what are the five colored rings and it symbolism for the winter olympics?
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The 5 colored rings symbolize the 5 main paricipating contenents of the world:\nAustralia, Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.
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Good question. The Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles explains it well:\n\nThe Olympic rings are the official symbol of the Olympic Movement. There are five interlacing rings of the colors blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The rings are set upon a white background. \n\nBaron Pierre de Coubertin designed the Olympic emblem in 1913. In his words, "These five rings represent the five parts of the world won over to Olympism. . . This is a real international emblem."\n\nThe Olympic rings represent the union of the areas - the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe and the meeting of athletes throughout the world at the Olympic Games. Contrary to a popular misconception, the colors themselves do not represent any single continent. The colors were chosen because at least one of these colors is found in the flag of every nation. \n\nThe original Olympic flag was made at the "Bon Marché" store in Paris. The flag is three meters long and two meters wide. It first flew over an Olympic stadium at the 1920 Antwerp Games. The original flag also carried the Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius," Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger."\n\nHope this helps!\nNewarview
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Snow globes, snowdomes, snow shakers, snowstorms, waterglobes, waterdomes, waterballs, blizzard weights, shake 'em ups, shakies, snowies
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"According to Ancient and Heraldic traditions much symbolism is associated with colors. The colors on the El Salvador flag represent the following:\n\nWhite - peace and honesty \n\nBlue - the sea and the sky  - vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice.\n\nThe Meaning & History of the El Salvador Flag - The El Salvador Coat of Arms emblem depicts\n\nThe five flags five fraternal Central American countries  - El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica \n\n14 laurel leaves the number of States \n\nThe phrygian cap of liberty \n\n5 volcanos represent the five nations in the Central American isthmus ( isthmus - a narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land ) \n\nThe two oceans - Pacific & Atlantic \n\nEquilateral triangle representing the equality of individuals \n\nRainbow representing Hope \n\nThe knot represents Unity  \n\nThe flag of El Salvador was adopted on September 27, 1972"
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Ice skating, Ice dancing, Speed Skating, Skiing, and Snowboarding
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Currently, there are seven candidate cities for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the XXI Winter Olympics. The candidate cities are;\n\n1. PeyongChang, South Korea\n2. Sofia, Bulgaria\n3. Sochi, Russia\n4. Salzburg, Austria\n5. Almaty, Kazakhstan\n6. Borjomi, Georiga\n7. Jaca, Spain\n\nThis is my prediction for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the Games of the XXI Winter Olympics which include the five candidate cities and how I believe the IOC delegation will vote in Guatemala, City, Guatemala;\n\n1. PeyongChang, South Korea\n2. Sofia, Bulgaria\n3. Sochi, Russia\n4. Salzburg, Austria\n5. Jaca, Spain\n\nFirst Round – Sochi is eliminated\nSecond Round – Jaca, Spain\nThird Round – Sofia, Bulgaria\nFinal Round – Salzburg is eliminated and PeyongChang is awarded the 2014 Winter Olympics and the Games of the XXI Winter Olympic Games.\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/2014-winter-olympics?method=22
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Olympic Emblem\n\n 5 Rings Represent 5 Continents\nAfrica, America (North & South),\nAsia, Australia , Europe \n\nThe flag features the emblem of the Olympic Games — five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red respectively) on a white field. This was originally designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, but gained widespread popularity due to its promotion by Nazi Germany [1]. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1913 edition of Revue Olympique:\n\nThe emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914 ...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition. \nIn his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings came to Pierre of Coubertin when he was in charge of the USFSA ( Unión des Societes Française de Sports Athletiques): The emblem of the union was two interlaced rings (like the typical interlaced marriage rings) and originally the idea of Austrian psychiatrist Carl Jung because for him the ring meant continuity and the human being. [2]\n\nMoreover, the six colours thus combined reproduce those of all the nations without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Argentina, the French, British, American, German, Belgian, Italian, and Hungarian tricolours, the yellow and red of Spain lie next to the new Brazilian and Australian flags, and the old Japan and the young China. This is really an international emblem. \nThe 1914 Congress had to be suspended due to the outbreak of World War I, but the flag and emblem were later adopted. They would first officially debut at the VIIth Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.\n\nThe emblem's popularity and widespread use began during the lead-up to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Carl Diem, president of the Organizing Committee of the 1936 Summer Olympics, wanted to hold a torchbearers' ceremony in the stadium at Delphi, site of the famous oracle, where the Pythian Games were also held. For this reason he ordered construction of a milestone with the Olympic rings carved in the sides, and that a torchbearer should carry the flame along with an escort of three others from there to Berlin. The ceremony was celebrated but the stone was never removed. Later, two British authors Lynn and Gray Poole when visiting Delphi in the late 1950´s saw the stone and reported in their "History of the Ancient Games" that the Olympic rings design came from ancient Greece. This has become known as "Carl Diem's Stone". [3] [4]. This created a myth that the symbol had an ancient Greek origin. The rings would subsequently be featured prominently in Nazi images and theatrics in 1936 as part of an effort to glorify the Third Reich and claim a noble and ancient lineage.\n\nThe current view of the International Olympic Committee is that the flag "reinforces the idea" that the Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all countries of the world to join. [5] Some literature, such as "The World Encyclopedia of Flags" by Alfred Znamierowski, state that each ring represent the five continents. Using this scheme, the Americas is viewed as a single continent, and Antarctica is omitted.\n\nOlympic Rings\n\nThe Olympic Rings were created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 and first displayed on the Olympic Flag in 1920. The Olympic symbol of five interlocked rings represents the five original continents (or the five continents that are represented in the games): \n\nAfrica\nAmerica (North & South)\nAsia\nAustralia\nEurope \n\nand the meeting of the athl
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Men's gold was Canada, silver was Finland, bronze was USA, Great Britain came in 4th.  Women's gold was Sweden, silver was Switzerland and bronze was Canada.  Norway came in 4th.  Hope that helps!
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The theme music used on the telecasts is Bugler’s Dream, by Leo Arnaud and was written in 1958 for a larger project called “The Charge Suite.”\n\nABC first used it in their coverage of the 1968 Winter games.\nNBC purchased the rights to it in 1992 for their Olympic coverage.
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They have a hole in the middle through which the ribbon loops.\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10685869/?meta_salt=1356452\nClick on "Olympic Designs", and it's the last picture.
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I'd say the colors are more orange than gold.  I don't think anyone would mix up the Bengals and the Steelers, so I think it's a non-issue.  Plus, how many teams use red and white in their color pallete?  By my count, there's the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators, and Carolina Hurricanes.  And, to the guy who has never seen a black duck, I do believe that Duck Hunt on the original Nintendo had a few black ducks on them.  I still am not drawing a link between the Pens and the Ducks, other than the fact that they both have birds with webbed feet as mascots.  However, in a back alley brawl, Iceberg would slaughter Wildwing easily.
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Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
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You can get all the information about the 2006 winter olympic in the link below.
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The colors were originally an adaptation of the Flag of France, with green instead of blue. Some have tried to attribute some particular values to the colors, and a common interpretation is that green is for the plains and the hills, white for the snowy Alps, and red for the blood spilt in the Italian Independence wars. A more religious intepretation is that green represents hope, white represents faith and red represents charity. This interpretation connects to the three theological virtues.
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Freestyle Skiing\nThe word "mogul" comes from the Austrian word "mugel," which means "small hill" or "mound."\n\nFigure Skating\nMen's gold medal favorite Yevgeny Plushenko is the first and only skater in history to successfully land a quad-triple-triple jump combination in competition. \n\nCurling\nCurling is one of four winter Olympic sports contested indoors. The other three are hockey, figure skating, and speed skating.\n\nLuge\nGerman Luge master Georg Hackl will attempt to add to his legend and win a medal in his sixth straight games at Turin in 2006. Hackl is already the only athlete to medal in the same event in five straight games.\n\nNordic Combined \nNordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal. (Biathlon and curling are the others.)\n\nSnowboarding\nAccording to the National Sporting Goods Association, U.S. consumers spent nearly than $270 million on snowboarding equipment in 2004. That's more than hockey and football equipment combined ($225 million).\n\nSkeleton\nAmerican Jennison Heaton won the first skeleton gold medal in 1928, beating his brother John, who took the silver, by one second. A 39-year-old John Heaton would win the silver again in 1948, finishing second to Italy's Nino Bibbia. American Jim Shea, Jr., won the men's gold in the 2002 return of the sport to the Olympics. \n\nIce Hockey\nIce hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The first Winter Olympics didn't take place until 1924.\n\nSpeed Skating\n American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.\n\nAlpine Skiing\nAmerican skier and Turin gold medal threat Lindsey Kildow was awarded a cow by some local dairy farmers for her World Cup win in Val D'Isere, France in 2005. She had a choice between the cow or an additional $1,200 in prize money. She went with the cow.\n\nBiathlon\nThe first known biathlon competition took place between two Norwegian guard companies in 1767.\n\nBobsled\nIt's been 18 years since the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the Olympics. \n\nSki Jumping\nThe oldest man to receive a Winter Olympics medal is 83-year-old Anders Haugen. The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was discovered in 1974.\n\nWinter Olympics Through the Years\nThe Shea Family of Lake Placid, New York, is the first to produce three generations of Olympians. Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.\n\nAll-Time Medal Standings\nOnly two countries south of the equator have ever won medals at the Olympic Winter Games—Australia and New Zealand.\n\nWisconsin\nLegends Eric Heiden and Dan Jansen , as well as current stars Chris Witty and Casey FitzRandolph, are from the same U.S. state, Wisconsin.\n\nNorway\nNorway has won more gold medals at the Winter Games than any other country.
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Yes, the 5 Olympic rings represent the 5 continents. This is based on 5 continents model.\n\n"The 7-continent model is usually taught in Western Europe, China, and most native English-speaking countries. The 6-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America. The 6-continent combined-Eurasia model is preferred by the geographic community, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Japan. In all of these cases, the names Australasia or Oceania may be used in place of Australia; in Canada, the government-approved Atlas of Canada names 7 continents and indicates Oceania instead.\n\nHistorians may use the 5-continent model in which North Africa is separated from Sub-Saharan Africa and included in Eurasia (Jared Diamond) or the 4-continent Afro-Eurasian (Andre Gunder Frank)."
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5 rings on the olympic flag