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The Olympic rings consist of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. The symbol was originally created in 1913 by Coubertin. [12] He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five inhabited continents: Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. [13]
infographic showing the evolution of the Olympic Rings; labeled photos of the rings from 1913, 1920, 1957, 1986, and 2010
The Olympic Movement uses symbols to represent the ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter. The Olympic symbol, better known as the Olympic rings, consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (Africa, The Americas (is considered one continent), Asia, Europe, and Oceania). The coloured version of ...
Question: What do the Olympic rings represent? Answer: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana. 13. Question: When were the first winter Olympics held? Answer: 1924. 14.
The Pan American Games Movement uses symbols to represent the ideals embodied in the Pan American Games charter. The Pan American Sports Organization flag displays the PASO logo on a white background. To highlight the close association between the International Olympic Committee and the Pan Am Games, the Olympic Rings were added to the flag in ...
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North America XXI: 17 July 1976: 1 August 1976: Lake Placid United States: 1980 XIII: 13 February 1980: 24 February 1980: Moscow Soviet Union [h] Europe XXII: 19 July 1980: 3 August 1980: Sarajevo Yugoslavia [i] 1984 XIV: 8 February 1984: 19 February 1984: Los Angeles United States: North America XXIII: 28 July 1984: 12 August 1984: Calgary ...
The five floats maneuvered into position to represent their respective coloured rings of the Olympic flag. By the crescendo of the segment, four of the floats (Asia, America, Europe and the Oceanian) surround the African float as the performers from all the represented continents merged into one big group and them rushed out from the middle to ...