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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 mascots are fictional characters who represent the cultural heritage of the location where the Olympic Games are taking place. They are often an animal native to the area or human figures. One of the first Olympic mascots was created for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; a stylized cartoon character on skis named Schuss.
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.
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 .
The Olympic Charter states that the Olympic flag must "fly for the entire duration of the Olympic Games from a flagpole placed in a prominent position in the main stadium". [33] At most games, the flag has been carried into the stadium by prominent athletes of the host nation. Following the changes made during the 112th IOC Session held in 2001 ...
You could be the flag team that hoisted the Olympic Flag upside down at the opening ceremony. #Paris2024 — Jonathan Jaworski (@jaworskijp) July 26, 2024. Bro the Olympic Flag is upside down
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 ...