Olympics 2012 Sites and App Guide

20 Tools to Make Your Olympics Even More Enjoyable

Get Your Flag Out

Get Your Flag Out

When your country wins a medal, whip out this app and with the push of a button display the hometown flag and play the national anthem. Cheering made simple — and just a tad obnoxious.

Download on the App Store.

  1. Get Your Flag Out Get Your Flag Out
    Get Your Flag Out
    Get Your Flag Out
    When your country wins a medal, whip out this app and with the push of a button display the hometown flag and play the national anthem. Cheering made simple — and just a tad obnoxious.
    Download on the App Store.
    http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/get-your-flag-out/id541091968?ls=1&mt=8
  2. IFTTT IFTTT
    IFTTT
    IFTTT Olympic Recipes
    Use If This Than That to receive a text when a certain country wins a medal, send a tweet if your favorite athlete sets a world record, save Olympic stories to Instapaper or Pocket, and trigger tons of other automatic events.
    Recipes online at ifttt.com.
    ifttt.com/recipes/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=olympics
  3. Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated
    Sports Illustrated
    Sports Illustrated Live from London 2012
    Scores, stats, and medal totals are one thing. Memorable moments are another. Each day, SI compiles striking photos and off-the-beaten-path reporting from the past 24 hours into a free iPad magazine issue.
    Download on the App Store.
    http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/london-2012/id520738549?mt=8
  4. Curly's Pocket Guide to Sports Curly's Pocket Guide to Sports
    Curly's Pocket Guide to Sports
    Curly's Guide
    Key rules and interesting facts about each sport. For example, did you know that race walkers move at just over 9 mph, roughly the same speed as a running chicken? Don't feel bad. Neither did we.
    Download on the App Store.
    http://curlyspocketguide.com/
  5. Chrome Scheduler Extension Chrome Scheduler Extension
    Chrome Scheduler Extension
    Chrome Scheduler
    Supposedly, it's bad taste to watch the Olympics on your iPad at work all day. Instead, schedule must-watch events with this Chrome extension and your browser will remind you when the streaming has started on NBCOlympics.com (in the US only).
    Download on the Chrome Web Store.
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/okhkncepdlpdblbgagmaifdgfaoincle
  6. Shazaam Shazaam
    Shazaam
    Shazaam
    Crazy as it sounds, the music identification app will also have medal counts, polls, schedules, biographies, and more — all unlocked by activating the app while watching NBC.
    Online at shazam.com.
    http://www.shazam.com/music/web/getshazam.html
  7. Flickr / Instagram Flickr / Instagram
    Flickr / Instagram
    Flickr and Instagram
    With all the boots on the ground, it's probably not a surprise that someone (ok, everyone) has a camera. Check in here for beautiful crowd-sourced photos from people like you.
    Online at flickr.com and statigr.am.
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/london2012/pool/
  8. Tweethletes Tweethletes
    Tweethletes
    Tweethletes
    On August 5 partake in a race to cover 100 meters in tweets faster than the world's best sprinters can run it. It'll take 4,000 one-line tweets to finish in under ten seconds.
    Online at tweethletes.com.
    http://www.tweethletes.com/
  9. The Guardian The Guardian
    The Guardian
    The Guardian Second Screen
    To follow all 26 sports you'd need to be in 26 places at once. Difficult for you; easy for The Guardian. Boasting experts from every discipline, the paper's live blogging team feeds a steady stream of tweets, photos, and short blog posts into a browsable timeline of events.
    Online at second-screen.guardian.co.uk.
  10. Facebook Hub Facebook Hub
    Facebook Hub
    Facebook Olympics Hub
    Want to be friends with Lolo Jones? Find her Facebook profile (and the profiles for almost every other athlete and team) right here.
    Online at facebook.com.
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/olympics
  11. Official Results Official Results
    Official Results
    London 2012: Official Results
    Where better to go for information than the source? Made by the Organising Committee, the official app ports schedules, scores, athlete profiles, news, and more right into your hand.
    Download on the App Store, ​Google Play or Windows Phone Marketplace.
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/london-2012-official-results/id536513070?ls=1&mt=8
  12. Go 2012 Go 2012
    Go 2012
    Go 2012
    The official app is free, which is great. Except for the banner ads, which are not so great. This sleek alternative provides the same intel with no ads and a beautiful interface. Well worth the one quid.
    Download on the App Store or Google Play.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mulvaney.go2012
  13. ESPN Rules ESPN Rules
    ESPN Rules
    ESPN Sport by Sport Rules
    It looked like nothing short of a perfect pike dive and yet the diver only scored a 7. Learn what went wrong with rules for every Olympic sport from judo to kayaking.
    Online at espn.com.
    http://proxy.espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/sports
  14. NBC Olympics Live Extra NBC Olympics Live Extra
    NBC Olympics Live Extra
    NBC Olympics Live Extra
    Besides streaming real-time video, it also sorts highlights by sport, has interviews with key competitors, and plots out events by date. One caveat: You'll need a qualifying cable subscription to unlock the app.
    Download on the App Store or Google Play. U.S. residents only.
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nbc-olympics-live-extra/id542511686?mt=8
  15. BBC Apps BBC Apps
    BBC Apps
    BBC Facebook and Apps
    Since the ticket lottery sounded as logical as solving a jigsaw puzzle with a crossword dictionary, the BBC is streaming live coverage for Brits who didn't make the cut.
    Install for Facebook or download on the App Store or Google Play. U.K. residents only.
    http://apps.facebook.com/bbcsport/
  16. Mac Wallpaper Mac Wallpaper
    Mac Wallpaper
    Live Wallpaper for Mac
    This $0.99 Mac app features over a dozen different animated wallpapers, each with working clocks and weather updates. The team behind the app has created a new wallpaper for the Olympics, with an updating medal tally in the upper left corner.
    Download on the App Store.
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/live-wallpaper/id531123879?mt=12
  17. Android Wallpaper Android Wallpaper
    Android Wallpaper
    London 2012 Live Wallpaper
    A background is a beautiful thing to waste. This Android app resembles London's skyline and sails a blimp trailing tweets from @London2012 across the screen.
    Download on Google Play.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sparkymobile.london
  18. Fitocracy Fitocracy
    Fitocracy
    Fitocracy
    Don't be alarmed if watching the Olympics gives you the urge to swim laps or hurdle something. Just join Fitocracy and channel that energy into a social fitness competition.
    Online at fitocracy.com.
    http://www.fitocracy.com/
  19. Timista Timista
    Timista
    Timista
    For the downtime (you know, during handball) this site generates London–specific recommendations based on where you are, much time you have to spare, and how many people are in your party.
    Online at timista.com.
    http://timista.com/
  20. Medals 2012 Medals 2012
    Medals 2012
    Medals 2012
    At the end of the day, it's the hardware that matters most. This well-designed app for iPhone and iPad lets you track your favorite country's tally while keeping an eye on the overall leaderboard.
    Download on the App Store.
    itunes.apple.com/us/app/medals-2012/id507112150?mt=8
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