n Of all medalists, women cried more than men - 25 percent as opposed to eight percent. Sixteen percent either bit or kissed their medal on the podium. Just 44 percent sang along with their national anthem.
n The athlete with the longest non-hyphenated surname was Saeid Mohammadpourkarkaragh (26 letters).
n If US swimmer Michael Phelps were a country, he would rank 37th in the all-time gold medal table. His total of 18 gold medals equals Austria and Ethiopia.
n At 71, the Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu was the oldest athlete at the Games.
n The Duchess of Cambridge (Kate) is the luckiest royal Olympic supporter: Team GB won five gold medals while she looked on. She also witnessed two silver medals and three bronze. Princes William and Harry saw only seven British medals between them.
n The tallest athlete at the Games was 7ft 3in Chinese basketball player Zhaoxu Zhang.
n It took Usain Bolt 41 strides to break the Olympic 100m record in 9.63 seconds. Silver medallist Yohan Blake took 46 paces.
n It took ten hours to make each medal, using an enormous press called Colossus. The medals were designed by David Watkins. There were six grams of gold in each gold medal.
