Which are the countries represented by the Olympic rings?

The rings are composed of five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The rings represent 5 world ... the six colors [including the flag's white background] combined in this way reproduce the colors of every country without exception. read more

The five rings represent the five participating continents: Africa, Asia, America, Australia and Europe. No continent is represented by any specific ring though. The colors of the rings together with the white background included the colors of the flags of all competing nations at the time when the symbol was designed in 1912. read more

{The Olympic rings represent the 5 continents. ~-- The five interlocking rings represent five continents or major geographical areas of the world. The five main regions: Africa, the Americas (North and South America are combined), Asia, Europe and Oceania. read more

Pierre de Coubertin created the rings, in 1913, to represent the activity of the Olympic movement. The rings are incorrectly said to correspond with North and South America as one area and then Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. read more