1 Million 2012 London Olympics Tickets Sale on this Friday

Have you grabbed yours?

The tickets will go on sale online – at the official website – starting at 11 a.m. local time on Friday. 

First priority will be given to the 20,000 people who failed to secure tickets in the initial ballot last year and missed out again in a second sale. You also can get another opportunity this week, including a chance for high-demand seats to the opening ceremony or 100-meter final.


"We know thousands of sports fans were disappointed when they missed out in the initial sales period because of the massive demand for tickets," organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said. "We promised we would prioritize these fans when we released the contingency tickets, which is exactly what we are doing."


Organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton said about 5,000 tickets would be available for the men's 100-meter final on the evening of Aug. 5 that is expected to feature reigning Olympic champion and world record-holder Usain Bolt. Also on sale will be the remaining 5,000 tickets for the opening ceremony and 5,000 for the closing ceremony.  Those customers will be given 31 hours exclusive access before the 1 million people who applied unsuccessfully in the initial ballot will then have their own exclusive 5-day sales period.