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olympic bell wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 making the bell 2 ringing the bell 3 see also 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents olympic bell 1 language 한국어 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 51 32 25 n 0 00 59 w 51 540388 n 0 016376 w 51 540388 0 016376 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia bell cast for the london 2012 olympics bradley wiggins began the 2012 opening ceremony by ringing the olympic bell this article is about the bell cast for the 2012 london olympics for bell cast for the 1936 berlin olympics see bell tower of berlin olympic stadium the olympic bell was commissioned and cast for the 2012 london olympic games and is the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world 1 cast in bronze bell metal it is 2 metres 6 ft 7 in high with a diameter of 3 34 metres 10 ft 11 in and weighs 22 long tons 18 cwt 3 qr 13 lb 51 393 lb or 23 311 t 1 2 the bell is now displayed in the olympic park making the bell edit bells ring out the changes of our days they call us to wake to pray to work to arms to feast and in times of crisis to come together almost everyone in britain lives within a sonic parish anyone born within hearing of the bells of st mary le bow in cheapside london has the right to call themselves cockney above all bells are the sound of freedom and peace throughout world war ii all of britain s bell towers were stilled to be rung only in case of emergency they hung in dusty silence until the day came when they could ring in the peace opening ceremony programme page 13 in september 2011 the whitechapel bell foundry a few miles from the london stadium which hosted the track and field elements of the games as well as the olympic opening ceremony was commissioned to make the bell 1 the foundry completed its design profile lettering and tuning however it was no longer able to cast such a large bell its furnace capacity is 8 long tons 8 1 tonnes as the large victorian era bells had gone out of fashion and so subcontracted casting to royal eijsbouts of the netherlands 2 3 there was some controversy over using a non british firm as taylor s bell foundry in loughborough had also tendered to cast the bell 2 the hammer mechanism and hanging framework were made by other firms and twenty companies in three countries were eventually involved with its production the bell was installed and tested in the stadium at midnight on 1 june 2012 1 it was designed to be as large as possible but needed to fit through the athletes tunnel when it arrived there were only a few inches to spare 4 the bell is the second heaviest in europe after petersglocke in cologne cathedral 5 and the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world 6 its main note in campanology its hum tone is b 1 7 the bell is inscribed with london 2012 and a line from caliban s speech in the tempest be not afeard the isle is full of noises 8 which featured in the olympics opening ceremony spoken by kenneth branagh the other side bears the legend whitechapel and the foundry s coat of arms 1 ringing the bell edit the bell in its current location at the london stadium in queen elizabeth olympic park bradley wiggins who had won the tour de france five days earlier opened the ceremony by ringing the bell this was symbolic as the hammer was actually moved mechanically one journalist noted he may be a superhuman athlete but even bradley wiggins isn t capable of setting the olympic bell s monumental half ton clapper in motion by hand 7 the bell was also rung later in the ceremony including just before paul mccartney s performance of hey jude mccartney blamed his faltering start on the unexpected loud sound of the bell as he had forgotten it was going to be rung 9 the bell also featured in music within the ceremony such as in and i will kiss the bell was recorded at night in the rain during rehearsals sound engineers had to ask for work to stop for half an hour to successfully record it 10 the bell hung in the olympic stadium for the opening ceremony it was then moved to make way for the olympic cauldron and stored in the olympic park 11 the olympic park re opened in july 2013 and in may 2016 the bell was returned and reinstalled on a supporting structure just outside the olympic stadium the olympic opening ceremony programme pledged that after 200 years the bell would return to the whitechapel bell foundry for retuning 12 but the foundry closed in 2017 the bell is not currently rung due to concerns that doing so would disturb nearby residents 13 making it possibly the largest ornamental bell in the world see also edit olympic bell for the 1936 berlin summer olympics references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 the olympic bell whitechapel bell foundry december 2012 archived from the original on 7 november 2015 retrieved 14 august 2024 1 2 3 singh anita 20 april 2012 london 2012 olympic bell made in holland daily telegraph archived from the original on 1 february 2014 retrieved 29 july 2013 van der veen bram 13 july 2012 dutch technology shines gold at london olympics holland uk trade archived from the original on 18 may 2013 retrieved 29 july 2013 kvist else 31 july 2012 director of whitechapel bell foundry finds it hard to let go of olympic ceremony bell london24 com archived from the original on 5 november 2015 retrieved 30 july 2013 great bells of europe by weight www towerbells org archived from the original on 13 august 2017 retrieved 25 july 2017 london 2012 bradley wiggins rings bell to start olympic ceremony bbc sport 27 july 2012 archived from the original on 31 august 2012 retrieved 24 august 2012 1 2 stean pete 6 august 2012 the whitechapel bell foundry reveals its secrets londoneer archived from the original on 10 may 2013 retrieved 30 july 2013 magnay jacquelin 27 january 2012 london 2012 olympics shakespeare theme to lead isles of wonder olympic opening ceremony the telegraph archived from the original on 27 july 2022 retrieved 29 july 2013 carroll grace 9 december 2012 sir paul mccartney i f ked up at the olympics opening ceremony nme archived from the original on 15 february 2013 retrieved 30 july 2013 tingen paul december 2012 peter cobbin kirsty whalley inside track secrets of the mix engineers sound on sound archived from the original on 12 august 2013 retrieved 29 july 2013 opening ceremony bell to go on public display london olympic park watch 7 january 2013 archived from the original on 19 october 2015 retrieved 29 july 2013 olympic opening ceremony programme page 13 bruxelles simon de ringing off 23 tonne london olympic bell falls silent archived from the original on 17 october 2018 retrieved 22 june 2020 external links edit behind the scenes at the foundry part 1 on youtube breaking out of the mould the olympic bell part 2 on youtube the london 2012 olympic bell arrives home part 3 on youtube v t e bells background and terminology bell bell cot bellfounding bell gable bell pattern bell tower campanile bell ringer bell shrine belfry bourdon campanology index peal ring of bells strike tone striking clock zvonnitsa types agogô altar bell aluphone babendil bell tree bianzhong bicycle bell bonshō call bell cat bell church bell cowbell crotal bell dead bell doorbell dōtaku ghanta handbell jingle bell kane mini ring ship s bell servant bell standing bell suzu tintinnabulum tubular bells ringing styles chiming carillon chime canpanò ellacombe apparatus russian orthodox bell ringing blagovest full circle ringing change ringing call changes method ringing bolognese bell ringing veronese bell ringing notable bells list of heaviest bells balangiga bells bell of good luck bell of king seongdeok big ben freedom bell great bell of dhammazedi great tom ivan the great bell tower japanese peace bell justice bell liberty bell maria gloriosa mingun bell bells of notre dame de paris olympic bell petersglocke sigismund bell swan bells temple bell boston tsar bell world peace bells kentucky yongle big bell bell founders and foundries bergholtz bilbie family andrey chokhov cockey royal eijsbouts kashpir ganusov vanden gheyn gillett johnston grassmayr miles graye hatch pieter and françois hemony christopher hodson franciscus illenfeld juutila marinelli mcshane meneely john murphy olsen nauen glockengießerei otto de paccard petit fritsen richard phelps rudhall john and william rufford saarlouiser glockengießerei de schilling de taylor hugh watts warner whitechapel geert van wou related dove s guide for church bell ringers glockenmuseum stiftskirche herrenberg liberty bell memorial museum liberty bell museum national bell festival ringing organizations freedom bell american legion all the bells 51 32 25 n 0 00 59 w 51 540388 n 0 016376 w 51 540388 0 016376 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title olympic_bell oldid 1342839633 categories individual bells 2012 summer olympics hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata articles containing italian language text pages using gadget wikiminiatlas coordinates on wikidata this page was last edited on 10 march 2026 at 23 29 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a 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