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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 ]
Humans have long used rings or circles as symbols, but the the Olympic rings’ meaning is special. For instance, the five rings represent the five continents that participated in the 1912 Games.
English: Black&white version of Image:Olympic Rings.svg to use in lists where the colored version is too eye-catching Deutsch: Schwarz-weiß-Version von Image:Olympic Rings.svg , für Verwendungen in Listen, wo die farbige Version zu auffallend und störend ist.
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 ...
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The following 5 pages use this file: Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics; Olympic symbols; Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament; Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament; Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Ian MacNicol/Getty Images Paralympic athletes will no longer have to hide tattoos of the Olympic rings after the International Paralympic Committee dropped a long-standing rule about covering up ...
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.