LONDON (AP) — Organizers at the London Olympics say 2.1 million people attended events in the first three full days of competition. They say 86 percent of ticket-holders showed up Saturday, 92 percent Sunday and 88 percent Monday. Games organizers have been criticized because swaths of empty seats have appeared on television and in photographs. Organizers say 856,000 attended events Saturday, including a "conservative" estimate of 500,000 on the men's cycling road race route. It was 900,000 on Sunday, when eight men's soccer matches were played. An estimated 300,000 lined the women's cycling route. Monday's overall attendance was 370,000. Organizing committee spokeswoman Jackie Brock-Doyle says it won't publish breakdowns of each sport's attendance.
2.1 million attend first 3 days of London Olympics
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Thousands of spectators make their way through Greenwich, London on their way to the Royal Naval College for equestrian competitions at the 2012 London Summer Olympics on Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Sean Dempsey, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVE
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Crowds leave the ExCel Center following an afternoon session of the 2012 Summer Olympics on Sunday July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Nick Potts, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVE
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Spectators sits behind rows of empty seats during a men's volleyball preliminary match between Tunisia and Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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A crowd of spectators cheer during a rainy women's preliminary match between the Netherlands and Belgium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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British troops cheer along with the crowd as they get a break from security duties to watch the Brazil - Great Britain competition during a beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Spectators sit amongst empty seats before Egypt's group C men's soccer match against New Zealand at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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