What does the five rings on the Olympic symbol mean?
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I believe that it represents the 5 continents of the world. North America, South America, Europe, Asia and AustraliaEach ring represents one of the continents of the world.
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The emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914 ...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition.Iam tranijg for a spot in a cross-country team?
The olympic flag is comprised of each of the colors that are used in nation's flags around the world. THe five rings are all of different colors representing those colors and the white background represents the last of the 6 colors used. The symbol of rings is for the unity and "one-ness" that the event represents where no one ring is more powerful, yet they are all interdependent on each other.Besides... there are SEVEN continents:
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
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The five rings of different colors are you to symbolize a color from all of the flags of the world joined in unity. Not the five continents.There are seven continents in the world not five. They are Asia, Europe, Africa, N. America, S. America, Australia, & Antartica
The Five Continents (There are no participants from Antarctica and the Americas count as one)
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The 5 rings represent the 5 continents of the world at that time.Sure we now recognize that there are 7 continents.
Just look at the U.S. flag, for example. It has 50 stars for each state and 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies. But back in 1776, the flag had only 13 stars and 13 stripes. As time passed and as new states were recognized, a star was added for each new state.
Back to the 5 rings. In theory, then, the Olympic rings should total 7 and not 5. There were only 5 recognized continents when the founder of the modern games came up with the idea of the rings: America; Europe; Asia; Africa; and Australia. America was not recognized as being two separate continents until later and Antarctica wasn't recognized as a continent until the 1950's.
(Why the two extra rings have not been added is another question all to itself.)
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