What do the five rings of the olympics mean?

Answer 1

The 5 rings represent the 5 continents. They are interlaced to show the universality of Olympism and the meeting of the athletes of the whole world during the Olympic Games.

At first, the way the rings were interlaced was sometimes a little odd compared with what we are use to today.

Nowadays, the Olympic symbol is subject to very strict rules. Graphic standards have been set down, which determine, for example, the exact position of each ring.

The colors of the rings also represent the whole world, as there is not a national flag in the world that does not have at least some red, green, blue, yellow, or black in it.

Answer 2

The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the center: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

- Pierre de Coubertin (1931)

Blue for Europe

Yellow for Asia

Black for Africa

Green for Australia/Oceania

Red for the Americas

The Olympic symbol represents the union of the five original major continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe) and the meeting of the athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.

Answer 3

The blue fish, Bei Bei, represents swimming and the water. The black panda, Jing Jing, represents Weightlifting and the forest. The red Olympic flame, Huan Huan, represents the Olympic Torch being lit and also fire. The yellow Tibetan antelope, Ying Ying, represents a sprinting and other running sports and earth. The green swallow, Ni Ni, represents gymnastics and the sky. Bei Bei, Ying Ying and Ni Ni are girls and Jing Jing and Huan Huan are boys.

Answer 4

First of all it does not refer to the Olympics insignia! True, they are Five Golden Rings, but they represent the Five inhabited Continents,nothing to do with Yule. My guess, and this is a bigtown setting, it may refer to New York"s Commodore Hotel. The rank insignis of a Commodore ( 0-7A) was Five solid campaign sleeve stripes, gold in color) ( captain is four, admiral various thicknesses but up to six) so there you have it. Certainly there have been Yule Bashes at the Commodore.

Answer 5

Africa,Asia , Australia , Europe & America ..

Answer 6

There is more then one answer to this question but one of them is that the five colours, blue, black, red, yellow and green, are featured in every countries flag.