February 15, 2011 - 16:20 AMT
Applications for London 2012 Olympic Games tickets to be accepted from March 15, 2011

Sports fans can start planning their trips to the London 2012 Olympic Games after organizers published the full competition schedule on February 15.

The men's 100-meter track final will take place on Sunday, August 5 when Usain Bolt will be attempting to defend the title he won in a world record time in Beijing, msn.foxsports.com reported.

The first medals will be won on Saturday, July 28 in women's weightlifting and the men's air pistol and women's air rifle shooting, but the real excitement that day will be in cycling's men's road race, which comes to a climax among the crowds in the Mall in central London.

The evening of the 28th will also see the first medals won in the Olympic Park, with four gold medals up for grabs at the Aquatics Centre: men's 400m freestyle and 400m individual medley, and the women's 400m individual medley and 4 x 100m freestyle relay.

The final weekend of the Games, August 11 and 12, will see gold medals won in volleyball, basketball, water polo, modern pentathlon, hockey, handball, sailing, gymnastics, soccer, diving, mountain biking, canoe sprint, boxing, archery, athletics and in the men's and women's marathons.

"This is a really big moment, a huge moment," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, who won 1,500-meter gold in 1980 and 1984.

Besides, organizers said on the official website of London 2012 Olympic Games that applications for Olympic Games tickets will be accepted between 15 March and 26 April 2011.

Not residents of the UK or one of the designated European countries, regardless of citizenship, will be required to apply for Olympic Games tickets via their local National Olympic Committee (NOC) from 15 March 2011.