This knit quarter-zip sweater is another release from The Olympic Museum Collection, commemorating the 1956 Equestrian Games in Stockholm, Sweden.
Front Details:
Features a white embroidered crest on the left chest showing a horseback rider set above the text "EQUESTRIAN GAMES / STOCKHOLM 1956".
Styled as a heavy knit quarter-zip pullover with a ribbed light grey inner collar, matching light grey cuffs, and the signature metallic Olympic Museum shield zipper pull.
Back Details:
Prominently displays a large, intricate white knit graphic of the official 1956 Stockholm Equestrian emblem: an equestrian rider atop a rearing horse set within an oval border above the Olympic rings.
Colorway & Construction:
Knit in a dark charcoal grey heavy-gauge yarn with contrasting light grey trim at the collar and sleeve cuffs.
Official Licensing:
Includes the official The Olympic Museum Collection hangtag, certifying it as an authorized heritage piece reproducing historical Olympic graphic design.
The 1956 Stockholm Equestrian Games hold a unique, singular place in Olympic history:
A Split Olympics: While the main XVI Olympiad of 1956 was hosted by Melbourne, Australia, strict Australian quarantine laws regarding international horses prevented the equestrian events from being held there.
Separate Host Nation: As a result, the International Olympic Committee held the equestrian events separately in Stockholm, Sweden, five months before the Melbourne Games began.
Olympic First: This remains the only time in Olympic history that events for a single Games were held on two different continents and in two different calendar seasons.