The Olympic Mascots
Written by coream at 8/13/2008 10:48:00 AM
When the doll-like Fuwa mascots for this year’s Summer Olympics in 
Beijing were unveiled in 2005, parents everywhere had to breathe a sigh of relief. While just about any symbol connected to an Olympics in communist China is going to draw controversy, at least these figures wouldn’t give the world’s children four years worth of nightmares.The best and worst Olympic mascots
| 1968 Winter Olympics |  Grenoble |
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| Schuss | Stylized skier |
| 1968 Summer Olympics |  Mexico City |
| Paloma | Red jaguar |
| 1972 Summer Olympics |  Munich |
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| Waldi | Dachshund dog |
| 1976 Winter Olympics |  Innsbruck |
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| Schneemann | Snowman |
| 1976 Summer Olympics |  Montreal |
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| Amik | Beaver |
| 1980 Winter Olympics |  Lake Placid |
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| Roni & Ronny | Raccoons |
| 1980 Summer Olympics |  Moscow |
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| Misha | Bear cub |
| 1984 Winter Olympics |  Sarajevo |
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| Vucko | Little wolf |
| 1984 Summer Olympics | Los Angeles |
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| Sam the Eagle | Bald eagle |
| 1988 Winter Olympics | Calgary |
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| Hidy & Howdy | Two polar bears |
| 1988 Summer Olympics |  Seoul |
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| Hodori & Hosuni | Two tiger cubs |
| 1988 Summer Paralympics | Seoul |
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| Komduri | Asian black bears |
| 1992 Winter Olympics | Albertville |
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| Magique | Man-star/snow imp |
| 1992 Summer Olympics |  Barcelona |
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| Cobi | A cubist Catalan Sheepdog |
| 1992 Summer Paralympics | Barcelona |
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| Petra | A stylized girl without arms |
| 1994 Winter Olympics |  Lillehammer |
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| Haakon & Kristin | Two Norwegian children |
| 1996 Summer Olympics | Atlanta |
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| Izzy | An abstract figure |
| 1996 Summer Paralympics | Atlanta |
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| Blaze | A colorful phoenix |
| 1998 Winter Olympics |  Nagano |
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| Sukki | Four owls |
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| 1998 Winter Paralympics | Nagano |
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| Parabbit | A white rabbit (1 red & 1 green ear) |
| 2000 Summer Olympics |  Sydney |
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| Olly (from Olympic) | Kookaburra |
| Syd (from Sydney) | Duck-billed platypus |
| Millie (from Millennium) | Echidna |
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| Fatso Wombat (Unofficial) | Fat-Arsed Wombat |
| 2000 Summer Paralympics | Sydney |
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| Lizzie | Frill-necked Lizard |
| 2002 Winter Olympics | Salt Lake City |
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| Powder | Snowshoe hare |
| Copper | Coyote |
| Coal | Black bear |
| 2002 Winter Paralympics | Salt Lake City |
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| Otto | Otter |
| 2004 Summer Olympics |  Athens |
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| Athena & Phevos | Brother and sister |
| 2004 Summer Paralympics | Athens |
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| Proteas | Colorfully-striped seahorse |
| 2006 Winter Olympics |  Turin |
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| Neve & Gliz | A humanized snow ball and ice cube |
| 2006 Winter Paralympics | Turin |
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| Aster | A humanized snowflake |
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing |
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| The Fuwa: | |
| Beibei | Fish |
| Jingjing | Giant panda |
| Huanhuan | Olympic flame |
| Yingying | Tibetan antelope |
| Nini | Swallow |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | Beijing |
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| Fu Niu LeLe | Multi-colored cow |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver |
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| Miga | Mythical sea bear |
| Quatchi | A sasquatch |
| Ilanaaq | A inunnguaq |
2010 Winter Paralympics |
Vancouver |
| Sumi | A mythical creature |