Olympic Bell

Bradley Wiggins began the 2012 opening ceremony by ringing the Olympic Bell.
This article is about the bell cast for the 2012 London Olympics. For bell cast for the 1936 Belin Olympics, see Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium.

The Olympic Bell was commissioned and cast for the 2012 London Olympic Games, and is the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world.[1] Cast in bronze bell metal, it is 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high with a diameter of 3.34 metres (10 ft 11 in), and weighs 22 long tons 18 cwt 3 qr 13 lb (51,393 lb or 23.311 t).[1][2] The bell is now displayed in the Olympic Park.

  1. ^ a b "The Olympic Bell". Whitechapel Bell Foundry. December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ Singh, Anita (20 April 2012). "London 2012: Olympic bell made in Holland". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2013.