MEANING OF THE FLAG OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

According to the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic rings represent the universality of the Games, based on the idea that at least one of the five colors of the Olympic flag are in all the flags of the countries.

One of the agencies of the International Olympic Committee, the Association of National Olympic Committees, which brings together 205 national Olympic committees, its emblem, the Olympic Rings and appear inside each logos Continental Olympic Committees of according to the theory 3.

According to the IOC, there are various types of uses for Olympic symbols:

The medals are the five Olympic rings. They first appeared in the 1924 Paris Olympics, reappearing in the equestrian events held in Stockholm during the 1956 Olympics. Since the 1976 Montreal Olympics are regularly used in the Summer Games. In the Winter Games, have been used since the Olympics of St. Moritz 1928
The Olympic emblem of both the different logos of the Games as the emblems of the 204 National Olympic Committees
The Official Poster of the Olympic Games. The first is that the rings are the poster of the Olympic Games in St. Moritz 1928 and, in the case of the Summer Games, Olympic Games since Los Angeles 1932.
For souvenirs and advertising of the Games. Was first used in 1924 Chamonix Olympics
On stamps and philately, from the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
In the shield of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, Olympic Capital declared since 1993, hosting the International Olympic Committee since 1913.