204 - Number of countries competing
302 - Number of medal events
34 - Number of venues
10,500 - Estimated number of athletes
150,000 - Number of condoms in Olympic village
14 million - Number of meals served during Olympics/Paralympics
10,000 - Number of temporary toilets
4 - Number of prayer rooms in Olympic stadium
350 - Miles of cabling for broadcasters
1.3% - Quantity of actual gold in a gold medal (the rest is copper)
510 - Number of hurdles for track and field
6,000 - Number of archery targets
78 Degrees - Temperature of water in Olympic pool
250 mph - Speed at which a badminton shuttlecock can travel
35 - Maximum age in boxing
For the first time in Olympic history, more women (269) than men (261) are representing the USA in the London Olympic Games. Women athletes are now competing in all 26 sports, as a result of the introduction of three weight classes in women’s boxing. There are still two disciplines which are exclusively for women: rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming.
Olympic insider Brian Cazeneuve of Sports Illustrated 
The American media hyped up the men's 400-meter individual medley as a showdown between the two best swimmers in the world, but apparently no one informed Ryan Lochte, who dominated the race. Lochte won by more than three seconds, earning his fourth Olympic gold medal, with Michael Phelps fading all the way back to fourth place.
Missy "The Missile" Franklin is a precocious American teenager from Denver, who could return home from London with as many as seven Olympic swimming medals, many of them gold in color. 
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were widely criticized for being oppressively draconian when dealing with opposing political discord by the media, prior to their Opening Ceremonies (mostly unfair). Now, Olympic fans are learning that things may not be any better in London, as the local organizer’s latest rules about what can and cannot be brought to the various Olympic venues have been publicized.
The Birmingham City Council (UK) paid $23,000 to a local artist for a wicker statue of Jamaican superstar sprinter Usain Bolt, who is conducting his pre-Olympic training in the city located 117 miles northwest of London.
Reuben Foster is a nationally-ranked prospect from Troup County, Georgia, who committed to defending 
The never-ending saga regarding female participation in the Olympics seems to have finally reached a satisfactory conclusion, with the announcement Wednesday that two women would represent Saudi Arabia in the London Games. 
The Festival of San Fermin, more commonly known as the Running of the Bulls, takes place in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona July 7-14 annually. The 400-year-old spectacle was made world-famous in the novel "The Sun Also Rises," written by Ernest Hemingway in 1926.