The Olympic Flag
The Olympic flag has five interlocked
rings on a white background. The rings are blue, yellow, black,
green and red.
There is one ring for each group
of countries from different parts of the world. At least one of
the colours of the rings is found on the flag of every country
in the world.
The
flag is carried into the arena in the Opening Ceremony and flies
on the flagpole until the Games are ended. At the end of an Olympics,
the mayor of the host-city presents an Olympic flag to the mayor
of the next host-city and it is kept in the town hall of the next
host-city until the next Olympic Games.
The flag was designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin and first used
at the Olympic Games of 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
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updated July 2006