Olympic Symbols

Olympic symbols

Olympics ring
The five Olympic rings represent the five continents and were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920.
This was originally designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. These five rings stand for passion, faith, victory, work ethic, and sportsmanship.

Bear Misha. Moscow ‘80
The teddy bear Misha, mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov

Dog Cobi. Barcelona ‘92
Cobi dog was the official mascot of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Cobi was designed by Javier Mariscal (1950-). The mascot was unveiled to the public in 1987. His name was derived from the Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee (COOB).
Before and during the Games, Cobi was shown in a variety of advertisements for Olympic sponsors such as Coca-Cola, Brother Industries and Danone.

Hodori. Seoul ‘88
Tiger cubHodori (Ходори) is official symbol of Olympic Games 1988 in Seoul.
In a symbol of Olympiad the Amur tiger personifying friendliness and traditions of hospitality of Korean people has been chosen. Name Hodori has been chosen from 2295 offers received from all corners of a planet.