Picture of the Day - Olympic Games 2012
Every day during the Olympic Games in London we selected a picture of the day that best captured the mood and excitement during the Games. View our pictures of the day:
12 August 2012
The Olympic Flame is lowered before it is extinguished during the closing ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London
Previous pictures of the day
11 August 2012
Qiu Bo of China competes during men's 10m platform diving semifinal contest
10 August 2012
Silke Hörmann on the way to the start of the K1 200m heats at Eton Dorney this morning
9 August 2012
Goncalo Carvalho of Portugal rides his horse Rubi in the London 2012 Olympic Games dressage competition at Greenwich Park in London
8 August 2012
Michalski Lukasz of Poland competes during men's Pole Vault qualification competition at the Olympic Stadium
7 August 2012
A general view of the Men's Keirin First Round Repechage in the Velodrome at the Olympic Park, during day eleven of the London 2012 Olympics
6 August 2012
Olympic defending gold medalists Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia compete in the Synchronized Swimming duet free routine
5 August 2012
The fastest man in the world: Usain Bolt defends his title and wins the men's 100m final
4 August 2012
Beach Volleyball is underway at Horse Guards Parade: German team Brink-Reckermann compete for a place in the quarterfinals
3 August 2012
Germany's Lilli Schwarzkopf competes in the High Jump of the Heptathlon
2 August 2012
Sailing is underway in the Bay of Weymouth
1 August 2012
Germany's Kerstin Thiele (bottom) fights against Chen Fei of China during the semi-final
31 July 2012
Eventing rider Michael Jung won two gold medals on his 30th birthday in this year's Summer Olympics in London
30 July 2012
Dirk Schrade rides his horse 'King Artus' in the Cross Country event of the London 2012 Olympic Games Equestrian Eventing competition in Greenwich Park
29 July 2012
German gymnast Elisabeth Seitz performs on balance beam during women's qualification in the North Greenwich Arena
28 July 2012
The Olympic cauldron is lit up at the Olympic Stadium as the culmination of a spectacular opening ceremony
27 July 2012
A man is watching a test match in the Riverside Arena in London. The empty will not be empty for long, only a few hours to go till the 2012 Summer Olympic Games will officially be opened!
26 July 2012
12-year-old Ifeyinwa Egesi holds the Olympic Flame inside the Globe Theatre
25 July 2012
Olympic Torch Relay: Boris Becker carrying the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Ealing
24 July 2012
The official German Ship London 2012 "Traumschiff" Deutschland at the West India Docks in London
23 July 2012
76-year-old Hannelore Päpcke about to leave Hannover for the London Olympics to attend her 28th Olympic Games since 1956
22 July 2012
The Olympic Stadium in east London bathed in sunshine as the countdown continues to the start of the London 2012 Olympics
