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List of Olympic mascots

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The Olympic mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures.

One of the first Olympic mascots was created for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; a stylized cartoon character on skis named Schuss. The first official Olympic mascot appeared in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and was a rainbow-colored Dachshund dog named Waldi.

Since the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Olympic and Paralympic mascots have always been presented together, which was first done in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Youth Olympic Games, which are run by the International Olympic Committee, have had mascots as well.

Olympic mascots

Games	City	Name	Type	Designer	Significance	Image	Refs.	Smoky	Kapa	Schuss	Chac Mool	Takuchan	Waldi	Schneemann and Sonnenweiberl	Amik	Roni	Misha (Миша)	Vučko	Sam
Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki	Olly
(from "Olympic")	Syd
(from "Sydney")	Millie
(from "Millennium")	Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat	Powder
(a.k.a. Swifter)	Copper
(a.k.a. Higher)	Coal
(a.k.a. Stronger)	Athena and Phevos (Αθηνά και Φοίβος)	Neve and Gliz	Beibei	Jingjing	Huanhuan	Yingying	Nini	Miga	Quatchi	Mukmuk	Wenlock	Bely Mishka, Leopard, and Zaika (Леопард, Зайка, Белый Мишка)	Zoich (Зойч)	Vinicius	Soohorang (수호랑)	Miraitowa (ミライトワ)	Bing Dwen Dwen (冰墩墩)	Olympic Phryge	Tina
1932 Summer Olympics	USA Los Angeles	Dog		The only Olympic mascot to be a real live animal. (unofficial)	[[File:Smoky 1932 Olympic Village Mascot.webp	120px]]
1964 Summer Olympics	JPN Tokyo	Kappa	Unknown	A creature from Japanese mythology. (unofficial)	[[File:Tokyo 1964 Olympics Kappa pin.png	120px]]
1968 Winter Olympics	FRA Grenoble	Skier	Aline Lafargue	An abstract figure with the colors of the flag of France. The name derives from the term schussboom, referring to a straight downhill run at high speeds. (unofficial, later recognised by the IOC)		date=2018-01-12	title=Factbox - Mascots at Winter Olympics through the years	url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/factbox-mascots-at-winter-olympics-through-the-years-idUSKBN1F11KH/	access-date=2023-11-18	work=Reuters	language=en-GB}}
1968 Summer Olympics	MEX Mexico City	Jaguar	Unknown	A pink chacmool jaguar. (unofficial)
1972 Winter Olympics	JPN Sapporo	Asian black bear	Seiko design department	Designed and marketed by sponsors of the Games. (unofficial)
1972 Summer Olympics	GER Munich	Dachshund dog	Elena Winschermann	A popular breed in Bavaria, it represented the attributes required for athletes – resistance, tenacity and agility.	[[File:Ausstellung "Olympia '72" in der Bootshalle Nord des Olympiazentrums Schilksee (Kiel 49.084).jpg	120px]]	date=2020-12-17	title=Photos and History	url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/mascot	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614201615/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/mascot	archive-date=14 June 2024	access-date=2024-01-17	publisher=International Olympic Committee}}
1976 Winter Olympics	AUT Innsbruck	Snowman and Sun woman	Walter Pötsch	Schneemann is named after the German word for snowman and wears a red Tyrolean hat, a traditional hat from the Alps.		title=Innsbruck 1976 – Mascot Schneemandl	website=theolympicdesign	url=https://www.theolympicdesign.com/olympic-games/mascots/innsbruck-1976/	access-date=2024-09-29	archive-date=26 September 2024	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926211431/https://www.theolympicdesign.com/olympic-games/mascots/innsbruck-1976/	url-status=live }}
1976 Summer Olympics	CAN Montreal	Beaver	Yvon Laroche,
Pierre-Yves Pelletier,
Guy St-Arnaud and
George Huel	Beavers are one of the national symbols of Canada.
1980 Winter Olympics	USA Lake Placid	Raccoon	Donald Moss	Its face design resembles the hat and goggles used by competitors. It was named for the Adirondack mountain range. The 1980 Winter Olympics initially had a live racoon named Rocky as the mascot, but it died, leading to the creation of Roni.
1980 Summer Olympics	SOV Moscow	Brown bear	Victor Chizhikov	The Russian Bear was the national symbol of the Soviet Union.	[[File:1980 USSR stamp Olympic mascot.jpg	120px]]
1984 Winter Olympics	YUG Sarajevo	Wolf	Jože Trobec	Wolves are prominent in Yugoslavian fables and common in the Dinaric Alps. The mascot was designed with a cute face to dissociate him from the ferocity of real wolves.
1984 Summer Olympics	USA Los Angeles	Bald eagle	Robert Moore
(from
The Walt Disney Company)	The national bird of the United States.
1988 Winter Olympics	CAN Calgary	Polar bears	Sheila Scott	Both represent Western Canadian hospitality.
1988 Summer Olympics	KOR Seoul	Siberian tiger	Hyun Kim	Siberian tigers are common in Korean legends. Hodori was originally used as the mascot of the 1986 Asian Games.		title=History of Asian Games	url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059784/history-of-asian-games	url-status=live	archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240414231945/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059784/history-of-asian-games	archive-date=2024-04-14	access-date=2025-03-03	work=insidethegames.biz}}
1992 Winter Olympics	FRA Albertville	Man-star/snow imp	Philippe Mairesse	The colors of the mascot are based on those of the French flag. Magique replaced the original mascot of the 1992 games, a mountain goat, two years before the games began.
1992 Summer Olympics	ESP Barcelona	Catalan sheepdog	Javier Mariscal	Drawn in avant-garde, cubist style
1994 Winter Olympics	NOR Lillehammer	Humans	Kari and Werner Grossman	Both are dressed in Viking clothes. They were the first Olympic mascots to be human figures. They were named after Hakon Hakonson and Kristin Sverrisdottir.
1996 Summer Olympics	USA Atlanta	Unknown	John Ryan	The first computer-generated mascot.
1998 Winter Olympics	JPN Nagano	Owls	Pierre-Laurent Thève/Landor Associates, Paris	The four owls represented fire, earth, air, and water. They replaced the original mascot of the games, which was a weasel named Snowple.
2000 Summer Olympics	AUS Sydney	Kookaburra	Jozef Szekeres, Matthew Hatton	Representing the Olympic spirit of generosity.	[[File:VH-CZT 2 B737-33A Ansett (Olympic spl cs) MEL 25SEP99 (6286079561) (cropped).jpg	120px]]
Platypus	Representing the environment and energy of the people of Australia.
Echidna	Representing the Millennium. All three mascots are common wild animals found in Australia.
Wombat	Roy and HG, Paul Newell	A wombat that proved more popular than the official mascots. (unofficial)	[[File:Fatso at Olympic Park.jpg	120px]]
2002 Winter Olympics	USA Salt Lake City	Snowshoe hare	Steve Small,
Landor Associates
and Publicis	All three mascots are indigenous animals of the U.S. state of Utah, and are named after natural resources important to the state's economy. These animals are major characters in the legends of local Native Americans in the United States, and these legends are reflected in the story of each mascot. To remind them of this heritage, all mascots wear a charm around their neck with a petroglyph image.	[[File:2002 Winter Olympics mascots.jpg	120px]]
Coyote
American black bear
2004 Summer Olympics	GRE Athens	Daidala	Spyros Gogos	Two modern children resembling ancient Greek daidala sculptures.
2006 Winter Olympics	ITA Turin	Snowball and Ice cube	Pedro Albuquerque	Their names mean "Snow" and "Ice". The designs were chosen in an international contest, which was won by Portuguese artist Pedro Albuquerque.	[[File:Gliz and Neve (102298258).jpg	120px]]
2008 Summer Olympics	CHN Beijing	Koi	Han Meilin	The five names form the Chinese phrase "Beijing huan ying ni" (北京欢迎你), which means "Beijing welcomes you". Each representing an Olympic ring and Feng Shui element.	[[File:Fuwa, mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games by Han Meilin 20251016 (cropped).jpg	120px]]
Giant panda
Olympic Flame
Tibetan antelope
Swallow
2010 Winter Olympics	CAN Vancouver	Sea Bear	Meomi Design	Part orca and part kermode bear	[[File:Rogge Miga and Quatchi.jpg	120px]]
Sasquatch	From Canadian mythology
Vancouver Island marmot	Not an official mascot, but their designated "sidekick".	[[File:VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS THE LOOK OF THE GAMES SOUVENIR DETAILS THE BIGGER MUKMUK GETS THE RED MITTEN TREATMENT (4427349159).jpg	120px]]
2012 Summer Olympics	GBR London	A drop of steel with a camera for an eye.	Iris	Named after the village of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, which hosted the Wenlock Olympian Games, a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th century. It represents the UK's start of the Industrial Revolution.	[[File:Olympic mascots.jpg	120px]]	title=2012 London Mascots launched to the World	url=http://www.irisnation.com/irisnews/work/london-2012-mascots-launched-to-world/	access-date=21 October 2015	archive-date=28 June 2010	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628151306/http://www.irisnation.com/irisnews/work/london-2012-mascots-launched-to-world/	url-status=dead }}
2014 Winter Olympics	RUS Sochi	Polar bear, snow leopard, and hare	Silvia Petrova, Vadim Pak, Oleg Serdechny	The first Olympic mascots decided by popular vote.	[[File:Stamps of Russia 2012 No 1559-61 Mascots 2014 Winter Olympics.jpg	120px]]
A furry blue frog with strange eyes	Yegor Zhgun	A popular character commissioned by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee to promote the mascot poll and serve as a fake protest vote. (unofficial)
2016 Summer Olympics	BRA Rio de Janeiro	A hybrid animal representing all Brazilian mammals	Luciana Eguti and Paulo Muppet	Inspired by Brazilian fauna. Named after the poet and bossa nova composer Vinicius de Moraes, decided by popular vote.	[[File:2016 Summer Olympic Mascot Vinicius.jpg	120px]]
2018 Winter Olympics	KOR Pyeongchang	A white tiger	MASS C&G	The tiger is an animal closely related to Korean mythology, and is a symbol of trust, strength, and protection. The name combines "Sooho", a word for protection, and "Rang", which is a mix of the Korean word for tiger and the name of a folk song in the Gangwon Province.	[[File:2018 Winter Olympic Mascot Soohorang.jpg	120px]]
2020 Summer Olympics	JPN Tokyo	Robot	Ryo Taniguchi	A superhero-inspired robot that embodies both old tradition and new innovation. The Olympic mascot was chosen from several designs submitted by schoolchildren and illustrators throughout Japan.	[[File:100 Yen 2020 Tokyo Olympics obverse R1 Miraitowa.gif	120px]]
2022 Winter Olympics	CHN Beijing	Giant panda	Cao Xue	With a suit of ice, a heart of gold and a love of all things winter sports, this panda is ready to share the true spirit of the Olympics with the whole world.	[[File:Bing Dwen Dwen at Yanqing Winter Olympic Cultural Square.jpg	120px]]
2024 Summer Olympics	FRA Paris	Phrygian cap	Gilles Deleris	Based on the Phrygian cap, a symbol of the French Revolution.		[[File:Mauro Iglesias - Qualified for Paris 2024.jpg	120px]]
2026 Winter Olympics	ITA Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo	Stoat	Students of the Istituto Comprensivo of Taverna in Calabria	Tina's name is derived from Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the two host cities.		last=Fenton	first=Caela	date=2024-02-08	title=Meet Tina and Milo, the mascots for Milano Cortina 2026	url=https://olympic.ca/2024/02/08/meet-tina-and-milo-the-mascots-for-milano-cortina-2026/	access-date=2024-08-02	website=Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website	language=en-US	archive-date=20 January 2025	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120144548/https://olympic.ca/2024/02/08/meet-tina-and-milo-the-mascots-for-milano-cortina-2026/	url-status=live }}

Youth Olympic mascots

Games	City	Name	Type	Designer	Significance	Image	Refs.
2010 Summer Youth Olympics	Singapore	Lyo and Merly	Red male lion (Lyo), Blue female merlion (Merly)	Cubix International	The two characters are an allusion to the "Lion City" label of Singapore, and the Merlion, a national symbol of Singapore, respectively.	[[File:MerlyandLyo-YouthOlympicGamesSuperStore-Singapore-20100505 (cropped).jpg	120px]]
2012 Winter Youth Olympics	Innsbruck	Yoggl	Alpine Chamois	Florencia Demaría and Luis Andrés Abbiati of Argentina	Yoggl represents the character of the host city of these games	[[File:Yoggl - Gala Nacht des Sports 2011.jpg	120px]]
2014 Summer Youth Olympics	Nanjing	Lele(砳砳)	Yuhua Stone	Cui Xinye	LeLe is inspired by a unique natural feature of the host city known as the "Rain-Flower Pebble" (also translated as "Riverstone"). The design of the mascot takes the typical shape and appearance of this stone but in a creative and artistic way, highlighting the colours from the emblem's palette. The word 'lele' represents the sound of stones colliding together and is pronounced like the Chinese word meaning happiness or joy.	[[File:Delegación argentina YOG 2014 (cropped).jpg	120px]]
2016 Winter Youth Olympics	Lillehammer	Sjogg	Lynx	Line Ansethmoen	The name "Sjogg" translates to "Snow" in the Gudbrandsdalsmål dialects	[[File:Sjogg in town (21648317444) (cropped).jpg	120px]]
2018 Summer Youth Olympics	Buenos Aires	Pandi	Jaguar	Human Full Agency	Pandi's name is a combination of the scientific name of the jaguar (Panthera onca) and the relationship of the mascot with the "digital world".	File:2018-10-08 Shooting at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 10 metre air rifle (Martin Rulsch) 138.jpg}}	120px
2020 Winter Youth Olympics	Lausanne	Yodli	A cow, Saint Bernard dog and a goat hybrid.	ERACOM	Yodli is a cross between a cow, goat, and the Saint Bernard breed of dog, all of which are commonly found in the Swiss mountains. It was named after yodeling.	[[File:Lausanne 2020 Torch Tour in Sarnen 09.jpg	120px]]
2024 Winter Youth Olympics	Gangwon Province	Moongcho	Snowball	Soo-Yeon Park	The character was conceived as a snowball created in a snowball fight between Soohorang and Bandabi.	[[File:Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Meeting.jpg	120px]]
2026 Summer Youth Olympics	Dakar	Ayo	Lion	Ndeye Mariama Diop	A young lion wearing a tingandé, a traditional hat worn by the Fula people. Its name means "joy" in Yoruba.

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