The Olympic mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to the area or human figures, who represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place. The mascots are often used to help market the Olympic Games to children, particularly infants.
Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France the Olympic Games have had a mascot. The first major mascot in the Summer Olympic Games was Misha in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Starting with the 2010 Vancouver mascots, the Olympic and Paralympic mascots have been presented together.
| Games | City | Mascot | Character | Designer | Significance | Picture |
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| 1968 Winter Olympics | Grenoble | Schuss | Stylized skier | Mme Lafargue | (unofficial) | |
| 1968 Summer Olympics | Mexico City | El Jaguar Rojo de Chichen-Itza | Red jaguar | Based on a throne in the shape of a red jaguar in the "El Castillo" pyramid at Chichen Itzá. | ||
| Paloma de la Paz | Dove | Eduardo Terrazas and Lance Wyman | A stylized white dove, it represented the slogan of the games, "Los juegos de la Paz", ("Games of the Peace"). | |||
| 1972 Summer Olympics | Munich | Waldi | Dachshund dog | Otl Aicher | A popular breed in Bavaria, it represented the attributes required for athletes - resistance, tenacity and agility. | |
| 1976 Winter Olympics | Innsbruck | Schneemann | Snowman | It represents the Games of Simplicity. |  |
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| 1976 Summer Olympics | Montréal | Amik | Beaver | Yvon Laroche, Pierre-Yves Pelletier, Guy St-Arnaud and George Huel |
One of the national symbols of Canada. | |
| 1980 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid | Roni | Raccoon | Donald Moss | Its face design resembles the hat and goggles used by competitors. Named for the Adirondack mountain range. | |
| 1980 Summer Olympics | Moscow | Misha | Bear cub | Victor Chizhikov | The bear was the national symbol of the Soviet Union. |  |
| 1984 Winter Olympics | Sarajevo | Vučko | Little wolf | Joze Trobec | Symbolizing the desire of humans to befriend animals. 1=According to the IOC, it helped change the common perception in the region of wolves as frightening and blood-thirsty. | |
| 1984 Summer Olympics | Los Angeles | Sam | Bald eagle | Robert Moore (from The Walt Disney Company) |
The symbol of the United States. |  |
| 1988 Winter Olympics | Calgary | Hidy and Howdy | Two polar bears | Sheila Scott | Both represent Western Canadian hospitality. | |
| 1988 Summer Olympics | Seoul | Hodori and Hosuni | Two tiger cubs | Hyun Kim | Common in Korean legends. |  |
| 1992 Winter Olympics | Albertville | Magique | Man-star/snow imp | Philippe Mairesse | ||
| 1992 Summer Olympics | Barcelona | Cobi | A Catalan sheepdog | Javier Mariscal | Drawn in cubist style |
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| 1994 Winter Olympics | Lillehammer | Håkon and Kristin | Two Norwegian children | Both are dressed in Viking clothes. |  |
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| 1996 Summer Olympics | Atlanta | Izzy | An abstract figure | John Ryan | The first computer-generated mascot. |  |
| 1998 Winter Olympics | Nagano | The Snowlets: Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki |
Four owls | Representing the four major islands of Japan. The first syllable of each name combines phonetically to create the word "Snowlets". | ||
| 2000 Summer Olympics | Sydney | Olly (from "Olympic") |
Kookaburra | Matthew Hatton | Representing the Olympic spirit of generosity. | |
| Syd (from "Sydney") |
Platypus | Representing the environment and energy of the people of Australia. | ||||
| Millie (from "Millennium") |
Echidna | Representing the Millennium. All three mascots are common wild animals found in Australia. | ||||
| Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat (unofficial; an allusion to "The Battlers' Prince") |
Wombat | Paul Newell with Roy & HG | Created in protest against the commercialization of Olympic Mascots, this unofficial symbol ultimately became more popular than the official mascots. |  |
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| 2002 Winter Olympics | Salt Lake City | Powder (a.k.a. Swifter) |
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 American Indians, 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. |  |
| Copper (a.k.a. Higher) |
Coyote | |||||
| Coal (a.k.a. Stronger) |
American black bear | |||||
| 2004 Summer Olympics | Athens | Athena and Phevos | Brother and sister | Spyros Gogos | Two modern children resembling ancient Greek dolls. |  |
| 2006 Winter Olympics | Turin | Neve and Gliz | A humanized snowball and ice cube | Pedro Albuquerque |  |
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| 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing | The Fuwa: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini |
Fish, giant panda, Olympic Flame, Tibetan antelope, swallow | 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. |  |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver | Miga | Mythical sea bear | Meomi Design (a group of Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy) |
Part orca and part kermode bear |  |
| Quatchi | A sasquatch | From Canadian mythology | ||||
| Sumi | An animal guardian spirit | From Canadian mythology; has the wings of a Thunderbird, legs of an American black bear who wears a killer whale-like hat in an artistic style of Haida people. | ||||
| Mukmuk | A Vancouver Island Marmot | an official mascot, but their designated "sidekick". | ||||
| 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. |  |
| 2012 Summer Olympics | London | Wenlock | Drops of steel with cameras for eyes. | Iris | Named after the village of Much Wenlock in Shropshire - which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th century. It represents the UK's start of the Industrial Revolution. |  |
| 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 | |
| 2014 Winter Olympics | Sochi | Bely Mishka (Polar Bear), Snow Leopard, Zaika (the dore hare) | Silvia Petrova, Vadim Pak, Anatoli Serdechni |  |
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| 2014 Summer Youth Olympics | Nanjing | LeLe(砳砳) | Rainflower Stone/Yuhua Stone (雨花石) | TBA | NANJINGLELE 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. | |
| 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | Lillehammer | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2018 Winter Olympics | Pyeongchang | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2020 Summer Olympics | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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