Olympic poster

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. 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.

• Games — Host — Design — Designer(s) — Image — Ref • 1896 — Athens, Greece • 1900 — Paris, France — It shows the Exposition medal on top of the Eiffel Tower — • 1904 — St. Louis, United States — It shows the Olympic venues during the 1904 Expo — • 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 — • 1924 — Paris, France • 1928 — Amsterdam, Netherlands • 1932 — Los Angeles, United States • 1936 — Berlin, Nazi Germany • 1948 — London, Great Britain — It shows a statue of a discus thrower in front of the Palace of Westminster — • 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 States — It 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, France — Ugo Gattoni • 2028 — Los Angeles, United States • 2032 — Brisbane, Australia

• Games — Host — Design — Designer(s) — Image — Ref • 1924 — Paris, France — It shows an eagle holding a branch while looking at bobsleghers — • 1928 — St. Moritz, Switzerland — • 1932 — Lake Placid, United States • 1936 — Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany • 1948 — St. Moritz, Switzerland • 1952 — Oslo, Norway • 1956 — Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy • 1960 — Squaw Valley, United States • 1964 — Innsbruck, Austria • 1968 — Grenoble, France — The poster shows the Olympic rings screaming down a mountain. — Jean Brain — Link to poster • 1972 — Sapporo, Japan — The 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 States — It 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 • 1992 — Albertville, France • 1994 — Lillehammer, Norway • 1998 — Nagano, Japan • 2002 — Salt Lake City, United States • 2006 — Turin, Italy • 2010 — Vancouver, Canada • 2014 — Sochi, Russia • 2018 — Pyeongchang, South Korea • 2022 — Beijing, China • 2026 — Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy • 2030 — French Alps, France • 2034 — Utah, United States