Olympic flag

The background color of the Olympic flag is pure white, with five rings arranged in two rows in the center of the layout: three above and two below. The colors of the three rings are blue, black and red. The next two colors are yellow and green.

These five rings symbolize five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Austria and America. Although designers have never confirmed that their design intentions come from the colors of national flags, it is generally believed that,

19 14, Baron Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Games, introduced the Olympic flag at the Olympic Games celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee. It first fluttered in Alexandria, Greece, and it was not until 1920 that the Olympic flag first appeared in Antwerp. This surface has been severely damaged by wind and rain, and it was not retired until after the 1984 Olympic Games. 1988 Seoul Olympic Games began to use the new national flag.

At the closing ceremony, the mayor of this host city will hand over the Olympic flag to the mayor of the next host city. After that, the flag will remain in the city hall of the host city until the end of the next Olympic Games.

Olympic flame

The ancient Olympic flame is a symbol of the continuation of the Olympic movement. During the whole game, the flame of Zeus altar kept burning. The flame ceremony was reintroduced to the Amsterdam Olympic Games in 1924 and lit in 1932.

1936 Carl Dim, chairman of the Berlin Olympic Games Organizing Committee, suggested that the flame should be lit in Greece and then arrived in Berlin by torch relay. The organizing committee adopted this suggestion, so from 1952 onwards, the flame of each Olympic Games was produced in this way.

The collection of the flame was carried out at the ancient Olympia site. People use a concave mirror, put it in the sun, and collect natural sunlight energy to light a torch. At the gathering ceremony, a girl dressed in an ancient robe first lit the torch and then passed it to the first relay athlete.

Olympic purpose

The purpose of the Olympic Games is "swifter, higher and stronger", which is from Father Henry Martin Didion in Paris. Dideon is the president of Arcueil University. He once used this sentence to encourage college students' sports achievements. On the stone wall at the entrance of Albert le Grand College, where he was studying, Latin "Faster, Higher and Stronger" was engraved.

Olympic oath

"On behalf of all the participating athletes, I swear that we will participate in this Olympic Games, respect and abide by the rules of the conference, abide by sports ethics, win glory for sports and win glory for the group."

The oath was drafted by Coubertin and read by an athlete of the host country holding a corner of the Olympic flag. The oath of athletes was first held at the Antwerp Olympic Games in 1920, and was read by Belgian fencer Victor Boyne. In addition, a referee of the host country also took the oath, but the wording changed slightly.

Olympic spirit

"the most important purpose of participating in the Olympic games is to participate, not to win the championship; Just as the most important thing in life is struggle, not success; The most essential thing is not conquest, but endless fighting. "

Although this basic spirit has been changed many times in the history of the Olympic Games, the above expression will be used on the scoreboard of the opening ceremony of this Olympic Games. This spirit was adopted and quoted by Baron Coubertin, and was first announced by Ethelbert Talbot, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, at the 1908 London Olympic Games.

At the 5th Anglican Bishops Conference held in London, Talbot said in July 1908,No. 19: "The most important purpose of participating in the Olympic Games is not to win the championship, but to participate."