Olympic poster

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The Olympic posters are part of the greater promotion plan devised each time by the country hosting the Olympic Games for the better and easier communication of this major sporting event. Olympic posters are closely associated with the place and time of the Games and reflect the social, cultural and sometimes the political context of the host country each time. [1] The Organizing Committee of the host country usually announces an artistic contest for the creation of the posters. Then a special committee decides which entry will be the official poster of the Games. The design process is often given strict guidelines for content, since the committee has already decided the elements it wished to include in the design and the specific messages it must convey.

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Although, today the creation of a poster is deemed necessary, in the first modern Olympic Games there were no posters specially designed for the Games. The first official poster that was specially designed for the Olympic Games, following the approval of the competent committee, was the poster for the 1912 Games held in Stockholm. The poster depicted the march of the nations represented by athletes holding their national flags. All posters are the property of the IOC. [2]

Olympic posters

Summer Olympic poster designs

GamesHostDesignDesigner(s)ImageRef
1896 Athens, Greece
1900 Paris, France It shows the Exposition medal on top of the Eiffel Tower JOParis 1900.jpg
1904 St. Louis, United States It shows the Olympic venues during the 1904 Expo 1904summerolympicsposter.jpg
1908 London, Great Britain
1912 Stockholm, Sweden
1920 Antwerp, Belgium It shows a man holding a ball while being surrounded with flags and the Cathedral of Our Lady 1920 olympics poster.jpg
1924 Paris, France
1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1932 Los Angeles, United States
1936 Berlin, Nazi Germany
1948 London, Great BritainIt shows a statue of a discus thrower in front of the Palace of Westminster London Olympics.jpg
1952 Helsinki, Finland
1956 Melbourne, Australia
1960 Rome, Italy
1964 Tokyo, Japan
1968 Mexico City, Mexico
1972 Munich, West Germany
1976 Montreal, Canada
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles, United StatesIt shows the logo of the 1984 Summer Olympics with images of the host country. Robert Rauschenberg Link to poster
1988 Seoul, South Korea
1992 Barcelona, Spain
1996 Atlanta, United States
2000 Sydney, Australia
2004 Athens, Greece
2008 Beijing, China
2012 London, Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020 Tokyo, Japan
2024 Paris, FranceUgo Gattoni
2028 Los Angeles, United States
2032 Brisbane, Australia

Winter Olympic poster designs

GamesHostDesignDesigner(s)ImageRef
1924 Paris, France It shows an eagle holding a branch while looking at bobsleghers 1924WOlympicPoster.jpg
1968 Grenoble, FranceThe poster shows the Olympic rings screaming down a mountain.Jean Brain Link to poster
1972 Sapporo, JapanThe poster shows the logo of the 1972 Winter Olympics on top of Mount Asahi and Shikotsu-Tōya National Park Takashi Kono Link to poster
1976 Innsbruck, Austria The poster shows the Olympic rings on the tip of a skate blade forming an "i" for Innsbruck.Arthur Zelger Link to poster
1980 Lake Placid, United StatesIt shows the logo for the 1980 Winter Olympics
1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia It shows the logo for the 1984 Winter Olympics in front of a snowflake falling from the sky Link to poster
1988 Calgary, Canada It shows the logo for the 1988 Winter Olympics on top of Calgary Link to poster

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References

  1. Olympic Summer Games Posters from Athens 1896 to London 2012.
  2. "Athens Info Guide". Archived from the original on 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2015-03-16.