Talk:Olympic flag

The rings do not represent continents or regions of the world
This is a huge misconception, and is cleared up on the Olympic Committee's web site:

What is the meaning of the Olympic Rings?

On the Olympic flag, the rings appear on a white background.

This flag translates the idea of the universality of the Olympic Movement. At least one of the colours of the rings, including the white background, can be found on the flag of every nation in the world.

'''But watch out! It is wrong, therefore, to believe that each of the colours corresponds to a certain continent!'''

http://www.olympic.org/uk/utilities/faq_detail_uk.asp?rdo_cat=10_39_0&faq=81


 * You need to pay more attention to the article before you go hacking on it. You edited a quote from Coubertin.  It's what he said, and you cannot simply change his words to suit your needs.  To address your complaints, the rings do not represent certain continents. i.e. Colors are not assigned to specific continents.  However, the five rings do most certainly represent five regions of the world.  The line you removed about the modern interpretation is entirely true.  The olympic committee now considers the rings to represent "the five continents".  You should read the link you posted, and then open the PDF it links to, and read it as well.  Straight from the PDF: "The five rings represent the five continents." -- Dpark 00:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Merger needed
There appears to be a proliferation of pages about essentially the same thing: Olympic symbols (to which Olympic rings redirects), Olympic flag, Olympic Rings (capital 'R') - maybe more. I think these need merging, or at least reorganising such that they don't duplicate information. Perhaps best to make everything redirect to Olympic symbols, since that can neatly cover the otherwise inevitable overlap between the rings and the flag. Opinions (and action!) welcome - please reply at Talk:Olympic symbols. - IMSoP 20:55, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)