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 of the London Games.Some 40,000 seats are available after the stadium capacity was halved through sponsors, VIPs and the media.
Applicants will find out by 24 June whether they have got any of the 6.6 million Olympics tickets available.
Some 1.8 million people applied, with a total of 20 million ticket applications.Competition to see the 100 metres final - likely to feature Jamaican sprinter and reigning Olympic champion Usain Bolt - was always going to be fierce.Such was the level of demand in the recent ballot for tickets that the Olympic Stadium in east London could have been sold out at least 20 times over.
BBC sports editor David Bond says those who have applied for Olympics tickets will be watching their bank accounts for a clue to what tickets they have been allocated.But with other big events likely to be just as over subscribed as the 100 metres final, millions of people could be left disappointed.
The price of Olympics tickets ranges from £20 to £725 for the showpiece 100 metres final, and reaches £2,012 for the opening ceremony on 27 July.
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