2012 Summer Olympics torch relay

**2012 Summer Olympics torch relay**
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Instance of	Olympic torch relay;
Part of	2012 Summer Olympics;
Destination point	London;
Number of participants	8,000;
Point in time	2012;
Start time	10 May 2012;
End time	27 July 2012;
Follows	2008 Summer Olympics torch relay;
Followed by	2016 Summer Olympics torch relay;
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The torch relay for the 2012 Summer Olympics saw the Olympic flame carried first on an 8 day relay across Greece from Olympia (10 May) to Athens (17 May), then flown from Athens to Cornwall aboard The Firefly, and then conducted on a 70 day long relay from 19 May to 27 July across the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey & the Isle of Man), plus a one day visit to Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. The final day saw the torch arrive at a pontoon in the River Thames near Tower Bridge, in readiness for its part in that evening's the opening ceremony - a trip by speedboat to the Olympic Stadium, to light the the cauldron.