About ... Sport Pins

The Olympics are about sporting events and athletic competition -- and that fact isn't lost on pin producers or pin purchasers.

Many pin designs center on one or several of the sports of the Games -- in Salt Lake City's case, it was the 15 Olympic Winter sports presented at their Games in 2002. The figure skate pin shown is one of twelve sport equipment pins designed for the 2010 Winter Games.

The design may depict one or more athletes participating in an event or the type of equipment relating to the sport. It may feature the Games' mascots participating in the sport, or it may highlight a past, present or future Olympian in a specific event.