The colors of the rings in the Olympic flag do not represent any continent or country. The colors represent the colors found in the flags of the nations that compete in the Olympic Games.
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The red helmet represent lower Egypt; the white helmet represent upper Egypt.
The Rings symbolize each geographical area. Each country within these areas has a minimum of one colour on the emblem in their national flag. No one ring has any specific meaning. There were 5 countries and so 5 different coloured rings.
to represent the Ring (continents) are together during the Olympics.
Despite popular misconceptions there is no link between the ring colours and a continent, the colours simply came from those colours that appeared on all the national flags of the world at that time. The colors, including white, are chosen such that the flag of every country has at least one of its colors in the Olympic flag. The rings of blue, black, yellow, red and green, which make up one of the most recognized symbols in the world, traditionally represent the five different areas of the world involved in the Olympics (North and South America are considered one area, along with Africa, Australia, Asia and Europe). However, these continents are not represented individually by any particular ring.
they represent the thirteen colonies and the stars represent the the 50 states