The torch is suppose to be the eternal flame from ancient Greece to the modern world. The interesting thing about it is that it didn't exist and it was Hitler who started the tradition of carrying it into the games. Most people don't know that is where is comes from.
The idea of lighting an Olympic flame for the duration of the Games derives from the ancient Greeks who used a flame lit by the sun's rays at Olympiad, the site of the original Games. The concept was revived in 1936 and has remained an Olympic tradition.
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The Olympic symbol represents the union of Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe.
There are many things they symbolize.
Continents: Oceania, Africa, The Americas, Asia, Europe.
They also represent Passion, faith, sportsmanship, victory and work ethic.
The colours are because all countries that compete in the Olympics have at least one of those colours on their flag
It was made by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1913. The Olympic Committee adopted it in 1914, and it was first used at the 1920 Antwerp Games.
^five rings represent 5 constants
^colors of rings are in national flags
^wight on background means Peace
The Olympic flag is used during the Olympics. The offical flag has been flown at every Olympic games sine the 1920 Antwerp games.
freedom
Though the Olympic Rings are coloured in those five colours, the flag as a whole has six colours: White, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Black. At the introducation of the flag, in 1914, those six colours were all the colours that appeared in the flags of the nations participating in the Olympic Games.
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.
There are 5 rings on the Olympic flag: blue, yellow, black, green, and red.Or if you count the two small rings where they attach the flag to the flagpole, seven.