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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]
The five-ringed emblem of the Olympic Games. Each Olympic Games has its own Olympic emblem, which is a design integrating the Olympic rings with one or more distinctive elements. They are created and proposed by the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG) or the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the host country.
infographic showing the evolution of the Olympic Rings; labeled photos of the rings from 1913, 1920, 1957, 1986, and 2010
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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The Paralympic torch has blue, red and green rings. The colors represent the colors of the taegueks. It resembles a bonshÅ (a Japanese bell) if turned upside down. Akio Haruhara image: 2002: Salt Lake City, U.S. Is the same design used for the Olympics, an icicle. The top section was glass, and the Paralympic flame burned within the glass ...
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.