The City of London will host the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012. The first time occurred in 1908, when the Games featured just over 2,000 athletes from 22 countries. Forty years later, the Games returned to London three years after World War II. A total of more than 10,000 will compete in the 2012 Games. This article compares the three Olympics held in London.
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