What do the five rings on the Olympic flag represent?
After searching on “olympic flag” and poking around the official International Olympic Committee site, we found the answer to your question faster than Picabo Street could hit the super-G. Well… almost that fast. According to the Olympic Charter, the five-ringed symbol “represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.” Baron Pierre de Coubertin conceived of both the symbol and the flag. Not coincidentally, Coubertin is the founder of the modern Olympic Movement. The Olympic Committee adopted the flag in 1914, and it was first flown at the 1920 Antwerp Games. While the charter isn’t explicit, many believe that the colors of the flag– blue, black, red, yellow, and green on a
