Olympic Symbols and Flag

The Olympic Flag was introduced in 1914, when the International Olympic Committee held its 20th anniversary in Paris, France. =] The Olympic Flag was introduced in 1914, when the International Olympic Committee held its 20th anniversary in Paris, France. =]

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In Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," the Ghost of Christmas Present holds his torch over people's heads to illuminate their lives and reveal their struggles and joys. The light symbolizes hope and the potential for change, encouraging Scrooge to recognize the importance of compassion and community. By showcasing the experiences of others, the spirit aims to instill in Scrooge a sense of empathy and responsibility towards his fellow human beings.

The last torch bearer, and the person to light the Olympic Flame, at the 1972 Summer Olympics was West German junior 1500 meter runner Gunther Zahn.

The Five Rings on the Olympic Flag The rings on the Olympic flag represent the five continents of the world that have come together in the Olympic spirit.

Every country in the world has at least one of the colors of the rings in their flag. The colors blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. The colors of the rings represent the flags of the countries that participate in the Olympics.

The five regions:

• Africa,
• Americas (North and South America are combined)
• Asia
• Europe
• Oceania

According to Baron de Coubertin: "The Olympic flag ... has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red ... This design 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."

Africa and Antarctica but Antarctica will never host it for some reason i will never understand :)

For the 2012 London Olympics, the torch traveled 8,000 miles. It passed through 1,000 cities in 70 days, including Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Belfast, Aberdeen, and Newcastle.source: totalprosports.com

For each of the 5 continents in the world.

The Olympic Games flame is always on the constant run every 4 years around the country that runs it for that year; however in 2008 the start point the flame was in was Beijing!

According to the Olympic logo is the earliest in 1913 Coubertin designed the proposal, the International Olympic Committee initially used blue, yellow, black, green and red as the color rings.

Prometheus stole fire from Zeus

It looks the same no matter what country because they try to keep some things the same as they were when only the Greeks had the olympics

they have an olympic torch to represent each country in a different way each flicker of the flame is all the countries

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Prometheus's gift of the flame to humanity was said to give humankind its nudge toward civilization—for the modern Olympic Games, it represents consideration of that myth, an ode to the growth of civilization, and the ancient tradition of the Games.

Modern Olympic flame tradition dates back to the 1928 Olympic Games, when the first Olympic flame since ancient times was lit. In 1936 the tradition of the torch relay began, in which a torch is lit from a basin of fire at the original location of the Games in Olympia, Greece, and runners carry it to the host country of that year’s Games in a symbolic race from the past to the present.

Records indicate that they began in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece so you could say that is their birthday. take the year we are in and add 776.

2010+776=2786 years.

Be aware the Olympics has an extensive history and the age does not represent a continuum of the games over time.

"There is always a flame burning in a little cauldron, that has the flame from when they took it in greece, so if it goes out, theyll light it with that already burning flame."

I'm not really sure what you mean by cauldron from where it was taken, but modern torches have a pilot light in the bottom with sensory tech so when it detects the flame going out it reignites it. If you want to believe this somehow "breaks" the flame eh so be it, just remember that it reignites it so quick and automatically you can't even tell the flame went out. Especially with the 2010 Winter games torches which feature a houseing unit atop the burner. So the flame actually shoots out multiple directions and sits under this housing to protect it form the wind. Of course because of this you cant see if the burner actually goes out or not. In older models the flame sat atop the torch and could see it. One would think they would just reignite it and keep going. However this is not only a very bad omen but also doesn't sit well with the public. If you want a rule as to what SHOULD happen, then if the flame goes out they are suppose to start the relay over again and start in Olympia, Greece where a backup flame is always there. Put it this way they light the original flame and don't put it out until the stadium cauldron/torch is lit. I would think that the original flame stays lit along with the stadium flame until the games are over but I doubt that. In the end if the flame ever goes out they are suppose to return to Greece to relight it although bureaucrats never follow that path and would just rather relight it before too many find out.

There are five Olympic Pantone colors that can be seen on the Olympic ring design. These colors are blue, black, red, yellow, and green.

The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. According to de Coubertin, the ring colours with the white background stand for those colors that appeared on all the national flags that competed in the Olympic games at that time. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1912 edition of Olympique

The current Paralympic flag consists of 3 'agitos' (meaning 'I Move' in Latin) in red, blue and green, which are the colours most widely used in the world flags. The agitos encircle a centre point emphasising 'the role that the International Paralympic Committee has of bringing athletes from all corners of the world together and enabling them to compete'.

It also symbolises the Paralympic vision 'to enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to inspire and excite the world'.

This version of the flag was first used in the closing ceremony of the Athens 2004 Paralympic games when it was handed over to Bejing. It was seen in 2003 on Paralympic publications and other products. It was first used in a full games in the 2006 Winter Paralympic games in Torino and has been used since.

There have been a number of various symbols used and others rejected for various reasons before this one was selected.

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Greece. The source of the "mother" flame and the Olympics.

today the olympic torch is in uxbridge

I don't know about the badges. But the five rings of it represents the 5 continents of earth

12,000+ are being made for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics