What colour olympic ring represents new zealand?
Modern Olympic Games, the form in which we see the event today,
started more than a century ago. The event was the brain child of
Frenchmen, Pierre de Coubertin, who was inspired by the Olympic
festivals and decided to revive the games. After several attempts,
Coubertin's efforts finally bore fruit in the late 19th century.
Eventually, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was formed in
1894, and the first modern Olympics were held two years later in
Athens, Greece, in 1896. Along with the games, Coubertin also gave
us one of the most popular Olympic symbols, the Olympic flag, with
five interlaced rings on a white background.
Olympic Rings
The five interlaced rings which are depicted on the Olympic flag
are known as the 'Olympic rings'. The five rings are arranged in
3-2 pattern on a white background, with the blue ring to the
extreme left, followed by yellow, black, green and red, in the same
order. They were designed by Pierre de Coubertin in August 1912.
The five rings represented the five parts of the world, i.e. the
Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Both the Americas are
regarded as a single continent, while Antarctica is not taken into
consideration.
Though no color is demarcated to a particular continent or
region, various theories tend to associate these colored rings with
various citations. Interestingly, Coubertin himself never mentioned
that the color of these rings had any association with the
continents. For instance, at least one of the five colors among the
rings is present on the flag of each of the participating
countries. The Olympic rings were officially adopted in 1914, and
made their debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp,
Belgium.
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