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Analysing London 2012with GoSquared To celebrate the start of the 30th Olympiad, GoSquared created a live infographic showing some of the huge numbers that dominated the Olympic games. Scroll to begin…

9.58s 100 metre world record Held by Usain Bolt

42 countries who have

yet to win a gold medal

233 total gold medals Britain have won at the Summer Olympics putting them in 4th place behind America, the Soviet Union and Germany.

Since 1912, the gold medal… … has actually been made from 92% silver.

293,021kg of potatoes required for the Games

Some stats at a glance… £12,000,000,000 estimated cost 4,000,000,000 estimated viewership 80,000 capacity at the stadium 40,000 security personnel available 6 surface-to-air missile sites £400,000 cost to make the logo 30% buses diverted, rescheduled or cancelled

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