.

MASCOTS: WENLOCK AND MANDEVILLE ARE WENLOCK AND MANDEVILLE ARE THE OFFICIAL MASCOTS FOR THE 2012 THE OFFICIAL MASCOTS FOR THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. SUMMER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES.

TOP TEN OF THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS MEDAL TABLE. WORLD RECORDS:THE OLYMPIC GAMES FEATURED 32 WORLD RECORDS IN 8 SPORTS. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RECORDS WAS SET IN SWIMMING,WITH EIGHT. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RECORDS WAS SET IN SWIMMING,WITH EIGHT. CHINA,GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES SET THE MOST RECORDS WITH FIVE EACH. CHINA,GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES SET THE MOST RECORDS WITH FIVE EACH.

Medal count Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 UUnited States of America PPeople's Republic of China GGreat Britain RRussian Federation RRepublic of Korea GGermany FFrance IItaly

OLYMPIC SPORTS

EVGENIA KANAEVA EVGENIA KANAEVA EVGENIA KANAEVA IS A RUSSIAN RHYTMIC GYMNASTIC. SHE IS THE ONLY RHYTMIC IN HISTORY TO WIN TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS. BORN: APRIL 2,1990 (AGE 22) OMSK BORN: APRIL 2,1990 (AGE 22) OMSK WHEIGHT: 49kg WHEIGHT: 49kg HEIGHT: 1,72 m HEIGHT: 1,72 m

MICHAEL PHELPS HE IS MICHAEL PHELPS. HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON SWIMMING HE WAS BORN IN MICHIGAN AND IN ONLY 22 YEARS OLD IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST SWIMMER TOP OF THE WORLD.

USAIN BOLT USAIN BOLT IS TWENTY-SIX YEARS OLD. HIS NATIONALITY IS JAMAICAN. HE IS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION.

JESSICA ROSSI JESSICA ROSSI. DATE OF BIRTH: PLACE OF BIRTH:CREVALCORE HOBBIES: SWIMMING SPORT: TARGET SHOOTING QUALIFIED: STATUS: QUALIFED AS INDIVIDUAL SPECIALITIES: TRAP SHE HAS PARTECIPATED: 1° LONDON 2012 WORLD CHAMPIONS 1° MARIBOR ° MONACO ° BELGRADE 2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.

NICOLO CAMPRIANI NICOLO CAMPRIANI. HE WAS BORN ON 6° NOVEMBER 1987 IN FIRENZE. HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL CARABINE 50m :THIRD POSITION

VALENTINA VEZZALI SHE IS VALENTINA VEZZALI. SHE IS 39 YEARS OLD AND SHE IS ITALIAN. SHE WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES FENCING.

OUR WORK

The results

Work realized by Lorenzo, Aliante, Marco, Paolo, Andrea, Laura, Francesco, Majda, Manal, Lorenzo, Keisi, Nicolò, Gaia, Ortisia, Camilla, Endriju, Mirela, Raul, Mara.