To start talking about the Olympics, we need to go back to the Ancient Greece. The original Olympics were held in the city of Athens as way to honor the gods. Centuries later, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, revived the Olympics and since then they have been celebrated every four years, this without counting the Winter Games, the Paralympic Games and the Youth Games. Because many people enjoyed our post about football posters, we decided to pay tribute to the most important sports event with a fine selection of the logos that were created for each one of the Olympic Games, enjoy it!.
Paris 1924
Los Angeles – Summer 1932
Lake Placid – Winter 1932
Berlin – Summer 1936
Berlin – Winter 1936
London – Summer 1948
St. Moritz – Winter 1948
Helsinki – Summer 1952
Oslo – Winter 1952
Melbourne / Stockholm – Summer 1956
Cortina d’Ampezzo – Winter 1956
Rome – Summer 1960
Squaw Valley – Winter 1960
Tokyo – Summer 1964
Innsbruck – Winter 1964
Mexico – Summer 1968
Grenoble – Winter 1968
Munich – Summer 1972
Montreal – Summer 1976
Innsbruck – Winter 1976
Moscow – Summer 1980
Lake Placid – Winter 1980
Los Angeles – Summer 1984
Sarajevo – Winter 1984
Seoul – Summer 1988
Calgary – Winter 1988
Barcelona – Summer 1992
Albertville – Winter 1992
Atlanta – Summer 1996
Lillehammer – Winter 1994
Sydney – Summer 2000
Nagano – Winter 1998
Athens – Summer 2004
Salt Lake City – Winter 2002
Turin – Winter 2006
Beijing – Summer 2008
London – Summer 2012
Vancouver – Winter 2010
I personally love the Salt Lake City logo, it’s a beautiful and yet simple design with a fine color selection. Which one’s your favorite?, do you think the latest logos are worse than the classic ones?, don’t forget to leave us your comments!.
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All of them look great whitout london 2012 … There is nothing! I mean i look it like a normal person, there shoud be something to nitice from first look and this – this is random shapes.
I agree with you Alex, London’s logo is probably the most expensive and yet unattractive logo of all history of the Olympics…
Logo is the very is so nice. Logo also important for Olympic. its representing the place where the Olympic held. nice logo’s i love it.