A Symbol of the World...

While in London two weekends ago, I got super excited for the London 2012 Games. That made me think about the symbol we so easily connect with these athletic events, the Olympic Rings.

When the design was introduced in 1912- the five rings were designed to represent the five continents in competition. Some say that the colors of the rings were chosen because these were the colors that appeared on all national flags at the time it was adopted. The rings debuted at the Olympics in 1920. Before 1950, each ring officially stood for one continent- blue for Europe, yellow for Asia, black for Africa, green for Oceania, and red for the Americas. However, now there are no official connection of the rings to a certain continent, they merely stand for the meetings of athletes from all over the world.