Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. British athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, alongside Australia, France and Greece, though Great Britain is the only one to have won at least one gold medal at all of them. London is the only city to host the Summer Olympics on three different occasions,
Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Rotterdam 2018 was a bid by the city of Rotterdam and the Dutch Olympic Committee to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. On February 29, 2012 it was announced that Rotterdam would bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Rotterdam failed to become a Candidate City for the games when the IOC selected the Candidate cities on February 13, 2013. Buenos Aires was ultimately elected as the host city of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games on July 4, 2013. Amsterdam has made a total of six bids for the Summer Olympic