The Olympic Games
The Games
Visit our exhibition and explore the stories of athletes from 125 years of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Histories of the games for athletes with disabilities
What happened at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896?
Exploring the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 and 1924
Remembering the Olympics from Stockhom, the fifth games of the modern era
How the 1920s Olympics in Antwerp reflected 1920s European history
Looking back to the 9th Summer Olympic Games which were held in Amsterdam
How Philips were advertised at the post-war Olympic Games in London
Exploring the Olympic Games that never happened
Discover some surprising sports that have been part of the Olympic Games
120 years of symbolising the games, host cities and sport
When the Duke of Westminster aimed to raise £100,000 for amateur athletes in the early 20th century
Exploring the Olympic Games from a political viewpoint: protests, boycotts, controversies and conflicts
Origins of the mascot that bring the Olympic spirit to life
Bringing the Olympic flame from Greece to the host countries
Lonkero are Finnish long drinks invented for the 1952 Olympics
Archive photographs bring us behind the scenes of WEHA, a German sports equipment factory
Olympians
Youngest-ever Olympic boxer, who survived the Holocaust
Icon of Czech gymnastics who subtly protested Soviet invasion at the 1968 Olympics
Romanian Olympic gymnast who was the first to score a perfect 10
Champion figure skater who was the first Dutch gold medal winner at the Winter Olympic Games
Irish-Australian who won the first women’s Olympic swimming medal
From a homemade canoe to Olympic silver
How a Polish pole-vaulter made a political protest at the 1980 Olympic Games
Champion tennis player in the 1920s who won Olympic medals and Wimbledon titles
The 1936 Olympic champion who battled poverty and racial bigotry with sporting success
How this Italian athlete lost the 1908 Olympic marathon gold medal
Table tennis world champions from Vienna
Hungarian Olympic gold medallist who survived the Holocaust and lived through the 1956 Revolution
From Olympic gold medal swimmer to Hollywood leading man