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Olympics - The 19th Olympic Winter Games: Salt Lake 2002

Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics

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by Zach Harden, 21 March 2001.

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 flags were flying everywhere.

The Olympic flag
Special flags of the 19th Winter Games
The Greek flag
The Parade of Flags
The flag of the United States
The flag of the United Nations
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The Olympic flag:

by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 2005.
Flag adopted: 1914.

The Olympic flag was visible everywhere. During the Opening Ceremony the flag was carried into the stadium, where it remained hoisted for the duration of the games. It was also flown at each Olympic event, in the Olympic Village, and all over Salt Lake. And finally, during the Closing Ceremony the Oslo Flag was passed on to the Mayor of Turin, where the 20th Olympic Winter Games will be held in 2006.
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Special flags for Salt Lake 2002:

The Olympic games in Salt Lake city have their own emblem, and hence their own flag based on it. Also, millions of people saw during the Opening Ceremony how a series of ice skaters bore into the stadium flags representing each previous Winter Games. The flags were approximately 2:5