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	Olympic flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Was presented to the IOC at the 1920 Summer Olympics by the city of Antwerp, Belgium, and was passed on to the next organising city of the Summer Olympics until the Games of Seoul 1988.
		Was presented to the IOC at the 1952 Winter Olympics by the city of Oslo, Norway, and is passed on to the next organising city of the Winter Olympics.
		Was presented to the IOC at the 1988 Summer Olympics by the city of Seoul, South Korea, and is passed on to the next organising city of the Summer Olympics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympic_flag (839 words)

	International Olympic Committee / Comité International Olympique
		The Olympic flag was designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin as a flag for the Olympic Congress in Paris 1914 celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Movement.
		At the congress the flag was adopted as the flag for the Olympic Movement.
		According to the Olympic Charter the design and proportions of the Olympic flag are those of the flag presented by Pierre de Coubertin at the Paris Congress in 1914.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/oly@ioc.html (857 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Olympic flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An Olympic flag is raised during the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country), and lowered during the closing ceremonies.
		Special are the flags kept in the cityhalls of cities organising the Olympic Games (The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country).
		The Seoul flag : Was presented to the IOC at the 1988 Summer Olympics (additional info and facts about 1988 Summer Olympics) by the city of Seoul, South Korea (additional info and facts about Seoul, South Korea), and is passed on to the next organising city of the Summer Olympics.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/olympic_flag.htm (1000 words)

	Olympic Flag - Olympic-Legacy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Olympic flag measures 2.06 m long, 60 cm high and is completely white with five circles in the center.
		The Olympic flag is a symbol of peace, goodwill, and global solidarity and tolerance.
		They did not march in the parade of flags, but the Olympic flag was raised on their behalf during award ceremonies for them.
	www.mediaconcerto.com /olympic/trivia/flag_t.php (542 words)

	The Olympic flag (from Olympic Games) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In the stadium and its immediate surroundings, the Olympic flag is flown freely together with the flags of the nations taking part.
		The Olympic flag presented by Coubertin in 1914 is the prototype: it has a white background, and in the centre there are five interlaced rings—blue, yellow, fl, green, and red.
		The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2:3.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-60480 (874 words)

	Olympic Flag
		The rings of the Olympic flag represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe.
		Five of these Olympic flag bearers represent the continents, while the other three Olympic flag bearers stand for the Olympic ideals of sport, environment, and culture.
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the Olympic flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
	unitedstatesamericanflags.com /olympic_flag.htm (227 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1129 words)

	Encyclopedia: Olympic Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Olympic flag is raised during the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games, and lowered during the closing ceremonies.
		The flag uses the ancient symbol of the Olympic Games (five interlocking rings); blue, yellow, fl, green, and red respectively on a white field uncovered by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1892.
		It is fabled that every nation that has an Olympic team has at least one of their national colours in the Olympic flag.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olympic-Flag (304 words)

	Olympic Flag
		Since Taekwondo is an Olympic sport and many Taekwondo organizations compete in Olympic style sparring, some dojangs also hang the Olympic flag along with the United States and South Korean flags.
		Even though Pierre de Coubertin intended the Olympic Games to be an international event from the time of their re-establishment in 1896 in Athens, Greece, it was only at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, Sweden that, for the first time, the participants came from all five continents.
		The universality conveyed by the rings and the flag was a new idea at the beginning of the 20th century.
	tkdtutor.com /03School/Facility/FlagOlympic.htm (444 words)

	My Olympics Page
		The flag was presented by Games founder Baron de Coubertin at the 1914 Olympic Congress, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the IOC.
		The flag is then kept in the town hall of the host city until the next Olympic Games.
		The Olympic flame is a symbol carried over from the ancient Olympics, where a sacred flame burned at the altar of Zeus throughout competition.
	members.rediff.com /olympics (543 words)

	Olympic Flags (Germany) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The simple tricolour was used as the flag of both Germanies until October, 1, 1959.
		The German Olympic flag was used for the first time in 1960 and for the last time in 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico.
		The flag of the Munich Olympic Games 1972 was higher than wide (3:1) and had the Olympic rings and the emblem of the Munich Olympic Games in the upper hoist corner.
	www.fotw.net /flags/de@olymp.html (297 words)

	Olympic Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Olympic flag is a white banner with five interlocking rings (blue, white, fl, green and...
		The Olympic Flag [Ratio 2:3] The design of the Olympic flag was adopted in 1913, but it was first flew over the Antwerp games in...
		The Olympic flag is paraded during the opening...
	www.banners-and-flags.co.uk /5/graphics239.html (515 words)

	olympic flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At least one of the colours of the rings is found on the flag of every country in the world.
		The flag is carried into the arena in the Opening Ceremony and flies on the flagpole until the Games are ended.
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents an Olympic flag to the mayor of the next host-city and it is kept in the town hall of the next host-city until the next Olympic Games.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/olympflag.htm (144 words)

	Olympic Flag
		The Olympic flag has a plain white background with no border.
		Olympic Congress, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the IOC.
		Olympic host city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host city.
	www.gigglepotz.com /ausolymflag.htm (188 words)

	OLYMPIC ANTHEM AND OLYMPIC FLAG
		The Greek national poet Kostis Palamas wrote the poem 'Ancient eternal and immortal spirit' and its music was composed by Spyros Samaras for the 1st Olympiad where it was sung as the Olympic Anthem in the opening ceremony.
		When the Olympic Flag is raised in the opening ceremony, the Olympic Anthem is played and also when the Olympic Flag is lowered at the closing ceremony.
		The Olympic Flag was used for the first time in the 7th Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.
	www.mapsofworld.com /olympic-trivia/olympic-anthem-and-flag.html (263 words)

	Olympic Games, flag of the -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In 1914, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held its 20th anniversary meeting in Paris, the Olympic flag was displayed for the first time.
		The first recorded Olympic champion was Coroebus of Elis, winner of a 192-m (210-yd) sprint race in 776 BC.
		The basic flag of the United States is one of the world's oldest national flags.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9125225 (916 words)

	Articles - Olympic flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Special are the flags kept in the city halls of cities organising the Olympic Games.
		Carl Diem, president of the Organizing Committee of the 1936 Summer Olympics wanted to celebrate a torchbearers' ceremony in the stadium at Delphi, site of the famous oracle, where the Pythian Games were also held.
		For this reason he ordered that a milestone with the Olympic rings carved in the sides be made and that the ceremony where the torchbearer carrying the flame along with three others in the form of an escort should from here to Berlin.
	www.crunner.com /articles/Olympic_Flag (774 words)

	World Flag Database: Olympic Movement
		The design of the Olympic flag was adopted in 1913, but it was first flew over the Antwerp games in 1920.
		For the 1960 games Germany was allowed to have a unified team and after a dispute over which flag should be used it was decided to create this special flag.
		When South Africa was re-admitted to the Olympics after abolishing apartheid they were not allowed to use their national flag.
	www.flags.net /old/OLYM.htm (222 words)

	Olympic Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Olympic flag is a white banner with five interlocking rings (blue, white, fl, green and red) in the middle.
		The design of Olympic flag made such a great impression that one spectator even went to the extent of stealing it.
		The entire police force of Antwerp was ordered to find the flag at all cost before the one of the Games.
	www.angelfire.com /ms/stamp/olympic/flag.html (132 words)

	Our Olympic Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The colors stand for all the countries of the world,every country of the world has at least one color the same as the ones on my flag.
		The rings on the olympic flag represent the union of the five contanents, Australia, Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.
		And the olive stands for the olympic tree.
	www.forsyth.k12.ga.us /schools/studentwork.asp?id=26433 (54 words)

	Olympic Games for Kids \| Crafts \| Preschool Lesson Plan Activities
		This is an opportunity for young children to get acquainted with the Olympic Games, but most importantly the central message during the activities is one of friendship and peace.
		Have the children pretend they are in the Olympic Games and walk or march around the room holding up the flag.
		This is a good time to gather the children with their Olympic flags and medals and make a group picture or individual pictures before the games.
	www.first-school.ws /activities/firststeps/olympics.htm (1331 words)

	The Olympic Rings
		According to most accounts, the rings were adopted by Baron Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the modern Olympic Movement) in 1913 after he saw a similar design on an artifact from ancient Greece.
		Every national flag in the world includes at least one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, fl, green, and red.
		At the end of each Olympic Games, the mayor of that host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
	www.janecky.com /olympics/rings.html (191 words)

	Olympics Flag Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Olympic games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
		He designed the flag of the Olympics in 1913-1914.
		The flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics/printouts/Flag.shtml (290 words)

	Flags HQ : Olympic Flag
		Meet Olympic mascots Millie, Olly, and Syd as they help provide kids with somefacts on the history behind the Olympic flag and a kids' guide to sports.
		Flags HQ does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the content available on this Website.
		Flags HQ excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
	www.flags-hq.com /olympicflag/index.php (674 words)

	Olympic Flag Tutorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first part creates the Olympic Flag, the second part makes it wave and the third part places it on a flag pole.
		Mover Tool, Zoom in on the top of the flag [3:1] and right click on the canvas near the selection and position the flagpole so that the right edge just touches the top end of the rope and the top of the pole is about 35 pixels down from the top of the canvas.
		I was interested in the shadow on the flag and made the flagpole look terrible.
	bradkidder.com /OlympicFlag.htm (1253 words)

	ipedia.com: Olympic flag Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The flag uses the ancient symbol of the Olympic Games (five interlocking rings); blue, yellow, fl, green, and red respectively on a white field uncovered by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1892.
		The flag was first raised during the VIIth Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.
		The rings are said, thematically, to represent the habitable continents: Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
	www.ipedia.com /olympic_flag.html (174 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Unique Olympic flag reappears
		The world's oldest surviving Olympic medallist, 103-year-old American Hal Haig Prieste, has handed back a unique Olympic flag which he stole at the end of the 1920 games in Antwerp.
		He then kept the flag, the first to fly the famous five ring Olympic symbol, hidden in a suitcase for the next 80 years.
		The importance of Mr Prieste's acquisition was not realised until three years ago, when a reporter at a US Olympic dinner told him the original flag had gone missing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_919000/919534.stm (464 words)

	Our Olympic Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I chose the Greek Flag because the first modern Olympics were stated in Greece.
		I chose the torch because the torch was in the first Olympics.
		I chose the Olyimpic Flag because they are one of the main Olympic symbols.
	www.forsyth.k12.ga.us /schools/studentwork.asp?id=26408 (77 words)

	Olympic Flag Mcdonalds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.exercisesubs.com /club/8572006,37788,olympic,flag,mcdonalds.html (589 words)

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