Souvenir pin from the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: ca 2004
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Souvenir pin from the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games is from New York City's failed bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. Olympic pin collecting began as early as 1900 and gained momentum at the 1936 Games. Through the 1960s pin trading was on the upswing but really took off at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games with sponsor's becoming more prevalent. Coca-Cola set up a pin trading area at the Calgary Games which gave a boost to the hobby which is still a big part of the Olympic experience.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From Ms. Patricia Mink
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3052.46
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3052.46
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3052
objectType: label: Object Name
content: olympic pin
label: Object Name
content: pin, summer olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: card: 5 in x 3 in; x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: pin: 1 in x 1 in; x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm