Broadcast Era 1968-1988

Mexico City, Mexico. Altitude records and the Black Power salute at the first Latin American Games...

Munich, West Germany. Mark Spitz won seven golds amid the terror attack tragedy...

Montreal, Canada. Nadia Comaneci scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic history...

Moscow, USSR. The United States led a boycott of dozens of nations over Afghanistan...

Los Angeles, USA. The privately financed Games that profited about 223 million dollars...

Seoul, South Korea. The Ben Johnson doping scandal transformed anti doping...

Grenoble, France. Jean Claude Killy swept alpine skiing before home crowds...

Sapporo, Japan. First Winter Games in Asia, 32 years after losing 1940...

Innsbruck, Austria. Denver rejected the Games, so Innsbruck hosted again...

Lake Placid, USA. The Miracle on Ice and the Eric Heiden five gold sweep...

Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Balkan Winter Games, eight years before war engulfed the city...

Calgary, Canada. Eddie the Eagle and the Jamaican bobsled charmed the world...