<P> The rings are five interlocking rings , colored blue , yellow , black , green and red on a white field , known as the `` Olympic rings '' . The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin , co-founder of the modern Olympic Games . He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five participating continents : Africa , Asia , America , Australia and Europe . According to Coubertin , the colors of the rings together with the white of the background included the colors composing every competing nation 's flag at the time . Upon its initial introduction , Coubertin stated the following in the August 1912 edition of Olympique : </P>
<P> The rings are five interlocking rings , colored blue , yellow , black , green and red on a white field , known as the `` Olympic rings '' . The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin , co-founder of the modern Olympic Games . He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five participating continents : Africa , Asia , America , Australia and Europe . According to Coubertin , the colors of the rings together with the white of the background included the colors composing every competing nation 's flag at the time . Upon its initial introduction , Coubertin stated the following in the August 1912 edition of Olympique : </P>
what do the colors in the olympic rings stand for
what do the colors in the olympic rings stand for
every competing nation 's flag
every competing nation 's flag