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and circles HAS been withdrawn by the IOC and is not anymore official, but it is still common in popular feeling.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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