Why five rings of Olympics and why not seven depicting seven continents?
By JackRoy
@JackRoy (242)
United States
November 1, 2010 4:11am CST
As far as my knowledge is concerned, I think five rings of Olympics depict the five continents. Why can't we have seven rings depicting seven continents?
Any idea?
1 response
@padmameera (952)
• India
1 Nov 10
As it says in the Olympic Charter, the five-ringed symbol "represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games."
The Olympic Rings,thus a Symbol that represents the 5 (inhabited) continents of the world: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania/Australia.
