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Full list of items you'll be banned from taking into the London Olympics

Mike Pollitt | Friday 27 April, 2012 12:49

This is the list of banned items which you will be prohibited from taking in to London Olympic 2012 venues. It’s mostly standard stuff, although the ban on tents caused a stir earlier this year. The restricted, rather than prohibited, objects are altogether more interesting. Scroll to the bottom for those.

Prohibited
• Liquids, aerosols, gels or other items of a similar consistency in amounts greater than 100ml
• Alcohol
• Tents, placards, spray paint or any other item which could be used to demonstrate within the venue or sabotage property
• Glass bottles (excluding medication contained in glass bottles)
• More than one soft-sided bag of 25L capacity (all bags must be able to fit under your seat)
• Walkie talkies, phone jammers and radio scanners
• Personal/private wireless access points and 3G hubs (smart devices such as android, iPhone and tablets, are permitted on venue, but must not be used as wireless access points to connect multiple devices)
• Laser pointers and strobe lights
• Large items too large to be electronically screened
• Bicycles, folding bicycles, roller-skates and skateboards
• Pets or animals (excluding service animals)
• All types of knives and bladed items, including pocket knives and knives carried as part of cultural dress (excluding the Sikh Article of faith kirpan/ceremonial dagger)
• Offensive weapons or implements such as bayonets, flick knives, extendable batons, sharpened combs, modified belt buckles and loose blades modified into weapons
• Personal protection sprays such as CS or pepper sprays
• Firearms and ammunition (including replicas, component parts or any device suspected to be a firearm)
• Fireworks, explosives, flares and smoke canisters
• Hazardous and toxic materials
• Controlled drugs including substances which look like controlled drugs
• Items that resemble prohibited items such as replica guns or hoax explosive devices

Restricted
• Large flags (bigger than 1m x 2m), banners and associated poles
• Oversized hats
• Large golf style umbrellas
• Large photographic and broadcast equipment over 30cm in length, including tripods and monopods. Please note that it’s also prohibited to use photographic or broadcast equipment for commercial purposes unless you hold media accreditation
• Excessive amounts of food
• Balls, rackets, frisbees or similar objects or projectiles
• Noisemakers such as hunting horns, air horns, klaxons, drums, vuvuzelas and whistles
• Any objects or clothing bearing political statements or overt commercial identification intended for ‘ambush marketing’
• Flags of countries not participating in the Games

“Excessive amounts of food”, “flags of countries not participating in the Games”, “any objects of clothing bearing political statements”.

Hmm. Also no pets, no oversized hats, and no vuvuzelas. Has this list completely ruined your outfit?

Full PDF document can be read here

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