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The rings were adopted by Baron Pierre de Coubertin the founder of the modern Olympic Movement in 1913 after he saw a similar design on an artifact from ancient Greece. The five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

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