List of Olympic logos

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This is a list of Olympic logos, for both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The number after the host city denotes the number of times that city has held an Olympic games. Likewise, the number after the country indicates the total number of games that took place in that country.

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[edit] Summer Olympics

Summer Games
Year Games Logo Host City Country Designer Notes
1896 I Athens (1) Greece (1) Cover of the Official Report
1900 II Paris (1) France (1)
1904 III St. Louis, Missouri (1) USA (1) Cover of the Official programme
1908 IV London (1) United Kingdom (1)
1912 V Stockholm (1) Sweden (1) Olle Hjortzberg Official poster
1916 (VI)[1] Berlin Germany
1920 VII Antwerp (1) Belgium (1) Martha van Kuyck, Walter von der Wen Official poster
1924 VIII Paris (2) France (2)
1928 IX Amsterdam (1) Netherlands (1) Official poster[2]
1932 X Los Angeles, California (1) USA (2) Hugo Ballin
1936 XI Berlin (1) Germany (1) Johannes Boehland
1940 (XII)[1] Tokyo Japan
1940 (XII)[1] Helsinki Finland
1944 (XIII)[1] London United Kingdom
1948 XIV London (2) United Kingdom (2)
1952 XV Helsinki (1) Finland (1)
1956 XVI Melbourne (1) Australia (1)
1960 XVII Rome (1) Italy (1) Armando Testa
1964 XVIII Tokyo (1) Japan (1) Yusaku kamekura
1968 XIX Mexico City (1) Mexico (1) Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, Eduardo Terrazas, Lance Wyman
1972 XX Munich (1) Germany (2) (BRD) Otl Aicher
1976 XXI Montreal, Quebec(1) Canada (1) Georges Huel
1980 XXII Moscow (1) USSR (1) Vladimir Arsentyev
1984 XXIII Los Angeles, California (2) USA (3) Robert Miles Runyan
1988 XXIV Seoul (1) South Korea (1) Yang Sung Chun
1992 XXV Barcelona (1) Spain (1) Josep Maria Trias
1996 XXVI Atlanta, Georgia (1) USA (4) Landor Associates
2000 XXVII Sydney (1) Australia (2) FHA Image Design
2004 XXVIII Athens (2) Greece (2) Red Design Consultants, Wolff Olin
2008 XXIX Beijing (1) PR China (1)
2012 XXX London (3) United Kingdom (3) Bid logo
2016 XXXI - - -
2020 XXXII - - -

[edit] Winter Olympics

Winter Games
Year Games Logo Host City Country Designer Notes
1924 I Chamonix (1) France (1) Official poster
1928 II St. Moritz (1) Switzerland (1) Official poster
1932 III Lake Placid, New York (1) USA (1) Official poster
1936 IV Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1) Germany (1)
1940 (V)[1] Sapporo Japan
1940 (V)[1] St. Moritz Switzerland
1940 (V)[1] Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany
1944 (V)[1] Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
1948 V St. Moritz (2) Switzerland (2)
1952 VI Oslo (1) Norway (1) Gunnar Furuholmen
1956 VII Cortina d'Ampezzo (1) Italy (1) Franco Rondinelli
1960 VIII Squaw Valley, California (1) USA (2) Knolling Advertising Agency
1964 IX Innsbruck (1) Austria (1) Arthur Zelger
1968 X Grenoble (1) France (2) Roger Excoffon
1972 XI Sapporo (1) Japan (1) Kazumasa Nagai
1976 XII Innsbruck (2) Austria (2) Arthur Zelger
1980 XIII Lake Placid, New York (2) USA (3) Robert Whitney
1984 XIV Sarajevo (1) Yugoslavia (1) Cedomir Kostovic
1988 XV Calgary, Alberta (1) Canada (1) Gary Pampa
1992 XVI Albertville (1) France (3) Bruno Quentin
1994 XVII Lillehammer (1) Norway (2)
1998 XVIII Nagano (1) Japan (2) Landor Associates
2002 XIX Salt Lake City, Utah (1) USA (4) Landor Associates
2006 XX Turin (1) Italy (2) Benincasa - Husmann
2010 XXI Vancouver, British Columbia (1) Canada (2) Elena Rivera MacGregor
2014 XXII - - -
2018 XXIII - - -
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cancelled due to war.
  2. ^ Actually, not the official poster. The IOC failed to get ownership of the copyrights of the original poster and therefore promoted this book cover design to official poster, long after the 1928 Games had ended.
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