Olympic Mascots Hidy & Howdy
Calgary 1988
Hidy & Howdy, the 1988 Calgary olympic mascot was created by International Mascots.
The bear siblings "Hidy and Howdy" from the
1988 Winter Games in Calgary were the first dual mascots in the Olympic Games.
They took the form of inseparable brother and sister polar bears.
The
Calgary Zoo sponsored a contest to name the bears. Among the nearly 7,000
entries submitted, the names "Hidy" and "Howdy" were eventually
chosen.
International Mascot is proud to have created various olympics mascots including Hidy & Howdy of the 1988 Calgary Olympics as well as the Atlanta Olympics mascot, Izzy.
