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Juan Antonio Samaranch was elected the president of the IOC in 1980. He ruled the Olympic movement until 2001

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The Moscow Games were marred by a boycott in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

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In Moscow, Seb Coe and Steve Ovett went head to head in the 800m and the 1500m. Ovett won the 800, but Coe won the 1500

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Daley Thompson won his second gold in the Olympic decathlon at Los Angeles 1984

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But the star of 1984 was Carl Lewis. America's greatest Olympian took four titles and finished his career in 1996 with nine

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Seoul 1988 will forever be associated with Ben Johnson - stripped of his 100m title after failing a drugs test

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Florence Griffith-Joyner was the outstanding athlete at the Games, winning three golds and a silver

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In Barcelona in 1992 Michael Jordan and the dream team were unstoppable

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The most successful competitor in Barcelona was gymnast Vitali Sherbo from the Soviet team as he picked up six gold medals

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Michael Johnson won an unprecedented 200 and 400m double in Atlanta in 1996

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Russian swimmer Alexander Popov won two gold and two silver medals in Atlanta

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In Sydney, Australia's Ian Thorpe became the latest Olympic phenomenon, winning three gold and two silvers

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Marian Jones did not quite get her record five gold medals - just the three plus two bronze medals.