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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses icons, flags, and symbols to represent and enhance the Olympic Games.These symbols include those commonly used during Olympic competitions such as the flame, fanfare, and theme and those used both during and outside competition, such as the Olympic flag.
In the Summer Youth Olympic Games, the Singapore flag has been used since 2010, while in the Winter Youth Olympic Games, the Innsbruck flag is used. Also for conservation reasons, replicas are used. With nearly five years of keeping the Olympic flag for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, governor Yuriko Koike is the longest keeper of the ...
The Olympic flag. 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 ...
Ralph Rose competing at the 1908 Olympics after not dipping the flag in the opening ceremony. Olympic protocol is that the flag bearer dips their flag to the head of state as part of the parade. It has become tradition that the U.S. flag is not dipped, though the origins of this are surrounded by legend and are widely misreported: [10] [11]
2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations; 2012 Winter Youth Olympics national flag bearers; 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; 2014 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations; 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations; 2018 Winter Olympics ...
Pages in category "Lists of Olympic flag bearers by country" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 213 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Prior to 2006, the flag of the Chinese Taipei national football team replaced the Olympic rings with the taijitu (the yin and yang symbol), with the black and white dots replaced with footballs and has a yellow background. The Universiade flag replaces the Olympic rings with the letter U (from the logo of the FISU) and has an electric blue ...
The 2012 Olympic emblem is a representation of the number 2012, with the Olympic Rings embedded within the zero. [3] It was surrounded by controversies and drew many complaints. Some say it resembled Lisa Simpson engaging in a sexual act with Bart Simpson , while others said it meant to spell out the word "Zion". [ 4 ]