Olympic Anthem and Olympic Flag

The Olympic Flag
Baron de Coubertin designed the Olympic Flag in 1913 and 1914. The flag features five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red) on a white background. The colors of the rings were chosen because at least one of these colors is on the flag of every participating country. The five interlocking rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes from around the world at the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Flag was used for the first time in the seventth Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. It is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Olympics. At the end of the Games, the Olympic flag is presented to the next host city by the current host city.

Official London 2012 Olympic Anthem by Muse

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First intro Second intro Race, life's a race And I'm gonna win Yes, I'm gonna win I'll light the fuse And I'll never lose And I choose to survive [So I told you ]
	Whatever it takes [So I told you] You won't pull ahead [So I told you] I'll keep up the pace [So I told you] And I'll reveal my strength, [So I told you] To the whole human race [So I told you]
Yes I am prepeared [So I told you] To stay alive [So I told you] I won't forgive [So I told you] Vengeance is mine [So I told you] And I won't give in [So I told you] Because I choose to thrive [So I told you] Yeah I'm gonna win !
	First Solo Race, it's a race [So I told you] But I'm gonna win [So I told you] Yes, I'm gonna win [So I told you] I will light the fuse [So I told you] I'll never lose [So I told you] I choose to survive [So I told you]
Whatever it takes [So I told you] You won't pull ahead [So I told you] Because I'll keep up the pace [So I told you] And I'll reveal my strength, [So I told you] To the whole human race [So I told you] Yeah I'm gonna win!

The OLYMPIC ANTHEM
The Olypmics Anthem is also known as Olympics Hymn

The Greek national poet Kostis Palamas wrote the poem, "Ancient eternal and immortal spirit." and the music was composed by Spyros Samaras for the first Olympiad, where the song was presented as the Olympic Anthem in the opening ceremony. At later Olympics, other anthems were played. The International Olympic Committee formally and unanimously adopted the Samaras-Palamas work as the official Olympic Anthem in 1958. When the Olympic Flag is raised in the opening ceremony and also when the Olympic Flag is lowered at the closing ceremony, the Olympic Anthem is played.

The lyrics of the Olympic Anthem in English are as follows:

Immortal spirit of antiquity,
Father of the true, beautiful and good,
Descend, appear, shed over us thy light
Upon this ground and under this sky
Which has first witnessed the unperishable fame.
Give life and animation to those noble games!
Throw wreaths of fadeless flowers to the victors
In the race and in the strife!
Create in our breasts, hearts of steel!
In thy light, plains, mountains and seas
Shine in a roseate hue and form a vast temple
To which all nations throng to adore thee,
Oh immortal spirit of antiquity!

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Last Updated On : August 24, 2012

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