Over at Greenwich Park, the individual show jumping final put horses and riders through their paces.
They said stewards directed people straight to the station from the Olympic Games venue at Greenwich Park.
On 29 March 1981, thousands of people assembled in Greenwich Park and at 9am, began their gruelling 26.2 mile run.
Both the Greenwich Park concert and the events at the Dome will feature in the BBC's 2000 Today programme on New Year's Eve.
Alistair's triumph was soon followed by another as Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin helped Britain win the team dressage event in Greenwich Park.
East London, particularly around the Olympic Park in Stratford, the ExCeL centre and Greenwich Park, will be hit with the greatest demand as this is where many of the competitions will be staged.
The weather has proved most challenging at more rural venues such as Greenwich park and Eton Dorney, where tracks are being laid for vehicles and spectators advised to wear wellies and wet weather gear.
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The Royal Navy's largest ship, the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, is moored in the Thames off Greenwich, where it will be a base for helicopter operations and house troops providing security at the Greenwich Park Olympic venue.
The Royal Navy's largest ship, the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, is now moored in the Thames off Greenwich, where it will act as a base for helicopter operations and house 400 troops providing security at the Greenwich Park Olympic venue.
The regulations would also lower speed limits in Greenwich and Bushy Park from 30mph to 20mph and increase existing car parking charges in Greenwich, Regent's and Hyde Parks.
We view through a prism of hyper-sophistication, and judge by the rules of Chevy Chase and Greenwich, of Cleveland Park and McLean, of Bronxville and Manhattan.
With sports events taking place from east London's Olympic Park and Greenwich, through the city centre, and out to Wimbledon and Wembley, there are restrictions around 10 sports venues in the city.
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The eclectic 178-room Hyatt Union Square opened in April 2013 one block south of Union Square, a leafy park sandwiched between Midtown and Greenwich Village.
The only exceptions are Wembley Stadium, St James' Park, Old Trafford and North Greenwich Arena, where existing licensing agreements mean all spectators need a ticket, regardless of their age.
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But the policy will not apply to events held at Wembley Stadium, St James' Park, Old Trafford and North Greenwich Arena, where licensing rules require everyone to have a ticket.
The focus is on neighborhoods in south Manhattan, including Battery Park City, Chinatown, the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village and Soho.
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