thumb|The Olympic flag The Olympic Movement uses symbols to represent the ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter. The Olympic symbol, better known as the Olympic rings, consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (Africa, The Americas (is considered one continent), Asia, Europe, and Oceania). The coloured version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag. These colours were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the Games. The IOC maintains exclusive ownership and control of the use of Olympic Symbols through the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol.
thumb|The Olympic flag The Olympic Movement uses symbols to represent the ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter The Olympic symbol better known as the Olympic rings consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (Africa The Americas (is considered one continent) Asia Europe and Oceania) The coloured version of the rings—blue yellow black green and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag These colours were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Belgium It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the Games The IOC maintains exclusive ownership and control of the use of Olympic Symbols through the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol