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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 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 ...
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 ...
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English: The Olympic Rings, the symbol of the modern Olympic Games, is composed of five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. It was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. The colors (including the white background) also represented at least ...
A corner flag with The Olympic rings. (Stuart Franklin/FIFA / Getty Images) The flag raised at the end of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, however, had the wrong side on top.
The Arrivals segment of the ceremony celebrated Australia's multiculturalism and its migrant culture formed by the Australian Gold Rushes, with a float, soundtrack and costumes symbolising each continent the migrants came from, as well as the five Olympic rings that represent each continent. [37]