当今世界上流传最广的标志要数奥林匹克五环了，随着奥林匹克运动的发展，它已成为奥林匹克精神与文化的形象代表，五环“转”到哪里，奥林匹克运动就在哪里生根开花。
说起五环的来历，曾经有过这样一个有趣的故事。 1936年第11届柏林奥运会第一次举行火炬传递活动，火炬的传递路线自奥林匹亚开始，从希腊北部出境，沿多瑙河穿过奥地利，最后进入德国。为了烘托这一具有象征意义的活动，奥运会组委会主席卡尔•迪姆及其同事几乎完全按照古奥运会的情景来布置沿途经过的古希腊遗址。火炬到达德尔菲帕那萨斯山的古代运动场时要举行一个特别仪式，这时，迪姆突发奇想，在一个高约3英尺的长方形石头的四面设计并刻上了现代奥林匹克运动的五环标志，放在了古运动场的起跑线一端。仪式结束后，火炬继续北上，而这块作为道具的石头却被留在了古运动场。
由于极少有人知道这块刻有五环标志石头（后被称做“迪姆之石”）的真实身份，此后的很长一段时间，它被当做了“有3000年历史的古代奥运会遗迹”。这个以讹传讹的错误直到20世纪60年代才被德尔菲的希腊官员指出。1972年5月，这个假文物被送到德尔菲的另一个地方——古罗马广场入口处。
事实上，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。1913年，他终于构思设计了五环标志和以白色为底印有五环的奥林匹克旗，打算在国际奥委会成立20周年之际推出这个标志。
1914年6月15日～23日，国际奥委会在法国巴黎索邦学院举行代表大会，同时庆祝国际奥委会成立20周年。在纪念大会上，顾拜旦兴致勃勃地拿出自己设计的五环标志和一面印着五环的旗帜向大家展示，并建议将它们作为奥林匹克运动的标志。听了顾拜旦对五环标志的说明后，会议确定将奥林匹克五环和奥林匹克旗作为奥林匹克标志。
奥林匹克五环标志由5个奥林匹克环从左至右套接而成，可以是单色，也可以是蓝、黄、黑、绿、红5种颜色。最初的解释是五种颜色代表各国国旗的颜色，后来又将5个不同颜色的圆环解释为五大洲的象征。
奥运会会旗，3米长，2米宽，以白色为底，象征纯洁。蓝、黄、黑、绿、红五环，环环相扣。1914年，在巴黎举行的奥林匹克大会首次悬挂了奥林匹克旗。1920年，奥林匹克旗第一次飘扬在安特卫普夏季奥运会体育场。这届奥运会后，比利时奥委会赠送了国际奥委会一面同样的旗，在奥运会期间悬挂，后成定制，历届奥运会开幕式上由上届举办城市转交此旗，由举办城市保存，比赛期间主运动场仅悬挂代用品。1952年，奥斯陆市赠送国际奥委会冬季奥运会会旗，交接、保存和使用方法与夏季奥运会相同。
1979年6月，国际奥委会正式宣布了会旗和五环的含义：根据《奥林匹克宪章》，奥林匹克旗帜和5个圆环的含义是：象征五大洲的团结以及全世界运动员以公正、坦率的比赛和友好的精神在奥运会上相见。
The world's most widely circulated to several Olympic rings logo, with the development of the Olympic movement, it has become a culture of the Olympic spirit and the image of representatives of the five ring "to" go, the Olympic movement to take root where flowering.
Speaking of the origins of rings, we have had such an interesting story. 1936 Berlin Olympic Games of the 11th the first time held the torch relay, the torch transmission line from Olympia, Greece from the north exit, along the Danube through Austria, the last to enter Germany. In order to heighten the symbolic significance of this activity, the Olympic Games Organizing Committee Chairman Carl • Dimu and his colleagues almost entirely in accordance with the ancient Olympic Games to the scene along the layout of the ancient Greek ruins. The torch arrived Deerfeimo SARS Hill, the ancient stadium at a special ceremony to be held and when that happens, Dimu whimsical turns, in about three feet of a high rectangular stones inscribed on all sides of the design and the modern Olympic movement rings signs, the ancient stadium on one end of the starting line. After the ceremony, the torch to the north, and the stones of this props were to remain in the ancient stadium.
Since very few people know this piece of stone engraved with the five ring logo (later known as "Dimu stone") the true identity and, thereafter, for a very long time, it was as a "3,000-year-old remains of the ancient Olympic Games" . Siechuane this mistake until the 1960s才被Delphi officials pointed out that the Greek. May 1972, the relics were sent to Delphi leave another place - at the entrance to ancient Rome.
In fact, the modern Olympic movement rings logo from the founder of the modern Olympic Games hands. Coubertin that the Olympic movement should have its own logo, the idea in his mind Panhuan a long time ago. In 1913, he finally conceptual design of the rings and white signs printed at the end of the five ring Olympic flag, the International Olympic Committee intends to set up in the 20th anniversary of the launch this logo.
June 15, 1914 ~ 23, the International Olympic Committee held in France Balisuobang College behalf of the General Assembly and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the IOC. In the commemoration meeting, Coubertin happily show signs of their own design rings and rings printed a banner to demonstrate, and recommended them as a sign the Olympic movement. After listening to the five ring logo on the Coubertin note, the meeting will determine the Olympic rings and the Olympic flag as the Olympic logo.
Olympic rings logo by the five Olympic ring from INTERLINKED from left to right, can be monochrome, and can also be blue, yellow, black, green and red five kinds of colors. The initial explanation is that five colors representing the color of the national flag, when it five different colors Circle interpreted as a symbol of the Cold War.
Olympic flag, 3 meters long and two meters wide, with the end of white, symbolizing purity. Blue, yellow, black, green and red rings, ring interlocking. 1914, to be held in Paris for the first time, the Olympic flag has been hoisted at the Olympic. 1920, the first time the Olympic flag fluttering in Antwerp Summer Games Stadium. This session after the Games, Belgium presented the International Olympic Committee IOC same side of the flag, hoisted during the Olympic Games, after a custom, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games host city for the last transmitted from the flag from the host city preservation, Competition During the hoisting of the main stadium only substitutes. 1952, the International Olympic Committee presented the Oslo City Winter Olympics flag, transfer, storage and use the same methods and the Summer Olympic Games.
June 1979, the International Olympic Committee formally announced the flag and the meaning of rings: According to the "Olympic Charter," and the five Olympic rings banner is the meaning of: symbol of the unity of the five continents and the world athletes in a fair, frank, The competition and friendly spirit of the Olympic Games meet.
