From cute and cuddly to weird and wacky: Every Olympic Games mascot through the years
Every mascot in Olympic history
While so much of the focus of the Olympics is centred around what happens in the pool or on the track, there's plenty more that goes into it for a host nation.
Over the years, mascots have become a focal point of the festivities.
From the three-pronged attack of Olly, Syd and Millie in 2000, to this year's cute and cuddly Phryge, organisers and artists have come up with plenty of interesting characters over the years.
Let's take a look through all the mascots in Olympic history.
Munich 1972: Waldi
The first official mascot for the Summer Olympics, Waldi is a dachshund - an animal known for endurance, tenacity and agility.
Created by Elena Winschermann, the design encapsulates three of the Olympic colours.
Montreal 1976: Amik
Derived from the word "beaver" in the Indigenous Canadian language of Algonquin, the mascot has a red stripe featuring the logo for the 1976 Games.
Created by Guy St-Arnaud, Yvon Laroche and Pierre-Yves Pelletier, the beaver is a hard-working animal by nature and embodies the Olympic spirit.
Moscow 1980: Misha
Misha is a rare Olympic mascot who had a full name - Mikhail Potapych Toptygin.
Created by Victor Chizhikov, the bear is a familiar animal in Russia and appears in many popular books, movies and songs.
Misha's belt has the five Olympic rings and colours in its design.
Los Angeles 1984: Sam
They didn't exactly go into great depth with this mascot.
Sam is a smiling American bald eagle and was aimed at children and designed to embody the Olympic spirit.
Created by Walt Disney Productions, Sam was originally going to be a bear, but organisers were forced into a late change.
Seoul 1988: Hodori
Another animal design, Hodori is derived from the Korean words for a tiger and man.
Created by Kim Hyun, his smile and vibrant look is associated with humour and bravery, while sat atop Hodori's head is a traditional Korean hat, the sangmo.
Barcelona 1992: Cobi
The name was derived from COOB'92, which was the organising committee for the Barcelona Olympics.
Created by Javier Mariscal, Cobi is a humanised Pyrenean mountain dog and the simple name made it easy for people around the world to pronounce.
Atlanta 1996: Izzy
Originally known as "Whatizit", the name was shortened after being chosen by over 30 kids from the United States.
Created by John Ryan, Izzy was an IT product who has the five Olympic rings placed on parts of its body.
After initially garnering a poor reception, the designers fine-tuned Izzy before the 1996 Olympics officially kicked off.
Sydney 2000: Syd, Olly and Millie
The three-pronged attack for Australia's most recent Olympics featured iconic animals from Down Under in the platypus, echidna and kookaburra.
Created by Matthew Hatton, all three names were designed to represent a part of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Syd was short for Sydney, Olly was short for Olympics and Millie was short for the new millenium.
Athens 2004: Phevos and Athena
Another year that the Olympics had two mascots, Phevos and Athena were brother and sister.
Created by Spiros Gogos, the pair were designed to bring together the link between Ancient Greece and the modern-day Olympics.
