Interesting Fact # 861 - The Olympics

The official Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.

(It was created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914. The flag consists of five interconnected rings on a white background. Each ring symbolizes the five significant continents, Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Each ring is interconnected to symbolize friendship. The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. These colours were chosen because at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world.)