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Joe Foley

Wait, the Olympic rings weren't always the same colours?

The Olympic rings design.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are about to commence, and we'll soon be seeing a lot of the Olympic rings, the emblem that has accompanied the world's greatest sporting spectacle for over a century.

The Olympic rings have long been one of the most recognised sports logos in the world. But many people are surprised to learn that they haven't always looked exactly as they do today (the image above) The design has been tweaked twice since the rings were created back in 1913 (also see our pieces on the first Olympics logo and the best Olympics logos of all time). They've also been interpreted in different ways in some of the best Olympics posters.

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