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| Thousands more get second round London 2012 tickets | |
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| Thousands of people who applied on Friday for the second round of tickets for the London 2012 Olympics have been successful, organisers Locog said. | |
| Some 2.3m tickets href="http://www.tickets.london2012.com/" >went on sale online for 10 days on a first-come, first-served basis. Locog said 90% of those who applied on Friday were successful. | |
| 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." | 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." |
| 'Disappointed customers' | |
| A London 2012 spokeswoman said: "Over 150,000 applications have been processed since Friday for around 850,000 tickets. Just under 90% received tickets, subject to payment. | |
| "Around 10% have not been successful due to the massive demand during the first two hours of sales where 10 sports sold out, some within 15 minutes." | |
| "E-mails are being sent to applicants today and whilst more applicants now have tickets to the Games, we know that there are still some disappointed customers and we will do everything we can to get them to the Games. | |
| "Over a million new tickets will be offered to the British public next year from contingency seats, once venues are tested and licensed, and we aim to get as many of these tickets as possible into the hands of customers who have missed out to date." | |
| 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. |
| Unsuccessful application | |
| 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. |
| 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". | 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." | 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. | "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." | "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." |
| Have you been trying to buy Olympic tickets? Were you successful? Send your comments and experiences using the form below. | Have you been trying to buy Olympic tickets? Were you successful? Send your comments and experiences using the form below. |