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There have been two London Olympics (London hosting the Olympic Games), in 1908 and 1948, with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics; the United States is the only country to have hosted them on more occasions than the UK. No city in the UK has hosted the Winter Olympic Games.

British participation in Olympic events, both as a competitor and as a host, is the responsibility of the British Olympic Association.

External links

London 2012 Official site
London Olympics 2012 Information Portal
Commentary on 2012 Olympic Park
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 British participation in Olympic events, both as a competitor and as a host, is the responsibility of the [[British Olympic Association]].
-==List of London Olympics==
-===1908 Summer Olympics===
-{{main|1908 Summer Olympics}}
-The [[1908 Summer Olympics]] (the Games of the IV Olympiad) were the fourth modern Olympic Games and the third to be hosted outside of [[Athens]], [[Greece]].  The [[International Olympic Committee]] considers them the fourth Olympic Games, discounting the intercalated [[1906 Summer Olympics]].
-The 1908 Olympic Games were scheduled to take place in [[Rome]], but the eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]] on [[7 April]] [[1906]] required the [[Politics of Italy|Italian Government]] to redirect funds away from the Olympics.  The events took place between [[27 April]] [[1908]] and [[31 October]] [[1908]], with 22 nations participating in 110 events.  The British team easily topped the [[1908 Summer Olympics medal count|unofficial medal count]], finishing with three times as many medals as the second-place United States.
-===1944 Summer Olympics===
-The [[1944 Summer Olympics]] (Games of the XIII Olympiad) were scheduled to be held in London. Awarded in 1939, they were, however, cancelled due to [[World War II]]. These Games would have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Modern Olympiad. A small celebratory sporting competition was held in [[Lausanne]], in lieu of the Olympics, at IOC HQ.
-===1948 Summer Olympics===
-{{main|1948 Summer Olympics}}
-The [[1948 Summer Olympics]] (the Games of the XIV Olympiad) were the first to be held after [[World War II]], with the [[1944 Summer Olympics]] having been cancelled due to the war.  Showing a collective unity after the war, 59 nations competed in 136 different events between [[29 July]] [[1948]] and [[14 August]] [[1948]].  [[Germany]] and [[Japan]] had not been invited due to security reasons.  Unlike the last time the UK hosted the Olympics, the British athletes did not have a high medal count, [[1948 Summer Olympics medal count|finishing 12th]] in the unofficial medal count with only 23 medals.
-===2012 Summer Olympics===
-{{main|2012 Summer Olympics}}
-The [[2012 Summer Olympics]] (the Games of the XXX Olympiad) are planned to take place between [[27 July]] [[2012]] and [[12 August]] [[2012]].  The [[London 2012 Olympic bid]] was announced as the winner of the [[2012 Summer Olympics bids|bidding process]] on [[6 July]] [[2005]], following unsuccessful bid attempts for previous Olympics by [[Manchester]] and [[Birmingham]].  The planning for the Games is still ongoing, with many [[2012 Summer Olympic development|announcements and developments]] taking place.
-===2012 Summer Paralympic Games===
-{{main|2012 Summer Paralympics}}
-The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between [[29 August]] [[2012]] and [[9 September]] [[2012]] at the Summer Olympics venues in London.
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