We track how the symbols of the Olympic Games changed from the recently introduced emblem of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro to the 1924 Olympics in Paris:

Paris 1924

Lake Placid 1932

Los Angeles 1932

Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936

Berlin 1936

St. Moritz 1948

London 1948

Oslo 1952

Helsinki 1952

Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956

Melbourne 1956

Squaw Valley 1960

Rome 1960

Innsbruck 1964

Tokyo 1964

Grenoble 1968

Mexico City 1968

Sapporo 1972

Munich 1972

Innsbruck 1976

Montreal 1976

Lake Placid 1980

Moscow 1980

Sarajevo 1984

Los Angeles 1984

Calgary 1988

Seoul 1988

Albertville 1992

Barcelona 1992

Lillehammer 1994

Atlanta 1996

Nagano 1998

Sydney 2000

Salt Lake City 2002

Athens 2004

Turin 2006

Beijing 2008

Vancouver 2010

London 2012

Sochi 2014

Rio de Janeiro 2016

Also see the Olympic Games pictograms.