The National Archives holds a range of records on the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games and Cultural Olympiad, from 1896 to the present. We have made these available online for the first time, providing you with access to this rich resource on sporting and cultural history.
- Our timeline includes selected records from our collections, as well as additional resources for each year of the modern Games. Browse our timeline to preview and download our records.
- We have brought together a picture of the sporting, cultural and other activities which happened across the UK to present a record of what happened before, during and after London 2012.
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related links
- View our bookshop to find publications relating to sports and social history
- See census records, 1841-1911
- Browse and purchase pictures in our image library
- See our research guide on sport history, the Olympics and Paralympics
- Search for records in Discovery and find out about new sport collections in archives across the UK
The Olympic and Paralympic Record
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