The birth of the five-ring flag
1965438+In June 2004, the International Olympic Committee held its16th plenary session in Paris. The closing day of the plenary session, June 23rd, coincides with the 20th anniversary of Coubertin's first Olympic Games in Paris-Sorbonne. On the occasion of celebrating the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Olympic Movement, Baron Coubertin, President of the International Olympic Committee, presented his masterpiece-the flag of the International Olympic Committee, which is a five-ring flag with five colors of blue, yellow, black, green and red on a white background.
Coubertin expounded the symbolic significance of this flag: "The five rings of blue, yellow, black, green and red represent the five continents participating in the Olympic spirit. In addition, these six colors (including white background) contain the colors of national flags of all countries in the world without exception. Yellow and blue represent Sweden, black, blue and white represent Greece and France, and Britain, America, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Hungary are among them. Yellow and red represent Spain, and the colors of Brazil, Australia, Japan and China are also included. This is obviously an international symbol. " There was warm applause at the plenary session, and the participants were amazed at the form, color and meaning of this flag and were very happy.
Later, five rings of different colors were used to explain the Olympic rings.
Also known as the Olympic ring, it is blue, yellow, black, green and red from left to right. This logo was designed by Coubertin at the first modern Olympic Games. The original design idea was to summarize the colors of the national flags of member countries, but later there were other explanations for these five colors. In the Olympic Review (No.40) published in 1979, the International Olympic Committee emphasized that the meaning of the five rings is "symbolizing the unity of the five continents, and athletes from all over the world will gather at the Olympic Games in a fair and frank competition and friendly spirit". It is a symbol of five continents.