2004 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
April, 2012

1992 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
July, 2012

2008 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
November, 2012

1936 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
July, 2012

1952 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
November, 2012

1932 & 1980 Winter Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
Nov, 2008 & Dec, 2012

2012 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit (August, 2012) and Jon Pack (February, 2013)

1932 & 1984 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
June, 2012

1968 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
August, 2012

Image Notes:

1. Grzegorz Kowalski’s sculpture “Reloj Solar”, Mexico City. ’68 Olympics Organizers commissioned a series of 22 public artworks from sculptors from around the world for the Ruta de la Amistad (Road of Friendship). The statues lined ten miles of road in a barren area south of the city, near the newly constructed Olympic village and other facilities. Since Mexico City has tripled in size since 1968, these statues are now in the one of the most densely populated areas of the city, and the tiny road has become a major multi-level highway, the Periferico Sur. An effort is underway to restore the statues and relocate them to dedicated sculpture parks nearby.  

2. Cinema in the Olympic Village, Mexico City. During the Games, the cinema hosted movie nights and other entertainment for the athletes.

3. Chalk Tribute to the Victims of the Tlatelolco Massacre, Square of the Three Cultures, Tlatelolco, Mexico City. This square was the site of the Tlatelolco Massacre which happened on October 2, 1968, just ten days before the Games were to start. Dozens of student and civilian protesters were killed by Mexican army troops here during violence that erupted as over 10,000 anti-government protesters filled the square. The army claimed protesters had fired upon them first, but a 2001 Mexican government investigation concluded that snipers from a special presidential guard unit had begun shooting from rooftops of the buildings surrounding the square, provoking the army to open fire on the crowd.  

4. 1968 Olympic logo on door at Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool, Mexico City. The logo for the 1968 Games, created by American graphic designer Lance Wyman, has become one of the most iconic Olympic-related graphics and is still seen throughout the city.   

5. The Sports Palace, Mexico City. Built for the Olympics in 1968, and designed by architects Félix Candela, A. Peyri and E. Castañeda Tamborell, the Sports Palace features an iconic copper-sheathed roof. It’s still used for events and concerts today, but apparently the roof leaks. 

6. Roof Worker, Sports Palace, Mexico City. 

7. Lucha Libre fans at Arena Mexico. The boxing venue for the ’68 Games is now the home of Lucha Libre masked wrestling. 

8. Olympic Village Training Center, Mexico City. It’s used today as a community sports center and gym for the residents of the former Olympic Village athletes buildings, which have been turned into condos. 

9. Herbert Bayer’s “Articulated Wall”, Mexico City. Another of the Ruta de la Amistad statues, by Bauhaus master Herbert Bayer, yet to be restored and relocated.  

1976 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
2008 & 2012

1984 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
November, 2012

1972 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
July, 2016

1960 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
June, 2012

1984 Winter Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack
July, 2012

1988 Summer Olympics
Photographed by Gary Hustwit
November, 2015

2006 Winter Olympics
Photographed by Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit
June, 2016