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The Games of the XXX Olympiad, the Summer Olympic Games of 2012 , will be based in London, with selected events held throughout the United Kingdom.
The official 16 days of the games will be July 27 through August 12, though events will begin to occur before the official opening ceremonies.
The games will be followed two weeks later with the Summer Paralympic Games, August 29 through September 9. Most of the paralympic events will be held in the same olympic venues.
This will be the third time that London has been an Olympic City, having hosted the games previously in 1908 and 1948.
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