Olympic Values: Friendship
Friendship is one of three key Olympic Values. Friendship helps us to see sport as a way to foster greater understanding between individuals, and see ourselves as part of a global community. Olympic athletes can inspire everyone to overcome political, economic, gender, racial or religious differences. They can forge lasting friendships that celebrate these differences.
Exchanging pins is one of the ways that athletes, volunteers, and journalists at the Olympic Games commemorate new friendships.
A1. Swimming badge, Olympic Games Athens 1896
On loan from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage
A2. Jury badge, Olympic Games Paris 1900
A3. Badge, Assistant Clerk of the Course, Open Handicap Athletic Meet, Olympic Games St. Louis 1904
A4. Juror badge, Universal Exposition, Olympic Games St. Louis 1904
On loan from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage
A5. Reception Committee badge, Interim Games Athens 1906
A6. Pin, Olympic Games London 1908
A7. Competitor badge, Olympic Games London 1908
A8. Pin, Olympic Games Stockholm 1912
A9. Participant badge, Olympic Games Stockholm 1912
A10. Participant badge, Olympic Games Antwerp 1920
On loan from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage
A11. Commemorative pin, Olympic Games Antwerp 1920
National Olympic Committee of Italy
On loan from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage
A12. Athlete badge, Olympic Winter Games Chamonix 1924
A13. Participant badge, Olympic Games Paris 1924
A14. Pin, Olympic Games Paris 1924
A15. Participant badge, Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1928
B1. Pin, Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz & Olympic Games Amsterdam 1928
B2. Official badge, Olympic Games Amsterdam 1928
B3. Pin, Olympic Games Amsterdam 1928
B4. Official badge, Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932
B5. Athlete badge, Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932
B5. Participant badge in team Athletics, Olympic Games Los Angeles 1932
B7. Pin, Olympic Games Los Angeles 1932
B8. Official badge, Olympic Winter Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
B9. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
B10. Competitor diving badge, Olympic Games Berlin 1936
B11. Pin, Olympic Games Berlin 1936
B12. Athlete badge, Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948
B13. Pin, Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948
B14. Pin, Olympic Games London 1948
B15. Swimming badge, Olympic Games London 1948
C1. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Oslo 1952
C2. Participant badge, Olympic Winter Games Oslo 1952
C3. Badge, Olympic Games Helsinki 1952
C4. Pin, Olympic Games Helsinki 1952
C5. Official badge, Olympic Winter Games Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956
C6. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956
C7. Participant badge, Olympic Equestrian Games Stockholm 1956
C8. Pin, Olympic Equestrian Games Stockholm 1956
C9. Athletics badge, Olympic Games Melbourne 1956
C10. Pin, Olympic Games Melbourne 1956
C11. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley 1960
On loan from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage
C12. Commemorative Skiing pin, Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley 1960
C13. Head of Mission badge, Olympic Games Rome 1960
C14. Pin, Olympic Games Rome 1960
C15. Official badge, Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1964
D1. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1964
D2. Pin, Olympic Games Tokyo 1964
D3. Badge, Olympic Games Tokyo 1964
D4. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Grenoble 1968
D5. Competitor badge, Olympic Winter Games Grenoble 1968
D6. Badge, Olympic Games Mexico City 1968
D7. Pin, Olympic Games Mexico City 1968
D8. Chef de Mission badge, Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972
D9. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972
D10. Athlete badge, Olympic Games Munich 1972
D11. Pin, Olympic Games Munich 1972
D12. Organising Committee badge, Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976
D13. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976
D14. Pin, Olympic Games Montreal 1976
D15. Participant badge, Olympic Games Montreal 1976
E1. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980
E2. Pin, Olympic Games Moscow 1980
E3. Official badge, Olympic Games Moscow 1980
E4. Participant badge, Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo 1984
E5. Badge, IOC Session, Sarajevo 1984
E6. Pin, Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
E7. Pin, Olympic Games Seoul 1988
E8. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Calgary 1988
E9. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Albertville 1992
E10. Pin, Olympic Games Barcelona 1992
E11. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994
E12. Sensormatic security pin, Olympic Games Atlanta 1996
E13. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998
E14. Torch relay pin, Olympic Games Sydney 2000
E15. Pin, Olympic Games Athens 2004
F1. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City 2002
F2. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Torino 2006
F3. Pin, Olympic Games Beijing 2008
F4. Pin, Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010
F5. Pin, Olympic Games London 2012
F6. Pin, Olympic Games London 2012
F7. Commemorative pin, Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014
On loan from the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage
F8. Pin, Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016
F9. Pin, Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
F10. Pin, Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
F11. Pin, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
F12. Commemorative Pin “Tokyo 2020/1”, Olympic Games Tokyo 2020