London 2012 organisers have admitted an error has led to 10,000 too many tickets being sold for synchronised swimming sessions at this summer’s Olympics.

Around 3,000 people have been offered tickets for alternative events they had applied for – including athletics. A London 2012 spokesperson said: “As a result of finalising the seating configurations in our venues and reconciling the millions of Olympic and Paralympic ticket orders against the seating plans for around 1,000 sporting sessions, we have discovered an error in seats available in four synchronised swimming sessions.”

A human error is believed to be responsible for 20,000 tickets being put on sale rather than 10,000. Tweet