What does the five rings of the Olympic Games mean?

29, is the number of emperors. The 29th Olympic Games was held in Beijing, indicating that the center of the world has begun to revolve around China, Great, China!! Great, China!!

------Zhuge's Notes

The flag of the modern Olympic Games has a set of five rings, which are yellow, blue, black, red and green. This logo was proposed and designed by Coubertin at the first modern Olympic Games. The five colors represent the five continents of Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Oceania respectively, and symbolize the people of the world working together.

Origin of the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The World Comprehensive Games hosted by the International Olympic Committee. Once every four years, it is the largest and highest level sports meeting in the world.

In 776 BC, the Greeks stipulated that the Olympic Games should be held every four years in Olympia. During the Games, all Greek athletes and the local people gathered in Olympia, a beautiful town in southern Greece. When the first Olympic Games were held here in 776 BC, Dorian Klose won the championship in the 192.27 meter dash. He became the first person to win the first title of the first event in the International Olympic Games.

Later, the scale of the ancient Greek Games gradually expanded and became a grand event to show the national spirit. The winner of the competition won laurel, wild olive and palm wreath. From 776 BC to 394 AD, after 1170 years, a total of 293 ancient Olympic Games were held. It was forbidden by the Roman emperor in 394.

From 1875 to 1881, the Kutius people in Germany excavated unearthed cultural relics at the Olympic site, which aroused the interest of the whole world. For this reason, Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator, believes that restoring the tradition of the ancient Greek Olympic Games is of great significance for promoting the development of international sports. Under his initiative and active efforts, the first international sports conference was held in Paris in June 1894. The International Sports Congress decided to call the world's comprehensive sports games the Olympic Games, and held the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, the capital of Greece, in April 1896, once every four years, in turn in each member country.

The opening ceremony

Historically, the Olympic Games, known as the Olympic Games, originated in ancient Greece and got its name because the venue was Olympia. Ancient Greeks have a tradition of loving sports. Ancient Greece was divided into many city-states. In order to worship the gods, the city-states often held competitive games with strong religious color. During the Games, the holy truce was implemented to facilitate the free movement of citizens and bring temporary peace to the continuous war between the city-states, which was widely welcomed. Among many sports, the largest and longest lasting is the Olympic Games held in Olympia to worship Zeus, the father of gods, which is now known as the ancient Olympic Games.

flag raising ceremony

With the development of the Olympic Movement, the IOC has also made many regulations. In 1913, according to the idea of Coubertin, the International Olympic Committee designed the Olympic flag, with a white background without edges and five interlocking rings in the center. The colors of the rings are blue, yellow, black, green and red. The five rings symbolize the unity of the five continents and the athletes of the world meet at the Olympic Games in a fair and frank competition and friendly spirit. Before the start of the Olympic Games, after lighting the torch with the concave mirror near the temple of the Greek goddess Hera (the wife of Zeus) in Olympia, the torch relay will be carried out, and the torch will arrive at the host city the day before the opening of the Olympic Games. At the opening ceremony, the host country athletes took the last stick to light the flame on the tower, and the flame went out at the closing ceremony.

Entry of athletes

The Olympic flag and the national flags of all participating countries are flying in the venue

The IOC Constitution stipulates that the Olympic Games are the patent of the IOC. According to the organizational capacity and financial resources of the host city, the IOC will decide the city to host the next Olympic Games by the vote of all the members, and the IOC will sign necessary contracts with the city that has obtained the right to host. The host city must act in accordance with the regulations and instructions of the International Olympic Committee. Generally, it is necessary to build sports venues that meet the standards and provide special accommodation for athletes. The accommodation is usually called the Olympic Village.

project

The Olympic events include track and field, basketball, football, volleyball, swimming (including diving, water polo, synchronized swimming), hockey, gymnastics, weightlifting, cycling, wrestling, judo, shooting, archery, fencing, rowing, rowing, sailing, equestrian, boxing, handball, modern pentathlon, tennis, table tennis, etc. In addition to the official events, the IOC also authorizes the host country to list 1 to 3 non-Olympic official events that are relatively popular in the country as the performance events of the current Olympic Games, and other countries can also send teams to participate. As an informal competition, the winner will not be awarded a medal.

reward

The International Olympic Committee emphasizes that the competition is only the competition between individuals and teams, not the competition of sports strength between countries. The International Olympic Committee only announced the results of the competition, without any national awards. However, the host country, the press and the NOCs all carry out statistics in this regard and rank the total number of medals or scores. In terms of reward, it also focuses on spirit and reputation. The IOC believes that spiritual rewards are one of the important factors of the Olympic spirit. The top three winners of the Olympic Games will be awarded gold, silver and copper medals respectively, without any material rewards.

The ancient Olympic Games have a history of 1200 years since it was held in Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC. It was originally a religious ceremony and gradually evolved into a sports event. At that time, the events included the pentathlon (including discus, javelin, long jump, race and wrestling), race, boxing, wrestling, boxing wrestling (a mixed sport of boxing and wrestling), carriage race and horse riding. The ancient Olympic Games reflected the people's desire for peace. During the Olympic Games, the warring parties would have a truce, but the ancient Olympic Games ended because of the war.

The revival of the Olympic Games began in 1896. With the efforts of the founder of the Olympic Games, the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece, with 245 athletes from 14 countries participating. Since then, the number of athletes, participating countries and events has increased day by day. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in Australia, more than 10000 athletes from 199 countries participated. As the world's largest gathering, the spirit of "faster, higher and stronger" put forward by the Olympic Games reflects the spirit of modern people to pursue a happy life.

Winter sports were first added to the Olympic Games in 1908, when figure skating was the sport. The ice hockey program has been joined since 1920. In 1924, the Winter Olympic Games were held separately in Chamennis, France for the first time. Since 1994, the Winter Olympic Games have been scheduled not to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympic Games. Therefore, the current Olympic Games are held every two years. The Winter Olympic Games and the Summer Olympic Games alternate.

Hosts of previous Summer Olympic Games

Place and year of the session

1 Athens Greece 1896

2 Paris France 1900

3 St. Louis USA 1904

4 London UK 1908

5 Stockholm Sweden 1912

6 Berlin Germany 1916

7 Antwerp Belgium 1920

8 Paris France 1924

9 Amsterdam Netherlands 1928

10 Los Angeles USA 1932

11 Berlin Germany 1936

12 Helsinki Finland 1940

13 London UK 1944

14 London, UK 1948

15 Helsinki Finland 1952

16 Melbourne Australia 1956

17 Rome Italy 1960

18 Tokyo Japan 1964

19 Mexico City Mexico 1968

20 Munich, former West Germany 1972

21 Montreal Canada 1976

22 Moscow, former Soviet Union 1980

23 Los Angeles USA 1984

24 Seoul Korea 1988

25 Barcelona Spain 1992

26 Atlanta USA 1996

27 Sydney Australia 2000

28 Athens Greece 2004

29 Beijing China 2008

 奥运会的五环标志是什么意思？

  29,乃是帝王之数，第29届奥运会在北京举行，说明世界的中心，已经开始围绕中国转动......，伟哉，中国！！伟哉，中国！！

                              ------诸葛手记

   现代奥运会的会旗上有一组五环标志，5个圆环分别为黄、蓝、黑、红、绿5种颜色。这个标志是第一届现代奥运会上，由顾拜旦提议设计的，5种颜色分别代表亚洲、欧洲、非洲、美洲和大洋州五大洲，象征着全世界人民同心同力，心手相连。

           奥运会的由来

            Olympic Games

  国际奥林匹克委员会主办的世界综合性运动会。每4年一届，世界上规模最大、水平最高的运动会。

  希腊人于公元前７７６年规定每４年在奥林匹亚举办一次运动会。运动会举行期间，全希腊选手及附近黎民百姓相聚于奥林匹亚这个希腊南部的风景秀丽的小镇。公元前７７６年在这里举行第一届奥运会时，多利亚人克洛斯在１９２·２７米短跑比赛中取得冠军。他成为国际奥林匹克运动会荣获第一个项目的第一个桂冠的人。

  后来，古希腊运动会的规模逐渐扩大，并成为显示民族精神的盛会。比赛的优胜者获得月桂、野橄榄和棕榈编织的花环等。从公元前776年开始，到公元３９４年止，历经１１７０年，共举行了２９３届古代奥林匹克运动会。公元３９４年被罗马皇帝禁止。  

  １８７５～１８８１年，德国库蒂乌斯人在奥林匹克遗址发掘了出土文物，引起了全世界的兴趣。为此，法国教育家皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦认为，恢复古希腊奥运会的传统，对促进国际体育运动的发展有着十分重大的意义。在他的倡导与积极奔走下，１８９４年６月，在巴黎举行了首次国际体育大会。国际体育大会决定把世界性的综合体育运动会叫做奥林匹克运动会，并于１８９６年４月在希腊首都雅典举行第一届现代奥运会，以４年一次，轮流在各会员国举行。

开幕式

沿革  奥林匹克运动会古称竞技会，起源于古希腊，因举办地点在奥林匹亚而得名。古代希腊人有爱好运动竞技的传统。古希腊分成许多城邦，为了祭神，各城邦经常举行竞技会，这些竞技会带有浓厚的宗教色彩。竞技会期间实行神圣休战，以便于公民自由往来，为城邦间绵延不绝的战争带来短暂的和平，因而受到普遍欢迎。诸多竞技会中，规模最大、持续时间最长的是在奥林匹亚举行的祭祀万神之父——宙斯的竞技会，即现今所称的古代奥林匹克运动会。

升旗仪式

随着奥林匹克运动的发展，国际奥委会还作出许多规定。1913年，根据顾拜旦的构思，国际奥委会设计了奥林匹克会旗，白底无边，中央有5个相互套连的圆环，环的颜色为天蓝、黄、黑、绿、红，五环象征5大洲的团结和全世界运动员以公正、坦率的比赛和友好精神在奥运会上相见。奥运会开始前，在奥林匹亚希腊女神赫拉（宙斯之妻）庙旁用凹面镜聚集阳光点燃火炬后，进行火炬接力，于奥运会开幕前一天到达举办城市。在开幕式上由东道国运动员接最后一棒点燃塔上火焰，闭幕式时火焰熄灭。

运动员入场

会场飘扬着奥林匹克会旗及各参赛国国旗

国际奥委会章程规定，奥运会属国际奥委会的专利。国际奥委会根据申请举办城市的组织能力和财力，由全体委员投票决定举办下一届奥运会的城市，并由国际奥委会同获得举办权的城市签订必要的合同。主办城市必须遵照国际奥委会的章程和指示办事，一般要兴建符合标准的运动场地，并为运动员提供专门的住所，住所通常称为奥林匹克村。

项目

 奥运会比赛项目有：田径、篮球、足球、排球、游泳（含跳水、水球、花样游泳）、曲棍球、体操、举重、自行车、摔跤、柔道、射击、射箭、击剑、赛艇、划艇、帆船、马术、拳击、手球、现代五项、网球、乒乓球等。除正式比赛项目外，国际奥委会还授权东道国，可将本国开展较为普及的非奥运会正式项目的1～3个列为当届奥运会的表演赛，其他国家亦可派队参加。作为非正式比赛，获胜者不发给奖牌。

奖励

国际奥委会强调比赛只是个人和各队之间的竞争，不是国与国之间体育实力的较量。国际奥委会公布的只是比赛成绩，无各国得奖情况。但东道国、新闻界以及各国奥委会都进行这方面的统计，并按奖牌或分数排列总的名次。在奖励方面，也着重在精神上和名誉上。国际奥委会认为，精神奖励是奥林匹克精神的重要因素之一。对在奥运会上获胜的前三名选手，只分别授予金、银、铜质奖章，不发给任何物质奖励。

古代奥运会自公元前776年于希腊的奥林匹亚举行以来，已经有1200年的历史。最早是一种宗教仪式，逐渐演变成体育活动，当时的比赛项目有五项全能（包含铁饼、标枪、跳远、赛跑和摔跤）、赛跑、拳击、摔跤、拳击角力（拳击和摔跤的混合运动）、四轮马车赛跑和骑马。古代奥运会体现了人们和平的愿望，在奥运期间，交战双方会休战，但是，古代奥运会最终还是因为战争而停止。

奥林匹克的复兴始自1896年，在奥运祖师拜旦的努力下，当时在希腊的雅典举办了第一次现代奥运会，有来自14个国家的245名运动员参加。此后，参赛运动员、参赛国家和比赛项目与日俱增，在2000年澳大利亚的悉尼奥运会上，有来自199个国家的10,000多名运动员参赛。成为全球最盛大的聚会，奥运会提出的“更快、更高、更强”精神，体现了现代人追求幸福生活的精神。

冬季体育项目最早在1908年添加到奥运会中，当时是花样滑冰运动。冰球项目自1920年加入。在1924年，冬奥会第一次在法国的查米尼斯单独举行。自1994年起，冬奥会定于不和夏季奥运会同年举行，因此目前奥运会为每两年一届，冬奥会和夏季奥运会交替进行。

历届夏季奥运会举办地

届次 举行地点 年 份

1 雅典希腊 1896

2 巴黎法国 1900

3 圣路易美国 1904

4 伦敦英国 1908

5 斯德哥尔摩瑞典 1912

6 柏林德国 1916

7 安特卫普比利时 1920

8 巴黎法国 1924

9 阿姆斯特丹荷兰 1928

10 洛杉矶美国 1932

11 柏林德国 1936

12 赫尔辛基芬兰 1940

13 伦敦英国 1944

14 伦敦英国 1948

15 赫尔辛基芬兰 1952

16 墨尔本澳大利亚 1956

17 罗马意大利 1960

18 东京日本 1964

19 墨西哥城墨西哥 1968

20 慕尼黑原西德 1972

21 蒙特利尔加拿大 1976

22 莫斯科原苏联 1980

23 洛杉矶美国 1984

24 汉城韩国 1988

25 巴塞罗那西班牙 1992

26 亚特兰大美国 1996

27 悉尼澳大利亚 2000

28 雅典希腊 2004

29 北京  中国  2008

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