The OLYMPIC FLAG
現代奧運會創始人顧拜旦於1913－1914年間設計了奧運會的會旗，奧運會會旗和奧運會聖火的含義。它由5個奧林匹克環從左至右套接而成，可以是單色，也可以是藍、黃、黑、綠、紅5種顏色。最初的解釋是五種顏色代表各國國旗的`顏色，後來又將5個不同顏色的圓環解釋爲五大洲的象徵。1920年，奧林匹克旗第一次飄揚在安特衛普夏季奧運會體育場。這屆奧運會後，歷屆奧運會開幕式上由上屆舉辦城市轉交此旗，由舉辦城市保存，比賽期間主運動場僅懸掛代用品。
Baron de Coubertin designed the Olympic Flag in 1913-14. It has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red) on a white background. The ring's colours were based on the knowledge that at least one of these colours is on every flag of each participating country. The five interlocking rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the world at the Olympic Game.
The Olympic Flag was used for the first time in the 7th Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. It is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Game. At the end of the Games, the Olympic Flag is presented to the next host city by the Games host city.
The OLYMPIC FLAME
聖火起源於古希臘神話傳說。相傳古希臘神普羅米修斯爲解救飢寒交迫的人類，瞞着宙斯偷取火種帶到人間。古希臘在每屆奧運會舉行以前，人們都要在赫拉神廟前點燃聖火。現代奧運會創立後，當聖火被點燃的那一剎那，本屆奧運會聖火的傳遞活動即宣告圓滿結束。隨着奧運會的結束，本屆奧運會聖火也將被熄滅。第一次火炬接力活動是從1936年柏林奧運會開始的。
A flame was lit during the entire event of the Olympics during the ancient Olympic Game known as the Olympic Flame.
A new flame is lit using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun at the ancient Olympic Stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece. The Flame is then transported to the host city where the last runner lights the large Olympic Cauldron by it and this burns throughout the Games. The Flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony. The Olympic Flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the IX Olympic Games at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1928.
The first Olympic Torch Relay occurred at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
