Twelve Paralympians from the GB and Ghana teams joined athletes from across the UK and Warwick's Wheelchair Racing Academy on 25 July 2012 for an evening event of 100m, 200m, and 1500m races for sprinters and wheelchair racing.

The Olympic Torch will pass near the University of Warwick campus on Sunday 1st July.

As an Official Training Venue for Olympic Football, Warwick was visited by representatives from participating nations for an inspection in April, ahead of the teams' arrival.

The Coca-Cola Olympic Torch Tour visited the University of Warwick piazza on 19 October 2011.

Interviews to select thousands of volunteers for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will took place at Warwick for seven weeks over the summer of 2011.