Athens to Seoul

Great names and moments from the history of the Olympics (1896-1988).

Finland's Paavo Nurmi wins one of his five gold medals in Paris 1924, having won three four years earlier

Jesse Owens was the undisputed star of Berlin 1936 with four golds

12 years later, London hosted the next Olympics and Holland's Fanny Blankers-Koen won four golds

Bob Beamon set a long jump world record in 1968 of 6.80m that lasted until 1991

At the same Games, Dick Fosbury (US) invented his famous 'flop' to win gold in the high jump

Mark Spitz dominated in the Munich pool of 1972, accumulating an incredible seven gold medals

The Soviet Union's Olga Korbut, aged 17, won three golds in gymnastics in Munich

Four years later in Montreal, Romania's Nadia Comaneci won five medals at the age of 14

Seb Coe and Steve Ovett head to head in the 800m and the 1500m in Moscow, 1980

Daley Thompson won his second gold in the Olympic decathlon at Los Angeles

But the star of 1984 was Carl Lewis. America's greatest Olympian took four titles