As
can be read in the Olympic Charter, the Olympic symbol represents the
union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout
the world at the Olympic Games. However, no continent is represented by
any specific ring. Prior to 1951, the official handbook stated that
each colour corresponded to a particular continent:
blue for Europe,
yellow for Asia,
black for Africa,
green for Australia
and red for North
and South America
The current or Modern meaning/view of the
International Olympic Committee is that the symbol "reinforces the idea"
that the Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all countries
of the world to join.
Revival of the Olympic movement in modern history may be credited to
French Freemason Baron Pierre de Coubertin. De Coubertin was inspired by
Dr William Penny Brookes who had organized a national Olympic Games at
Crystal Palace in the United Kingdom, in 1866, who had also adopted
ideas from the Evangelis Zappas revival of the Olympic Games in Greece.
The statue of Baron Pierre de Coubertin at Atlanta’s Centenial Olympic
Park features the Occultic step pyramid, surrounded by the Two Towers or
pillars with the Olympic rings flocked by doves above.
