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Rights to the Olympic Symbol, Flag, Motto and
Anthem
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| All rights to the Olympic symbol, the
Olympic flag, the Olympic motto and the Olympic anthem belong exclusively
to the IOC. |
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Olympic
Symbol
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 1.)
The Olympic symbol consists of the five Olympic rings used alone,
in one or in several colours.
2.)The five colours of the rings
are mandatorily blue, yellow, black, green and red. The rings
are interlaced from left to
right. The blue, black and red rings are situated at the top,
the yellow and green rings at the bottom. The whole approximately
forms a
regular trapezium, the shorter of the parallel sides forming
the base, according to the official design deposited at the
IOC headquarters
and reproduced below.
3.) The Olympic symbol represents
the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes
from throughout the world at the Olympic
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Olympic flag
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 The
Olympic flag is white with five interlaced rings in the center
with colors blue, yellow, black, green
and red from left to right, and has no border. It was designed
with Coubertin's suggestion in 1913 and
was raised for the first time in Paris 1914 Olympic Games to
celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the
modern Olympic Movement. Since then, a flag handing over ceremony
is held on the opening of the
Olympic Games. In the ceremony, the representative of the last
host city.
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Olympic
Motto
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The Olympic motto "Citius
. Altius . Fortius" expresses the message which the IOC
addresses to all who belong to the Olympic Movement,
inviting them to excel in accordance with the Olympic spirit.
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Olympic Anthem
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The Olympic anthem is that approved
by the IOC at its 55th Session in 1958 in Tokyo, the score of
which has been deposited at the IOC
headquarters. |
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