The Olympic Flag Created by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, in 1914 it contains five intertwined rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white field. The five rings symbolize the five significant continents, and their colours were chosen as at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. The Antwerp Flag is now on display at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The Olympic Flame Its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympic Games. This flame represents the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus. In the modern history of Olympics the fire first appeared at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. The Olympic Torch today is lit at the ancient site of Olympia several months before the opening celebration of the Olympic Games by eleven women wearing ancient-style robes and using the parabolic mirror which concentrates rays from the sun.

The Olympic Medals The Olympic medals are designed for each Olympic Games by the host city. Each medal must be at least three millimeters thick and 60 millimeters in diameter. The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Olympic Motto The "Faster, Higher, Stronger" Olympic motto (literal translation of Latin phrase "Citius, Altius, Fortius") was first offered by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, in 1921.