| Dates: |
July 27 - august 12, 2012 |
| N.O.C. participants: |
204 |
| Number of sports: |
26 |
| Number of contests: |
302 |
| Number of athletes: |
10568 |
| Men: |
5892 |
| Women: |
4676 |
| Volonteers: |
70000 |
| Media: |
21000 |
| Opening: |
HM Elisabeth II |
| Oath: |
Sarah Stevenson |
| Oath juges: |
Mik Basi |
| Oath coach: |
Eric Farrell |
| Number of torch bearer: |
8000 |
| Last torch bearer: |
Callum Airlie, Jordan Duckitt, Desiree Henry, Katie Kirk, Cameron MacRitchie, Aidan Reynolds, et Adelle Tracey |
| Bids towns: |
Paris (FRA), Madrid (ESP), Moscou (RUS), New York (USA) |
