How much will the tickets cost?
It depends on what you want to see. Seats for the coveted 100m final will set you back up to £725 but tickets for many sports start at £20.
Organisers London 2012 say there is a wide range of prices across the 39 disciplines and 649 sports sessions with 90% of tickets at £100 or less, two-thirds under £50 and about 25% at £20 or less.
Children under 16 will be eligible to "pay their age" across more than 200 sessions and tickets for over-60s will be £16 at the same events.
Events such as the marathon and cycling road race will be free for the majority of the route with only the finishing line area ticketed.
Will there be a limit to the number of tickets I can buy?Yes, many sessions have limits on the number of tickets you can apply for. More details are available on the full Games schedule.
There will be 8.8m tickets available for the Olympic Games alone (with a further two million available for the Paralympic Games, which go on sale later this year).
Some 75% of the tickets are available to the general public via the application process. The remaining 25% is a combination of tickets for worldwide fans (through global National Olympic Committees), sponsors and rights holders who provide the funds to stage the Games and finally hospitality and travel packages.
The organisers say "prestige hospitality tickets" will account for less than one per cent of tickets on sale.
What is a session?Each ticket is sold for a specified session which may include several events, for example a session of swimming may include several heats and races.
Most tickets cannot be used to watch all the events taking place at a venue on a given day, just the specific session for which the ticket has been purchased.
How can I pay?If you are buying your tickets online, you can only pay by Visa card - be that credit, debit or pre-paid. If you apply with a paper form you can pay by cheque or postal order. London 2012 also says it will also accept cash but has not revealed details of how to pay this way.
How can I plan what tickets to apply for?The full schedule has been published on the London 2012 website, showing the day, time, venue and ticket prices for each event.
