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The International Olympic Committee; The Olympic rings: Use: Sport : Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 14 August 1920: Design: Five interlaced rings of equal dimensions (the Olympic rings), used alone, in one or in five different colours. When used in its five-colour version, these colours shall be, from left to right, blue, yellow, black, green, and red.
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 ...
English: Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here was specified in 2023 guidelines . Français : Logo des Jeux Olympiques avec ses cinq cerceaux bleu, jaune, noir, vert et rouge.
While the size, placement and additional design elements vary, the image of five interlocking rings permanently etched on Olympians’ bodies remains unmistakable.
The Olympic rings have been used in every summer and winter Games since 1920 and have remained relatively unchanged since. The exception to this was a version introduced in 1957, which slightly ...
The five Olympic rings are also stamped on the iron of the Olympic medals. The Paralympic logo of three swooshes, known as the Agitos, is stamped on the medals for the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics.
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 the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag.
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