The five ring flag was designed by Pierre de Coubertin
That flag is meant to represent the 5 continents participating in them even though there are 6. Apparently the Olympic committee and Pierre were never informed that North and South America are two continents instead of one.
It might have been Australia he didn't consider to be a continent worthy of inclusion. We only had a few million people when the games were reintroduced, and even when I was at school in the 1940s we only just reach 7 million. We've tripled that now.
I didn't know about the flag or the rings. Thanks for answering. I thought this question was going to die a virgin. :(
Yeah, haven't had any of those for a while now. As far as we know that is really what happened. It's all a bit inconclusive but will be one of those stories that gets repeated -- and embellished -- whenever somebody writes about Australian crime mysteries.
Australia and the US are buddies for 206 weeks out of every 208 but during those other 2 weeks -- the duration of the Games -- we are enemies.
Why do you complain about the TV coverage? The rest of the world complains that US TV determines the coverage and the rest of us get the scraps. What's the problem?
Benedict Arnold 