Olympic Design Manuals


The Design Manuals are the graphic core of each Olympic Games. These manuals contain all elements for a systematic design of the events. Without these guidelines the presentation of the Games would be totally chaotic. The design guidelines also called “Graphic Standards”, ”Graphic Manuals”, “Usage Guidelines”, “Design Manuals” and many other expressions were first published in Tokio 1964. Although simple they covered the typical elements of modern guidelines such as the emblems, colours, mascots, slogan, typography, Look of the Games, main marks, pictograms and much, much, more...


Printed Design Manuals, 1964 - 2002


TOKYO 1964

SAPPORO 1972

MUNICH 1972

MONTREAL 1976



LAKE PLACID 1980

SARAJEVO 1984

LOS ANGELES 1984

CALGARY 1988



SEOUL 1988

ALBERTVILLE 1992

BARCELONA 1992

LILLEHAMMER 1994



ATLANTA 1996

NAGANO 1998

SYDNEY 2000

SALT LAKE 2002



Since 2004 only digital manuals have been produced.


ATHENS 2004

TORINO 2006

BEIJING 2008

VANCOUVER 2010



LONDON 2012

SOCHI 2014

RIO 2016

PYEONGCHANG 2018



TOKYO 2020

BEIJING 2022

PARIS 2024

MILANO CORTINA 2026