Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Olympic Games Posters etc. - Part 3

Olympic Games Posters etc.

First taking place in Athens in 1896, the modern Olympic Games fast became the world’s foremost sporting competition. When they next took place six years later, the host city of Stockholm commissioned the first official poster and the art form has played an essential part in the Games ever since.

This is part 3 of a 5-part series on Olympic Ephemera: 

1968 Mexico 1968 Olympic Games

1968 Mexico 1968 Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

1972 Munich Olympic Games

Munich Olympic Games, Munich 1972
poster by David Hockney

1972 XI Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo

Montréal 1976

Montréal Olympics 1976
artist Tom George

Montréal 1976

Kingstone 1976, Montréal

1976 Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck

1980 Moscow Olympics

1980 Moscow Olympics

1980 Moscow Olympics

1980 Moscow Olympics

1980 Moscow Olympics


1980 Moscow Olympics

1980 Moscow Olympics
1980 Moscow Olympics
XIII Winter Olympic Games - Lake Placid 1980

Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984

Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984

Levi's Official Outfitter of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games
artist Kevin Hosmann


Sarajevo '84 XIV Olympic Games

1984 XIV Olympic posters made in 1983
lithographs in the The Museum of Modern Art, New York:

“Column with Rings” by Milton Glaser


“Speedskater” by Andy Warhol


"The Skater" by David Hockney


“The Tortoise and the Hare” by Kyu-Baik Hwang

"XIV Olympic Winter Games" by Victor Vasarely



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