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The Olympic flag was created in 1913 under the guidance of Baron de Coubertin of France. It was first hoisted in Alexandria, Egypt, at the 1914 Pan-Egyptian Games. [1] The five rings on the flag represent the inhabited continents of the world (the Americas were considered as one continent and Europe was treated as distinct from Asia). It was ...
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. It is the responsibility of the International Olympic Committee ...
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 coloured version of ...
What do the 5 Olympic rings stand for? The number five was meant to represent the five continents. Though, to get a little more specific, the Olympic Charter states that the symbol "expresses the ...
The meaning of the Olympic rings 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 ...
Eiffel Tower designer’s family to fight plan to keep Olympic rings. 01:06. PARIS — There are few sights more iconic than the Eiffel Tower and the Olympic rings. But not everyone agrees they ...
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The Olympic Charter is a set of rules and guidelines for the organisation of the Olympic Games, and for governing the Olympic movement. Its last revision was on the 17th of July 2020 during the 136th IOC Session, held by video conference. Adopted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it is the codification of the fundamental principles ...