39 Olympic Logos From 1924 to 2012

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March 02, 2009

olympicgamesLiving in Vancouver, Canada, I've been seeing the logo of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games more and more around the city as the date draws closer.

I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the design trends in Olympic logos have evolved over the years.

Noticeably, the logos seem to have changed from a monochromatic trend to a more multicolor approach in recent years.

Logo design seems to have been streamlined to simpler and cleaner shapes. This article features every logo from the summer and winter Olympic games from 1924 to 2012.

Paris - Summer 1924


Lake Placid - Winter 1932



Los Angeles - Summer 1932



Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Winter 1936



Berlin - Summer 1936



St. Moritz - Winter 1948



London - Summer 1948



Oslo - Winter 1952



Helsinki - Summer 1952



Cortina d'Ampezzo - Winter 1956



Melbourne / Stockholm - Summer 1956



Squaw Valley - Winter 1960



Rome - Summer 1960



Innsbruck - Winter 1964



Tokyo - Summer 1964



Grenoble - Winter 1968



Mexico - Summer 1968



Sapporo - Winter 1972



Munich - Summer 1972



Innsbruck - Winter 1976



Montreal - Summer 1976



Lake Placid - Winter 1980



Moscow - Summer 1980



Sarajevo - Winter 1984



Los Angeles - Summer 1984



Calgary - Winter 1988



Seoul - Summer 1988



Albertville - Winter 1992



Barcelona - Summer 1992



Lillehammer - Winter 1994



Atlanta - Summer 1996



Nagano - Winter 1998



Sydney - Summer 2000



Salt Lake City - Winter 2002



Athens - Summer 2004



Turin - Winter 2006



Beijing - Summer 2008



Vancouver - Winter 2010



London - Summer 2012

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Which is your favorite logo and what do you think of the logos of the upcoming Vancouver and London games?

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