The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2012 Olympic Games . During the Athletics events of the Olympic Games David Rudisha broke his own world record for the 800 metres to become the first man to run the distance in under 1 minute 41 seconds . In the 4 × 100 metres relay the team from Jamaica also broke their own world record from the 2011 World Championships by two-tenths of a second . The United States women 's 4 by 100 metres team beat the previous best set by East Germany in 1985 , recording a time of 40.82 seconds to set a new world record . Olympic records were set by Usain Bolt , who ran the second fastest 100 metres , Renaud Lavillenie in the Pole vault by 1 cm , Sally Pearson recorded a record time in the 100 metres hurdles and Tatyana Lysenko set a new mark in the Hammer
closing ceremonies
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
London Stadium