CEIP Saco e Arce - 2012

Olympic Mascots have become an

important element of the Olympic image.

They represent the Olympic spirit ,

promote the history and culture of the

host city and create a festive

atmosphere for the games.

Mascots act as a vehicle for expressing

the Olympic spirit to the general public,

especially children.

Munich 1972Waldy was the first

official mascot. Itwas designed by OtlAicher for the 1972 Summer Olympic Gamesin Munich.

It was a dachshund, a popular breed of dogfrom Germany.

His head and tailwere blue and hisbody was stripes of some Olympic colours.

Montreal 1976• This is Amik, the

mascot of the 1976 Summer Olympics.

• It’s a beaver, an animal native from Canada.

• It represents patience and hard work

Moscow 1980Misha was the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.It was designed by Victor Chizhikov, a children’s books illustrator.He’s wearing a blue-black-yellow-green-red belt (colours of the Olympic rings), with a golden buckle shaped like the five rings.

Los Angeles 1984This is Sam, the mascot

of the 1984 Summer Olympics .He’s a bald eagle, the national bird of the United States.He was designed by Bob Moore, an artist for Disney. His hat has the national colours of the United States: red, white and blue.

Seoul 19881988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, South Korea.

The mascot was Hodory, a tiger cub designed by Kim Hyun.He was wearing a medal around his neck with the Olympic rings and a sangmo (a traditional Korean dance) hat on his head .

Barcelona 1992

CoBi was the official mascot of 1992 Olympic Games He’s a catalansheepdog in cubist style, designed by Javier Mariscal.

Atlanta 1996This is Izzy, the mascotof the Atlanta 1996 summer Olympics.The name comes from Whatizit? because no one really knew what Izzywas.It was the first mascot designed on a computerand he had the ability of change in appearance to represent different athletes and sports.

Sydney 2000Millenium games

Olly the kookaburra,

Syd the platypus and

Millie the echidna represented earth, air and water at the Sydney 2000 Games. They are three native animals from Australia.They were designed by Matthew Hatten and JozefSzekeres .

Athens 2004Brother and sister Athena and Phevos were the mascots for the Athens 2004 Olympics . They were named after 2 Greek gods: Phevos, the god of light and music, and Athena, goddess of wisdom and patron of the city of Athens.

They had wide feet, long necks and small heads,. One was dressed in orange and the other in deep blue

Beijing 2008

They represented the playful qualities of children' and their

The 2008 Beijing Summer Games Mascots, were

called the Fuwa, that means "Good luck dolls.“They were designed by Han Meilin

names, when put together (Bei ,Jing, Huan, Ying ,Ni), sound like a phrase that means “Beijing welcomes you” in Chinese. They carry the message of peace, friendship and good wishes for harmony between man and nature.

London 2012

The mascots for the London Olympics 2012

are named Wenlockand Mandeville.They were created from the last drops of steel from the Olympic Stadium.

The three points on his head symbolize the three podiums of the winners (for first, second, and third place), the shape of his head is the same shape as the

Olympic stadium. Mandeville wears a pink watch.

Wenlock wears five bracelets in the five Olympic

Rings colours.

http://news.bbc.co.uk

http://olympic-museum.de/mascot/mascot2004.htm

http://www.mapsofworld.com

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