From Athens to London – Olympic Summer Games Posters from 1896 to 2012
written by Nikola LazarevicThe 2012 Summer Olympic Games will begin tomorrow, on July 27th in London, United Kingdom. I thought it would be interesting to see how the design trends in Olympic posters have changed during the years.
In this article you will find every official poster of the Summer Olympic Games from 1896 to 2012.
Let the games begin!
Athens 1896
Paris 1900
Saint Louis 1904
London 1908
Stockholm 1912
Antwerp 1920
Paris 1924
Amsterdam 1928
Los Angeles 1932
Berlin 1936
London 1948
Helsinki 1952
Melbourne 1956
Rome 1960
Tokyo 1964
Mexico City 1968
Munich 1972
Montreal 1976
Moscow 1980
Los Angeles 1984
Seoul 1988
Barcelona 1992
Atlanta 1996
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Your Turn to Talk
Which one is you favorite poster?
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Authored by Nikola Lazarevic
Web Designer, Blogger, M.Sc in Electronic Engineering from Nis, Serbia. Founder of webexpedition18.com. You can find me on Twitter.
21 Comments
ADD COMMENTBrian says:
July 31, 2012This is a great collection! My favorites are the Berlin 1936 games, the Sydney 2000 games and the Beijing 2008 games.
alana woods says:
August 4, 2012um hello? arnt you forgeting vancouver 2010???? like whys “montreal quebec” get credit but vancouver B.C. gets nothing
Ivan says:
August 4, 2012Just wild guess, this is collection of SUMMER Olympics posters?
Nikola Lazarevic says:
August 4, 2012yup, just as the title says: Olympic Summer Games Posters from 1896 to 2012
GETCOMMONSENSE says:
August 4, 2012Hey they are summer olympic posters not winter!
RN says:
August 6, 2012Redneck…
Holly says:
August 7, 2012This type of comment makes me embarrassed to be Canadian sometimes
Jason says:
August 5, 2012cool post. The mexico city Olympic graphic is pretty awful looking. Wow
kayleigh says:
August 8, 2012I thought that one was really well done. It’s reminiscent of those Mexican blankets.
sirjorge says:
August 6, 2012the early versions are so cool, so simple
amila says:
August 6, 2012Olimpic game 1984 was in Sarajevo, BiH, not in Los Angeles.
Nikola Lazarevic says:
August 7, 2012winter olympic games took place in Sarajevo but summer olympics were in Los Angeles
Ron says:
August 6, 2012Great to see some of the posters from the past, are you going to do the same with winter olympic posters { hope so }
Nikola Lazarevic says:
August 7, 2012you can see winter olympic games posters here
Shelly says:
August 7, 2012Berlin…chilling.
Ernesto says:
August 7, 2012So cool that one can trace the different styles through time from classic to modern and post modern
Armando says:
August 7, 2012IMO
Berlin 36 & Barcelona 92 best
Los Angeles 84 & London 2012 worst
Classof1 says:
August 14, 2012Amazing posters. Especially loved all the simple designs like Beijing 2012, nice usage of the blank space.
fredo says:
August 9, 2012I really like Mexico’s
Trina says:
August 13, 2012Great collection/post! Interesting that several of the earliest posters paid homage to the nude marathon runner/discus thrower. Also love the striking simplicity and symbolism of the Tokyo circle and rings.
LA ’84 is among my least favorite posters, too, Armando.
Irv says:
August 14, 2012From Art to artless. From beauty to simplistic logos. Sad.