2012 Olympic Games Betting
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, or the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be staged in London as the English capital becomes the first city to host the modern Olympic Games on three separate occasions.
The Games will begin on 27 July 2012 and conclude on 12 August 2012. London was chosen to host the games in July 2005 ahead of Moscow, Paris, Madrid and New York City. Ever since then preparations have been on going as a range of new Olympic venues were erected in the east end of London.
Due to its location in a ‘betting friendly’ country the 2012 Olympic Games Betting is likely to be one of the biggest Olympics ever in terms of online betting interest. From whether Usain Bolt will smash the 100 metre World Record to if Tom Daley can win diving gold in the pool it will all be covered in 2012 Olympic Games Betting.
2012 Olympic Games Medals Betting
The Olympic Games are all about winning medals and the success of a nation is duly measured on where they rank in the final medals table. China were the most successful nation back in Beijing 2008 followed by USA and Russia and these giants of the Athletics world are expected to battle it out in the 2012 Olympic Games Betting.
Team GB finished fourth in the medals table at the 2008 Games with a total medal count of 47. This was the second highest total that Great Britain have ever achieved at the Olympic Games, with only the 1908 Great Britain team winning more medals.
With home advantage and the belief that Team GB have improved from four years ago the bookmakers are quoting odds of 5/4 in the 2012 Olympic Games Betting that Great Britain finish third or better in the final medals table.
The 2012 Olympic Games Betting for who will top the medals table is between China and USA.
2012 Olympic Games Individual Events Betting
As well as betting on the overall medals haul of each individual nation there is also the opportunity to bet on each and every individual event throughout the games.
Usain Bolt is the 2012 Olympic Games Betting favourite to retain his 100 metre and 200 metre titles. But he isn’t without stiff competition from Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay in both the Olympics Betting and on the track.
The Great Britain swimming and cycling teams will be favoured to pick up plenty of medals for the home nations with the likes Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and Victoria Pendleton all featured strongly in the 2012 Olympic Games Betting.
But while the more popular Olympic events will naturally attract the most attention, there’ll also be betting available for almost all of the Olympic events taking place in London and across the country.
2012 Olympic Football Betting
Much has been made about Team GB’s participation in the football event at the 2012 Olympic games. Because there is no Great Britain federation for football (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales all have their own individual FAs) Team GB have never entered a football team into the modern games.
Yet when it was announced that London would be hosting the games there were many calls for the host nation to have a representative in the nation’s most popular sport. After much legal wrangling and discussion between the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Football Associations it was decided in June 2011 that Great Britain would enter a football team into the 2012 Olympic Games.
Due to Olympic regulations any men’s Olympic football team is allowed to include only three players over the age of 23. So the tournament is effectively a under-23 tournament, with a handful of players 24 or older involved.