In the Olympic flag, the total number of rings are _______.

The correct answer is 5.Key Points

• The total number of rings in the Olympic flag is five.
• The five rings are interlaced and colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red.
• These five rings symbolize the unity of the five continents: America (North and South considered as a single continent), Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.
• The interlacing of the five rings represents the unity of athletes from all nations.
• The flag was adopted in 1914 and first flown in an Olympic games in 1920.

Additional Information

• First Olympics: The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece about 3,000 years ago. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, with 14 countries participating.
• Symbol of Olympic Games: The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. This was designed by Pierre de Coubertin, the co-founder of the Modern Olympics. The rings represent the five continents that participate in the Olympics and the colours were chosen because at least one of them appears on every nation's flag.
• Motto: The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius." This is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Braver," but is more commonly translated as "Faster, Higher, Stronger."
• Olympic Torch: The tradition of the Olympic Torch or Olympic Flame originates from ancient Greece. The flame gets lit several months before the start of the Games at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece and carried in a relay by torch bearers to the host city.
• Winter and Summer Games: The Olympics comprise both Summer and Winter Games. They occur every four years but, since 1994, they've been staggered so they occur every two years in alternation. The Winter Games include sports such as skiing, curling, ice hockey, and snowboarding.
• Paralympics: Occurring immediately after the Summer or Winter Olympics, the Paralympics are designed for athletes with a range of disabilities. The Paralympics became an official event in 1960 in Rome, Italy.
• Youth Olympics: For younger athletes, there's the Youth Olympic Games—a global event comprising both a Summer and Winter Games, held every four years, for athletes aged 14 to 18 years old. The first Youth Olympics was celebrated in 2010 in Singapore.