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Departures STATS 187 The number of days the 1908 London Olympics ran for. They started in April and didn’t end until October. 12 Thomas Cook Travel Rings of truth: the Olympics in numbers Random, unexpected and bizarre Olympic facts to celebrate the upcoming 2012 Games in London 490 The year (BC) a Greek soldier called Pheidippides ran roughly 40km from Marathon to Athens to report the Greeks’ success in a battle with invading Persians... and then dropped dead. The fi rst marathon was run in his honour at the fi rst modern Olympic Games, in Athens in 1896. 12 SECONDS The time barrier cracked by Poland's Stella Walsh 357 The number of football pitches it would take to fill the 2012 Olympic Park. (Stanislawa Walasiewicz) in the women’s 100m final at the 1932 LA Games. The only problem? When “she” became the innocent victim in a 1980 robbery attempt, the autopsy found “Stella the Fella” to be a man! SEVENTEEN The number of dogs trimmed in what must surely rate as the weirdest Olympic event ever: poodle-clipping. Held in 1900 (and only in 1900, needless to say), the gold medal was won by a farmer’s wife, who managed to clip 17 poodles in two hours. 1908 & 1948 The years in which the UK U capital was host city for f previous Olympics. In 2012, 2 London will become the t first city in history to host h the Olympic Games three t times. FOUR BILLION The estimated global audience set to watch the opening ceremony of the London Games on 27 July 2012. The crazylong time a 11 Greco-Roman HOURS wrestling match lasted at the Stockholm Games in 1912. Russian Martin Klein was eventually victorious over Finn Alfred Asikainen, but Klein was so exhausted he had to forfeit the championship match and settle for the silver medal. 776 The year (BC) the very fi rst recorded Ancient Olympic Games took place. The event was a 190m sprint, won by a man called Coroebus from the Greek city state of Elis. His occupation? A humble baker! 3 Gold medals won by Jamaica in the 28 years leading up to the 2008 Games. In just six days in Beijing, Usain Bolt won three. For more information, contact the London 2012 team on +44 (0)844 800 2012 or visit thomascooklondon2012.com
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