Paris Olympics 2024 - Gallery

Thumbnail image of Panathenaic prize amphora with marathon runners at the Olympic games, ca 550-530 BC. Creator: Euphiletos, Attic vase painter (6th century BC).

In celebration of Paris 2024 we take this opportunity of looking back at previous Olympic Games and at their ancient origins.

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Entrance to the Stadion, Olympia, Greece, 1937.Artist: Martin Hurlimann
 
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The 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, 1920. Creator: Ven, Walter van der (1884-1950).
 
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'A Foot Race at the Olympian Games', Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
 
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Panathenaic prize amphora with marathon runners at the Olympic games, ca 550-530 BC. Creator: Euphiletos, Attic vase painter (6th century BC).
 
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Jesse Owens at the start of the 200 metres at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Artist: Unknown.
 
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Olympic stadium, Athens, 1906, (1936). Artist: Unknown
 
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100 metres sprint race at the Olympic Games, Athens, 1896, (1936). Artist: Unknown
 
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View of the columns of the Olympia Gym.
 
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Chryselephantine statue of Zeus, built in year 471 BC, in the temple of Olympia, by Phidias. Germ…
 
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Olympia, Greece, 2019. Creator: Ethel Davies.
 
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The 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, 1924. Creator: Orsi (1889-1947).
 
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Paul Masson, winner of a cycling event at the Olympic Games, Athens, 1896. Artist: Unknown
 
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Harold Abrahams winning gold at the Olympic Games, Paris, 1924. Artist: Unknown
 
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Jesse Owens at the end of the 100m at the Berlin Olympic Games, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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The Olympic Games. Artist: Unknown
 
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The 1928 Summer Olympics, Amsterdam, 1928. Artist: Van Anrooy, Anton (1870-1949)
 
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The finish of the marathon, Olympic Games, London, 1908, (c1920). Artist: Unknown
 
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The palaestra at Olympia, Greece. Artist: Samuel Magal
 
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View of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896. Artist: Unknown
 
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Helen Stephens and Jesse Owens, American athletes, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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Lord Burghley, winner, 400m hurdles, 1928. Creator: Unknown.
 
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Canadian ice hockey team, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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Swiss four man bobsleigh team, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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Peru's Olympic football team in action, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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1968 Olympic warm-up suit jacket worn by Tommie Smith, 1968. Creator: Wilson Sporting Goods Co..
 
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Official poster for the XX Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin. Artist: Riboli, Stefano
 
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British Olympic football team, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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Olympic flame for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
 
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Part of the American gold medal-winning rowing eight, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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Athletes at the US Olympic Trials, 1932, (1936). Artist: Unknown
 
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Triumphant Athlete, 1813.
 
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The members of the First International Olympic Committee. Athens, Greece, 1896.
 
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Orbit Tower, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, 2012. Artist: Damian Grady.
 
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Hans Heinrich Sievert, German athlete, 1936. Artist: Unknown
 
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Parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
 
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'Clisthenes at the Olympic Games', 1890. Creator: Unknown.
 
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Blazer, tie, and belt worn by Ted Corbitt for the 1952 Helsinki XV Olympics, 1952. Creator: Unknown.
 
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Show of the Fura dels Baus in the opening ceremony of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
 
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Queen Elizabeth Park, Run sculpture, Waterden Way, Hackney Wick, Hackney, London, 2012. Creator: Simon Inglis.
 
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Olympic Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, Newham, London, 2012. Creator: Simon Inglis.
 
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