Winter Olypmic Games Posters from 1924 to 2010
written by Nikola LazarevicThe 2010 Winter Olympic Games will begin today on February 12th in Vancouver, Canada. 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 from the winter Olympic games from 1924 to 2010.
Let the games begin!
Chamonix 1924
St. Moritz 1928
Lake Placid 1932
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
St.Moritz 1948
Oslo 1952
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956
Squaw Valley 1960
Innsbruck 1964
Grenoble 1968
Sapporo 1972
Innsbruck 1976
Lake Placid 1980
Sarajevo 1984
Calgary 1988
Albertville1992
Lillehammer 1994
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Torino 2006
Vancouver 2010
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.
60 Comments
ADD COMMENTRichie says:
February 12, 2010Excellent job, Nik. Its so fascinating to see how ‘Design’ has evolved since the 20′s. I like the ‘Grenoble’ and the ‘Turin’ ones the most.
Thanks for collecting this.
Jean-Baptiste Jung says:
February 12, 2010Great list. My favorite poster is not in that list. It is the one created by the Peta to illustrate the murder of seals by canada: http://www.cvfaf.org/files/SealHuntVanc2010.jpg
Manu says:
February 12, 2010That’s right, Jean. I was spoken about this peta work and logo in one of my blogs last year.
I love the games, I do not love doping, but it is very sad, that the sealing in canada was only a big headline last year in my country.
The IOC is given some rules and warnings to the athlets and to the print media. But at least the countries and towns for olympic games will bring the world together, that’s true. But in first of all the games will bring the dollars to the right lobby.
I love the idea of olympic, that’s the reason why my favorite posters are these good old vintage things.
Konstantin says:
February 12, 2010Wow Nikola, awesome list mate! Thanks for the inspiration ;)
~ @kovshenin
Mihai O. says:
February 12, 2010Nice collection of posters :)
Philip Brunner says:
February 12, 2010Fantastic compilation of the history the world Olympics!
Tomas says:
February 12, 2010Great list I love the spirit of Olympic Games. My favorite posters are Nagano 1998, Torino 2006 and of course Vancouver 2010. Thank you.
sriganesh says:
February 12, 2010thanks for some inspiration and list back from the century . i like 1998 and 2010 one too
Nikola Lazarevic says:
February 12, 2010Thanks guys!
My favorite is Oslo 1952 :)
Antonio says:
February 12, 2010beautiful collection! I like the Chamonix 1924. :)
Claire says:
February 12, 2010Negano is my favourite, nice one guys.
CT
showheymf02 says:
February 12, 2010thanks for nice collection!
i like Innsbruck 1964:)
Anya says:
February 12, 2010I love the NAGANO poster the most. Vancouver poster has poor design, not memorable.
Manu says:
February 12, 2010Really a good work. My favorites are these good old times. Well done job.
Teylor Feliz says:
February 12, 2010That is a great example that art is timeless. Thanks for sharing!
Angie Bowen says:
February 13, 2010Great examples! I’m kind of amazed at how modern the Grenoble 1968 poster looks!
azur says:
February 13, 2010I like Innsbruck 1964, great post!
urbanjester says:
February 13, 2010great collection, Nik. Thanks for sharing! i’m a fan of the Albertville1992 poster, personally :)
J
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webbografico says:
February 13, 2010Nice roundup… personally I i really like the last one of Vancouver
Chris Thurman says:
February 13, 2010Great roundup! If you want to learn how to make a poster (although it’s not the official poster) for this years Olympics, I just did a tutorial on my blog.
Designsy says:
February 13, 2010Wow, Very interesting, thx for all the work.
Cranky Pressman says:
February 14, 2010Chamonix 1924, St. Moritz 1948 and Oslo 1952
Thanks.
Benny Shaviv says:
February 14, 2010fantastic post!
loige says:
February 14, 2010I love Nagano one :)
A little typo: you wrote “sOlt lake” :P
Nikola Lazarevic says:
February 14, 2010Fixed! Thanks :)
La Trucoteca de Blogs says:
February 14, 2010Hello Nikola!
This post is very interesting :)
Thank you very much!
And one question:
Would you can to do some icon for RSS and FeedBurner for this collection (http://webexpedition18.com/work/free-icons-extreme-grunge-garments-social-media-icons/)?, (please :D)
We can’t wait it! :)
¡Greetings!
Conga1 says:
February 14, 2010Love your posts! This one is great–Dugg and also retweeted! Oops–check the spelling in title–”Olympic” is the correct spelling
Bob Jordan says:
February 14, 2010Innsbruck, Austria 1964
This poster has a very dark mood to it. Wilhelm Jaruska designed this poster for a invite only design competition. A few years leading up to the games several key international atheletes were killed;including the entire US figure skating team and family members. The were killed involved with a flight Sabena 548 in Brussels, Germany. The flight was in route to 1961 World Championships. I was wondering if this may have impacted the mood of the poster?
e11world says:
February 15, 2010Nice post! I like Grenoble Poster and Vancouver (logo only though)
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Nikola Lazarevic says:
February 16, 2010Ehe :) Thanks
Design Informer says:
February 16, 2010Awesome collection. I really liked their theme for this year’s Winter Olympics. Whoever the design agency was did an excellent job. I remember tweeting about it, and it’s sad that he just recently died, the man responsible for that design. Anyway, his legacy will continue to live on through his design.
Webtreatsetc says:
February 16, 2010I like the 1992 and this year’s Olympic design the best. Thanks for compiling and sharing these posters.
Rikka says:
February 17, 2010My favourite is Oslo 1952!
It’s very interesting seeing the progression!
Ogvidius says:
February 17, 2010Very nice collection. Vancouver poster is really nice!
Simon Goss says:
February 17, 2010Nice set of posters but are you aware that you’ve spelt Olympic incorrectly in two places – as “Olypmic”
Nikola Lazarevic says:
February 17, 2010Yes, i know, but i saw it too late. My apologies!
Lenora says:
February 17, 2010My fave is the 1924 poster for Chamonix. I think the design quality went downhill (pun intended) starting in the 60s, with but a few exceptions (1998 and 2010).
Graphic Design Cornwall says:
February 17, 2010Great collection guys, really like the Vancouver one.
Peter says:
February 18, 2010Love Chamonix, St Moritz 1948 and Nagano. My wife says Nagano, 1998, would comfortably sit on our walls. Lillehammer – I don’t think so.
wien says:
February 18, 2010great post, thanks
nana says:
February 19, 2010grenoble 1968 is a clear and artistic design,all others are very inspiring ,thanks for the author
DELFAU says:
February 19, 2010Un grand merci à Nikola Lazarevic pour avoir eu cette géniale idée de réunir et publier ces archives les affiches des J.O.d’hiver.
Que de grands moments elles nous ont permis de revivre.
A chacune se rattache le profil d’un grand skieur qui a par sa ou ses performances a marqué de son empreinte la ville organisatrice.
Louish says:
February 19, 2010The best is Innsbruck in 1964, actualy and beatiful.
Sandroka says:
February 19, 2010Nice work!
but there’s something I don’t understood. the winter games, as the olympics, are each 4/4years… so why after the games of 92 there’s a poster of 94 games?
Nikola Lazarevic says:
February 19, 2010Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Here’s the answer on your question:
“The Winter and Summer Games resumed in 1948 and were celebrated on the same year until 1992. At that time the Winter Games split from the Summer Games, and were begun to be celebrated on alternating even years. The first Winter Olympic Games to be held on this new schedule was in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.”
taken from wikipedia
Akin G. says:
February 19, 2010Last one is the best imho :) Man, i’m surprised with Innsbruck 1964′s posteri was there a grunge trend at those days??
Susan says:
February 19, 2010As far as the posters themselves go, I like Grenoble 1968 and Tourino 2006 the best.
However, as far as overall design themes go, I loved the treatment for the Lillehammer games and the feel of the graphics. They did a great job echoing that theme in everything related to those games too.
Andrés says:
February 25, 2010Squaw Valley 1960 and Salt Lake City 2002 so ugly…
Brian says:
February 28, 2010There is so much hope in the 1948 St. Moritz poster; obviously just coming off WWII. Grenoble 1968 is nice as well.
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michael says:
March 9, 2010Thanks for this. I see that Vanoc was auctioning various framed versions and i was wondering where these can be bought to compare prices. I like St Moritz 1928.
http://stores.shop.ebay.ca/Official-Vancouver-2010-Auction__W0QQ_sidZ991692011QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em14?_pgn=2
Mark says:
March 24, 2010Great collection.
I’m keen to buy each of these posters. Do you know where I might be able to purchase them from?
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karen cox says:
May 12, 2010can you please help us find the poster, we purchased in vancouver when we were there for th olympics, and would like to get another copy. 1924-2010 Item #6207 Olympic Winter Games 1924-2010 24″x36″ foil poster / affiche metallisee de 24 po sur 36 po hun Olympics D hiver 1924-2010 article no. 6207
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June 10, 2010Wow, it’s amazing how the graphic design has evolved, it depends also in where the games were going to be at.
Label Expert says:
July 5, 2010Great set, my favs are oslo 1952, Innsbruck 1976 and Nagano 1998, I like them because its simplicity, its flawless.
John Ali says:
July 19, 2010i love to see women that is doing some figure skating , they are really beautiful and gracefull.**’
flyer templates says:
August 30, 2010Why 1924 ?
Was that the year of the first modern Olympic games ?
Boulder chiropractic says:
October 19, 2010Beautiful collection! Is there a link to a larger/higher res version of these images?
Thanks!
Dr Rob