The Olympic symbol of five interlocking coloured (blue,
yellow, black, green, and red) rings was adopted at the Olympic congress of
1912. Due to First World War, the Olympic games were not held in 1916 and the
Olympic rings were displayed for the first time ever, on a flag, during the 1920
Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium and then again, on a flag, at the 1924 Olympiad at
Paris, France.
The first ever Olympic rings, in physical form, were
displayed on the entrance to the 1928 Olympic Stadium at Amsterdam and also on
its Flame tower. These rings are therefore the oldest Olympic rings in
existence.
Incidentally the modern day Olympic flame was lit for the first time
during the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics on a specially built Flame Tower known as the
Marathon tower.
Both the Stadium and the Tower are now listed as National
Monument of The Netherlands.
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by Vincent Steenberg
Image from Flickr is by 24oranges.nl
Image from Flickr is by nairnmcwilliams
View location in
Google Earth / Google Street View - Close up of
the Rings / Google Street View of Flame Tower.
Source of info:
Wikipedia
Credits: I am thankful to
1200ab, member, Google Earth Community Forum, who sent me a story about
these Olympic rings. Thank you AB.
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