The six-week countdown to the 2012 London Summer Olympics' opening ceremony has officially begun. The best part of any Olympics opening ceremony? The crazy team outfits that countries force their athletes to wear.
Spain's mustard-and-ketchup suits, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
What, Spain? You couldn't get a giant hot dog to roll in with you?
(Getty Images / Vladimir Rys, Bongarts)
Australia goes on a safari adventure, 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics
Crikey.
Source: smh.com.au
U.S.A. forgets to change out of their gym clothes, 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics
Other countries went formal. We wore Levi Strauss track suits.
(Getty Images / Tony Duffy)
Lithuania experiments with color, 2004 Athens Summer Olympics
(And fails.)
(Getty Images / JACQUES DEMARTHON, AFP)
