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35.
Olympic emblem is composed of five intertwined rings, each of a different colour, representing the five continents of the world as
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Naresh said:
9 years ago
Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin explained his design in 1931: "A white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: Blue, yellow, black, green and red is symbolic; it represents the five inhabited 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.
Coubertin used a loose interpretation of "continent" - that included Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. He never said nor wrote that any specific ring represents a specific continent.
Coubertin used a loose interpretation of "continent" - that included Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. He never said nor wrote that any specific ring represents a specific continent.
Ankush said:
1 decade ago
How yellow can represent Asia. As we know that colour of ring represent common colour in national flag of the countries in that continent and there is no yellow colour in most of Asian flags like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, they all have green common colour in there national flags.
Rekhanasatish babu said:
1 decade ago
What do you mean by oceania?
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