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The five interlinked rings on the Olympic flag represent:

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Answer: Option B — The five continents

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The Olympic symbol consists of five interlocking rings of equal size: blue, yellow, black, green and red, on a white background. According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from all over the world at the Olympic Games.

The five continents (as traditionally counted for the Olympics): Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

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No single ring is officially assigned to a particular continent. The rings together stand for the unity of all the continents.

Design and colours:

The rings were designed by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, in 1913. They were first shown publicly in 1913 in the Olympic Review and were presented at the Olympic Congress in Paris in 1914.

The Olympic flag with the rings was first flown at an Olympic Games at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

Coubertin chose the six colours (blue, yellow, black, green and red, along with the white background) because at least one of them appeared in the flag of every nation at that time.

The rings are arranged in two rows: three rings (blue, black and red) on top, and two (yellow and green) below.

Other Olympic symbols:

Motto: "Citius, Altius, Fortius - Communiter" ("Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together").

Olympic flame: lit at Olympia, Greece, using a parabolic mirror and the sun's rays, and carried by torch relay to the host city. The first torch relay was held for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Olympic anthem: composed by Spyridon Samaras with words by Kostis Palamas, first performed in 1896.

Olympic oath: first taken by athletes at the 1920 Antwerp Games.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Five Olympic sports: the rings do not represent sports.
  • ✗Five founding nations: the rings do not represent countries.
  • ✗Five Olympic values: the IOC promotes values such as excellence, friendship and respect, but the rings represent the continents.

Quick tip

Remember: Olympic rings = union of five continents; colours blue, yellow, black, green, red on white; designed by Coubertin (1913); flag first flown at Antwerp 1920.

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