The Story of The Five Olympic Rings
The five Olympic rings are; blue, black, red, yellow and green,
because the flag of every country in the world has at least one
of those colours in it's design.
As for the reasoning behind having five rings - the ring symbol is
not actually as old as people believe. The inerlocking circles were
designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin founder of the
International Olympic Congress in Paris. The baron apparently
wanted the rings to symbolise the first five Olympic Games, but
the congressbroke up when Austrian Archduke Ferdinand was
assinated and World War 1 began.
The symbol was revived for the 1920 Antwerp Games and has
been used at all subsequent Olympics. The rings have come
to symbolise the five continents. The myth of the "ancient"
symbol came about when German cinematographer Leni Riefenstahl
made a film about the 1936 Games and had the rings carved into
a rock in Delphi, Greece, as a backdrop for the torch bearers
circling the ruins of the ancient stadium.
American authors Lynne and Gray Poole saw the movie prop
years later and mistook it for an ancient inscription.
They published their error, which spread to other books.
Even the Official 1980 Olympic Guide, whose author wrote,
"The interlocking circles found at the Alter at Delhi
are considered by the experts to be 3000 years old.