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Olympic Games / Jeux Olympiques

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán
Flag adopted: 1914.

Where the Olympic flag can be seen?
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Where the Olympic flag can be seen?

The IOC guards the dignity of the Olympic symbol and therefore limits the hoisting of Olympic flags to specific situations.

Now that the celebration of the 19th Olympic Winter Games is over, it's asif the Olympic Movement started wearing a dull winter fur, hardly showing any colour at all. But during Salt Lake 2002 there Olympic flags where flying everywhere.

At the Opening Ceremony a large Olympic Flag was carried into the stadium and hoisted in a prominent position, where it remained for the duration of the Games.
Several Olympic flags, and flags of each participating country, were flown at each Olympic event and over the Olympic Village.
A large number of Olympic flags was flown throughout Salt Lake City.
At the Closing Ceremony the Oslo flag was returned to the president of the IOC, who passed it on to the Burgomaster of Turin, host city of the 20th Olympic Winter Games, in 2006.
Then, at the end of the Closing Ceremony, the Olympic flag flying over the Games was slowly lowered, and then slowly carried out of the stadium.

After Salt Lake 2002, most of the Olympic Flags have beeen taken down again