The International Olympic Committee and the organizing committees of previous Olympic Games have high requirements on the design of mascots, and the appearance of mascots in each Olympic Games has attracted the attention of the world and become the highlight of this Olympic Games. In the development of Olympic mascots, the mascot design of each Olympic Games emphasizes innovation and individuality, and attaches importance to the extensive participation of the masses, especially children. The process of designing and making mascots has become a process of promoting the Olympic Games.
Judging from the artistic form of mascots, before the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, most of the Olympic mascots were based on animal images with national characteristics, usually a species. After 1992, figures or completely virtual bodies appeared in the Olympic mascots, and the figures also changed. 1998 There are four mascots in Nagano Winter Olympics, three mascots in Sydney Olympics in 2000 and two mascots in Athens Olympics. No matter what form it takes, its basic creative core is conducive to expressing the theme of this Olympic Games, to expressing the unique regional characteristics, historical culture and humanistic characteristics of the host city, and to market development and protection.
Mascots of previous summer Olympic Games
1972, 20th Olympic Games, Munich, Germany-"Valdi", a small hunting dog.
1976,21Montreal Olympic Games-Beaver "Amic"
1980, 22nd Olympic Games, Moscow, former Soviet Union-Brown Bear "Misa"
1984, 23rd Olympic Games, Los Angeles, USA-Sam Eagle.
1988, 24th Olympic Games, Seoul-Little Tiger "Tiger Strength"
1992, 25th Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain-Kobe Dog
1996, 26th Olympic Games, Atlanta, USA-Computer Modeling "Issy"
In 2000, the 27th Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia-platypus Said, echidna Millie and fish-eating bird Ollie.
The mascots of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece are Athena and Fevos.
Mascots of previous Winter Olympic Games
1998, the 10 Winter Olympics, Grenoble-Schuss, France, a little skier.
1998, 12 Winter Olympics, Innsbruck, Austria-Snowman "Snowman"
1998, 13 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, USA-North American raccoon "Ronnie"
1998, 14 Winter Olympics, Sarajevo-Wolf "Ujik", Yugoslavia
1986, Calgary, Canada 15 Winter Olympic Games-Polar Bear Heidi
1990, 16 Winter Olympics, Albertville, France-Meteor "Maijike"
1994, 17 Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway-"Haikang and Christine"
1998, 18 Nagano Winter Olympics-Ferrets "Si Nuo Wave"