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London 2012 Olympic Stadium athletics track start line marking used for the 200m events, it is not known which lane start line this was, but through t

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£1,500
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£1,500 - £2,500

London 2012 Olympic Stadium athletics track start line marking used for the 200m events, it is not known which lane start line this was, but through the absence of unique track marking/features on this section lanes 1, 5 & 9 can be eliminated, so it was for either lanes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 or 8, a section of the red vulcanized rubber dual layer athletics track installed by the Italian manufacturer Mondo, removed from its position as a lane start line for the 200m, bearing '200'' in white in the ''2012Headline'' typeface designed by Gareth Hague for the London 2012 Games, the first time that an Olympic running track was marked with anything other than generic Arabic numerals, the track section with the start line & outer lane marking in white, measurement approx. 80 by 75cm.; sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and the Mayor of Newham (2) The gold, silver & bronze medals for the men's 200m Final, all won by Jamaican athletes, came from Lanes 7 (Usain Bolt), 4 (Yohan Blake) & 8 (Warren Weir). In the women's final Allyson Felix (USA) won her gold medal from Lane 7, while silver was won in Lane 4 by Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. In the 200m event of the women's heptathlon, Great Britain's gold medal winner Jessica Ennis ran her heat from Lane 7 and recorded an equal best time of 22.83 secs. earning 1,096 competition points. A total of 16 gold medals in 200m events were won at the Paralympics from Lanes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 or 8.