About Olympics Five Rings (1912)
The Olympic Five Rings, drawn by Pierre de Coubertin in 1912, is the world's most-iconic sports-diplomatic symbol: five interlocking rings in blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a field of pure white, representing five continents united in athletic accord.
As a design language, it speaks Bauhaus-modernist clarity — saturated primary color against generous white, sharp geometric precision, internationalist sans-serif type, and a hushed civic gravity. It is the visual register of the opening ceremony: precise, ceremonial, universally legible.
- Origin
- International (IOC HQ Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Era
- Modern Olympic Games founded 1896; Five Rings designed 1912 by Pierre de Coubertin; ongoing canon
- Key figures
- Pierre de Coubertin · International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- Movements
- international sports pageantry · diplomatic-modernist identity
Olympics Five Rings (1912) design spec
Colors
Typography
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