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What do the Olympic rings stand for?

The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlocking rings, standing for the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America.

This news arrived on: 10/26/2009

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11-03-2009 20:03

the grunt wrote:

olympic rings

quite often there are mistakes in this ArcaMax trivia, you send them the correct information and they still continue to make mistakes.

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11-03-2009 15:02

geo wrote:

why not SA

Ya right, where is South America?

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11-03-2009 13:52

wrote:

O K That settles that! I was wondering if they would have to add a ring for S America!

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11-03-2009 09:48

Gerry wrote:

Olympic Rings

The five rings represent the continents of the Americas (North and South), Australia, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The rings are interlaced to show the coming together or meeting of the continents at the Olympics.

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11-03-2009 07:49

Steve in Montreal wrote:

Olympic rings

The "politically-correct" version is that one ring represents "Eurasia", making room for the freed-up-one to represent South America.

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