Why do we have 5 circles in Olympic symbol?




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She was showing off, it cost her the gold, shouldn't we show a little mercy?

it goes something like this...

"These five intertwined rings represent the unity of five continents. They appear in five colors on a white field on the Olympic Flag. These colors, white (for the field), red, blue, green, yellow, and black were chosen such that each nation had at least one of these colors in its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914, but the first Games at which it was flown were Antwerp, 1920. It is hoisted at each celebration of the Games."

Which countries hosted the past 20 Olympics?

i just learned this... the 5 circles have a color that represents the colors found in the flags of the countries represented in the olympic games one circle for each color... 5

What is the 1500 meter world record?

It is to represent the continents... Eurasia, North America, South America, Australia and Africa. Why they made Europe and Asia one continent, I'm not sure. Since there are no countries in Antartica it is not included.

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