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The flag was created Pierre De Coubertain in 1913.
The five circles and the white background represent all the colors of the flags of the world.
Until the year 1951, the association between the colors of the circles and the continents was reported in the Official Olympic Manual; this association between colors and circles HAS been withdrawn by the IOC and is not anymore official, but it is still common in popular feeling.

- Africa  is represented by the color  black ;
- America  is represented by the color  red ;
- Asia  is represented by the color  yellow ;
- Europe  is represented by the color  green ;
- Oceania  is represented by the color  blue .




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