Highlights of the opening ceremony from the 1992 games in Barcelona. A games which many feel rank second only to Sydney in terms of brilliance and organisation.
Highlights of the opening ceremony from the 1968 Games in Mexico City. The ceremony was marred by the massacre of several students just a few days before.
Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of Atlanta. The ceremony culminated with the lighting of the Olympic Flame by Muhammad Ali, one of the most enduring images of modern Olympics.
Finals of the long distance finals in Athens 2004. Hicham El Gourrouj wins 5,000m Gold to take the 1,500m / 5,000m double. While Kenese Bekele takes the 10,000m crown in a new Olympic record.
Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Olympiad, from Los Angeles USA. The games were hit by a Soviet led boycott, 14 East block nations and their allies did not compete.
Bob Beamon smashes the Long Jump World Record by an incredible 55cm at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. The record, (8.90m) would stand for another 23 years.
Derek Redmond is injured during his 400m Semi Final at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain. His father helped him finish the last 150m, making this one of the most emotional and endurable images in Olympic history.
"Flo Jo" takes her fourth and final medal of the Seoul games. The former USSR take gold in a new world record time of 3:15.17. A record that still remains in tact today.
Highlights from Merlene Ottey's Olympic career. From Moscow 1980 to Athens 2004, no other female athlete has collected more medals. Ottey only just missed out on a place at this year's Olympics in Beijing, it would have been her EIGTH Olympics!
![1988 Seoul - \"Flo Jo\" Highlights - 4 x 400m Relay](http://img.youtube.com/vi/wdUEbtIoTNk/2.jpg "1988 Seoul - \\"Flo Jo\\" Highlights - 4 x 400m Relay")
