21 May 2011

High demand for tickets to Olympic men's 100m final

11:01 am on 21 May 2011

London 2012 organisers have received more than one million requests for tickets for the Olympic men's 100 metres final.

The session, at the Olympic Stadium on 5 August next year is one of the most sought after at the London Games.

Some 40,000 seats are available after the stadium capacity was halved through sponsors, VIPs and the media.

Ticket prices range from £20 - £725 for the event.

Applicants will find out by 24 June whether they have got any of the 6.6 million Olympics tickets available.

The BBC reports some 1.8 million people applied, with a total of 20 million ticket applications.

Olympics organisers are looking to make £500 million from ticket sales as part of bid to raise £2 billion through private means.