Flag of the Paralympics
Officially Paralympic flag
What the flag looks like
A white field with three crescent-shaped swooshes, red, blue and green, curving around a central point.
What it means
The three agitos (Latin for 'I move') stand for movement and the spirit of Paralympic athletes; red, blue and green are the colors most widely found in national flags.
How to remember it
The Paralympic flag
has three swooshes, red, blue and green, swirling round an empty center; the Olympic flag
has five interlocking rings.
Fun facts
- The first Paralympic logo, made for the 1988 Seoul Games, used five Korean-style teardrop shapes arranged like the Olympic rings.
- The three-agitos design was introduced in 2004 and refreshed in 2019 with brighter colors matching the Olympic rings.
Paralympics at a glance
- Founded
- 1989
- Headquarters
- Bonn
- Headquarters
- Bonn
- Region
- Founded 1989
- Languages
- English
- Flag adopted
- 2019
Flags often confused with the Paralympics
- Olympics: The Olympic and Paralympic flags are both white with colored symbols in the center. The Olympics have five interlocking rings; the Paralympics have three swooshes in red, blue and green.