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About Summer Olympics 2016 pictograms

A dense grid of small pictograms: each icon is a simplified black line drawing of a human figure performing a sport, placed inside an irregular rounded 'pebble' shape filled with solid blue. The icons are arranged in rows and columns on a white background, forming a cohesive set of uniform-sized sport symbols.

The style is minimal and pictographic — single-weight black strokes for the athlete shapes contrasted against opaque blue organic blobs. No wordmarks or additional ornamentation appear; the emphasis is on clear, high-contrast sport silhouettes within hand-drawn, slightly uneven circular/oval shapes.

What's in it: human athlete figures (pictograms) sports equipment (balls, rackets, bicycles, oars) - general

Shapes: irregular rounded pebble shapes grid line-drawn human silhouettes circle-like blobs

Style: minimalist pictogram set organic flat monochrome (two-tone)

Evokes athletic movement and a unified set of sports through simplified athlete silhouettes contained in organic, pebble-like shapes.

Colors

Extracted from the image. How we pick the colors →

Deep blue

#0A5EA8 · primary

Black

#000000 · secondary

White

#FFFFFF · accent

Summer Olympics 2016 pictograms Logo History

This is the official set of sport pictograms used for the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio 2016). The icons were produced as a cohesive visual system for signage, schedules and printed/digital materials during the Games.