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| Olympic ticket confirmations due for second applicants | Olympic ticket confirmations due for second applicants |
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| People who applied for the second round of tickets for the London 2012 Olympics are due to discover whether their application has been successful. | People who applied for the second round of tickets for the London 2012 Olympics are due to discover whether their application has been successful. |
| Some 2.3 million tickets were put up for sale on Friday for 10 days on a first-come, first-served basis on London 2012's website. | Some 2.3 million tickets were put up for sale on Friday for 10 days on a first-come, first-served basis on London 2012's website. |
| Applicants will find out whether they have been successful within 24 to 48 hours of applying. | Applicants will find out whether they have been successful within 24 to 48 hours of applying. |
| Tickets for 310 sessions went on sale, 44 of which were medal events. | Tickets for 310 sessions went on sale, 44 of which were medal events. |
| These include archery, basketball, fencing, judo and synchronised swimming and table tennis. | These include archery, basketball, fencing, judo and synchronised swimming and table tennis. |
| Some half a million tickets are priced at £20 or less. A further one million tickets are priced between £20 and £50. | Some half a million tickets are priced at £20 or less. A further one million tickets are priced between £20 and £50. |
| Payment will be taken once the sale closes at 1800 BST on 3 July. | Payment will be taken once the sale closes at 1800 BST on 3 July. |
| The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) said: "Broadly speaking, those who applied first, on Friday morning, will be those who hear first." | |
| Tickets had been available in 20 sports - about 1.7 million for football and 600,000 for other sports, including archery, hockey, football, judo, boxing and volleyball, among other sports. | Tickets had been available in 20 sports - about 1.7 million for football and 600,000 for other sports, including archery, hockey, football, judo, boxing and volleyball, among other sports. |
| Fewer than half of those who applied got tickets in the first round as demand outstripped supply in many events - massively in some cases, such as the men's 100m athletics final where more than one million tickets were requested. | Fewer than half of those who applied got tickets in the first round as demand outstripped supply in many events - massively in some cases, such as the men's 100m athletics final where more than one million tickets were requested. |
| Those who were successful in the first ballot, held from May to June, will get their own second chance to buy from 0600 BST on 8 July to 1800 BST on 17 July. | Those who were successful in the first ballot, held from May to June, will get their own second chance to buy from 0600 BST on 8 July to 1800 BST on 17 July. |
| Unsuccessful application | |
| One applicant, Andy Pritchard, from Bangor, Gwynedd, contacted the BBC to say he was unsuccessful in his application for second round tickets, an experience which he found "galling". | |
| He said: "I was on the application website bang on 0600 on Friday to make my application and thought I had got tickets to three sessions." | |
| "As they were supposedly first come, first served, I had some confidence that I had been successful. But today I received an e-mail saying I had been unsuccessful and will not be going to the games, which I just found galling. | |
| "I am completely unimpressed and feel let down by the ticketing arrangements. Surely in this day and age a computer system can be devised to select one seat per person. Now I have no tickets for myself or my son." | |
| The BBC's James Pearce said on his Twitter feed that he has spoken to London 2012, who admit that many people have missed out again on tickets. | |
| Locog has also said its predictions indicate more than one million tickets will become available between December 2011 and the start of the Games. | |
| These will come through returns, and as the final seating plans for the venues are finalised. | These will come through returns, and as the final seating plans for the venues are finalised. |
| Have you been trying to buy Olympic tickets? Were you successful? Send your comments and experiences using the form below. |