Five separate ballots were run for the 100m final About a million people who applied for London 2012 Olympic Games tickets did not receive any in the ballot, BBC London has learnt.
Some 1.8 million people applied for the 6.6 million public tickets available. About 55% of applicants missed out.There is a second ballot for those who were unsuccessful but no seats remain for the opening and closing ceremonies, or any athletics finals.
London 2012 rejected claims the ballot led to unbalanced distribution.
BBC London's Olympics correspondent Adrian Warner said the big events had sold out but added that cheaper events like BMX and archery had also all gone.
He said: "Even though people will be entered into a second ballot, the cheaper tickets have gone.
"So, for example, if you do want to watch track and field it will be the preliminaries and it will cost between £40, which is double the cheapest available, and £150."
Chris Townsend, London 2012's director responsible for tickets, said last week: "The ballot was run on a session basis, a separate ballot was run for each price point that was oversubscribed in the session.
"For example, for the 100m final, five separate ballots were run, one for each price point."A London 2012 spokesman said: "Those who were unsuccessful in the initial process will have priority in the next round of sales which start later this month and contacted soon to inform them about the next steps.
"There are still plenty of tickets available to see great Olympic sport across all price points."
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