discus

How odd. I have this as a postcard from 1991 (it was one of a series which were given away by Mars Confectionery in the run-up to the Barcelona/Albertville Olympics in 1992) but the text appears to be in a slightly different font. The spacing is different. Both appear to have hand-drawn text. Phil.

I was seven months old then. Could this account for my lifelong hatred of all sports !

The license for this poster says "No known restrictions". Yet the deccription says "Its design is a copyright of the International Olympic Committee.". Can you tell me which is correct please? So are there any restrictions on this poster image at all?

The rings are the protected intellectual property of the IOC / BOA which makes re-use difficult, however they were happy to allow the poster's use here in a 'collections' context. You can see more Olympics posters from the collections of the V&A at: collections.vam.ac.uk/exhibition/a-century-of-olympic-pos...

this logo is so much better than the London 2012 silly logo.

Arlie Max Mucks (December 10, 1891 – July 1967) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlie_Mucks

H.C White of the New York Athletic Club won the Discus (127' 1/2") at the National Junior Athletic Championship, Weequahic Park, Newark, NY 8 September 1916. Arlie Mucks, competing for the University of Wisconsin, won the same event in the Senior Championship the next day (145' 4 1/2".) Mucks also won the Shot Put (47' 2 1/2")

H. C. White www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107451189

Looks like a great fellow. I'm not biased at all of course...