The five-ring symbol of the modern Olympic movement from the hands of the modern Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin. Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic movement that should have its own logo, the idea lingered in his mind a long time. Closing plenary of the day - June 23, exactly the Pierre de Coubertin at the Sorbonne to convene the first meeting recommended that the revitalization of the ancient Olympic Games 20th anniversary. The birth of the Olympic movement for 20 years of celebration for the occasion, the International Olympic Committee President, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented to the participating members of their own masterpiece - the International Olympic Committee flag, which consists of white background and blue, yellow, black, green, red, composed of five-color ring.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin explained the symbolism of the flag on this score: "blue, yellow, black, green and red rings on behalf of the Olympic spirit of competition of the five continents. In addition, these six kinds of colors (including the white background), without exception, includes the countries of the world's national colors. behalf of the Swedish yellow and blue, blue and white representatives of Greece, France, Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, in which the three colors to make; yellow and red on behalf of Spain, Brazil, Australia, Japan, China, the color is also included. It is clearly an international symbol. "plenary session burst into warm applause, the participants of this flag in the form of surface, color, and the implied meaning of amazed, ecstatic.
This flag represents the Olympic spirit and the Olympic movement, to the world culture has brought new vitality and new meaning to this for the confusion and challenges brought about by the world filled with new hope. To the attention of all members on the connotation of the Olympic flag, the International Olympic Committee will be in Bali Sa flags were hoisted over the completion of the stadium. This is a solemn face five-ring flag reflects the limitations of human self-transcendence and the pursuit of a better future. It allows different ideals and beliefs of people gathered in the Olympic movement, and to promote the Olympic movement to develop into the next era, one of the greatest social force.
现代奥林匹克运动的五环标志出自现代奥运会创始人顾拜旦之手。顾拜旦认为奥林匹克运动应该有自己的标志，这个念头在他的脑海里盘桓已久。1914年6月，国际奥委会在巴黎召开第十六届全会。全会闭幕的日子——6月23日，正好是顾拜旦在巴黎索邦第一次召集奥林匹克会议建议振兴古代奥运会的20周年纪念日。在奥林匹克运动诞生20年的喜庆之际，国际奥委会主席顾拜旦男爵向与会的委员们献上了自己的杰作——国际奥委会会旗，它由洁白的底色和蓝、黄、黑、绿、红的五色圆环组成。
顾拜旦阐述了这面会旗的象征意义：“蓝、黄、黑、绿、红五环代表以奥林匹克精神参赛的五大洲。此外，这6种颜色(包括白的底色)毫无例外地包含了世界各国的国旗颜色。黄色和蓝色代表瑞典，蓝色和白色代表希腊、法国，英国、美国、德国、比利时、意大利、匈牙利的三色尽在其中；黄色和红色代表西班牙，巴西、澳大利亚、日本、中国的颜色也包括在其中。它显然是一种国际性的标志。”全会上响起了热烈的掌声，与会者对这面会旗的形式、颜色和所蕴涵的意义赞叹不已，欣喜不已。
这面旗帜所代表的奥林匹克精神和奥林匹克运动，给世界文化带来了新的生命力和新的内涵，给这个为困惑与挑战所充斥的世界带来了崭新的希望。在向与会全体委员介绍了奥林匹克会旗的内涵之后，国际奥委会将会旗升起在巴黎萨毕体育场上空。这面庄严的五环旗体现了人类对自身局限的超越和对美好未来的追求。它使具有不同理想和信念的人们聚集在奥林匹克运动中，并促使奥林匹克运动发展成未来时代最伟大的社会力量之一。