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 mascotof the 1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona. Cobi was designedby Javier Mariscal (1950-). Themascot was unveiled to thepublic in 1987. His name wasderived from the BarcelonaOlympic Organising Committee(COOB).

Before and during the Games,Cobi was shown in a variety ofadvertisements for Olympicsponsors such as Coca-Cola,Brother Industries and Danone.

HODORI. SEOUL ‘88

Tiger cub Hodori (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.