where was hackney 2012 held?
London
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 Because London was the host city of the 2012 Summer Olympics , a segment of their culture was performed during the closing ceremony . 

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 In an end of the year review , British magazine Q said " It could all have been so different . As the London 2012 Summer Olympics approached , the tide of scepticism seemed almost irreversible . There was the heavy @-@ handed sponsorship , the draconian security , the ticketing problems , the ballooning budget , and the lurking fear that the Opening Ceremony might be , in director Danny Boyle 's pungent description , ' shite ' . It took less than four hours on the night of Friday 27 July to turn the whole country around . Not only was the ceremony demonstrably not shite , it was the most surprising , moving , spectacular cultural event this country had ever seen ... modern Britain , in all its berserk , multi @-@ faceted glory . " 

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 2012 Host City Election — announcement ( WMV file ) 

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 The 2012 Summer Olympics were hosted by London , which meant that Great Britain qualified as right of being host nation . After much discussion between the Home Nations and opposition from the Northern Irish , Scottish and Welsh associations , men 's and women 's teams organised by the ( English ) FA were entered to the 2012 Olympics . 

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 Prior to London 2012 there had been considerable apprehension about Britain 's ability to stage an opening ceremony that could reach the standard set at the Beijing Summer Games of 2008 . The 2008 ceremony had been noted for its scale , extravagance and expense , and hailed as the " greatest ever " . It had cost £ 65m , whereas London spent an estimated £ 27m ( out of £ 80m budgeted for its four ceremonies ) , which was nevertheless about twice the original budget . However , the ceremony was immediately seen as a tremendous success , widely praised as a " masterpiece " and " a love letter to Britain " . 
