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![[Olympic USA flag]](../images/u/us@olym1.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
 
image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
This is the Olympic flag that is licensed to be sold in the U.S., at least since the winter games in Lillehammer. 
Rick Wyatt, 4 June 1999
![[US Olympic Committee flag]](../images/u/us@olym3.gif) image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 January 2011
 
image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 January 2011
Flag is seen at 
www.flickr.com/photos/iceman9294/378141910/.
Aleksandar Nemet, 3 November 2009
![[US Olympic Committee flag]](../images/u/us@olym2.gif) image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 January 2011
 
image by Eugene Ipavec, 7 January 2011
A variant shows the Olympic rings colored.
Eugene Ipavec, 7 
January 2011
Here are newest flags:
https://jmsreports.org/2014/05/25/chula-vista-olympic-training-center-a-stepping-stone-for-athletes-and-chula-vista-youth/
https://www.encoreelectric.com/encore-electric-team-attends-united-states-olympic-museum-ground-breaking-ceremony/
http://aroundtherings.com/site/G__681/Title__Friday-Photodesk----London-Olympic-Park-Pan-Am-Progress/293/Gallery
http://gazette.com/22-of-23-sports-federations-under-u.s.-olympic-committee-earned-ds-and-fs-according-to-study/article/1622446
 Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
![[US Olympic Committee flag]](../images/u/us@oly0.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
 
image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
![[US Olympic Committee flag]](../images/u/us@oly1b.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
 
image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
![[US Olympic Committee flag]](../images/u/us@oly2b.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
 
image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
![[US Olympic Committee flag]](../images/u/us@oly1963.jpg) image located by Zachary Harden, 1 June 2012
 
image located by Zachary Harden, 1 June 2012
This press photo was posted for sale on e-Bay in 2012. 1963 Press Photo Olympic Flag At Junior Olympics
Zachary Harden, 5 May 2012 (posted in I Love Flags)
![[Flag of the 13th Olympic Winter Games: Lake Placid 1980]](../images/o/oly@w13.jpg) Posted by Jan Mertens, 2 February 2011
 
Posted by Jan Mertens, 2 February 2011
![[1984 Olympic Games (Los Angeles) flag]](../images/u/us@oly84.jpg) image by Zachary Harden, 17 January 2001
image by Zachary Harden, 17 January 2001
![[1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta) flag]](../images/u/us@oly96.gif) image by Zachary Harden, 17 January 2001
image by Zachary Harden, 17 January 2001
![[1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta) flag]](../images/u/us@oly96b.gif) image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 My 2005
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 My 2005
![[2002 Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City) flag]](../images/u/us@oly02.gif) image by Zachary Harden, 21 March 2001
image by Zachary Harden, 21 March 2001
![[Olympic USA flag]](../images/u/us@olym1b.gif) image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
 
image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018
"When the International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894, the two 
constituent American members, James Edward Sullivan and William Milligan Sloane, 
formed a committee to organize the participation of U.S. athletes in the 
inaugural modern Olympic Games to be contested two years later in Athens, 
Greece. The formal committee, initially named the American Olympic Association, 
was formed at a meeting in November 1921 at the New York Athletic Club. In 1940, 
the AOA changed its name to the United States of America Sports Federation and, 
in 1945, changed it again to the United States Olympic Association. Public Law 
805, which granted the USOA a federal charter, was enacted in 1950 and enabled 
the USOA to solicit tax-deductible contributions as a private, nonprofit 
corporation. In 1961, when major constitutional revisions were made, the name of 
the USOA was changed to its current designation –
United States Olympic Committee.
In 1978, the passage of The Amateur Sports Act (now The Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur 
Sports Act – revised in 1998). It is a federally chartered nonprofit 
corporation and does not receive federal financial support (other than for 
select Paralympic military programs). Pursuant to the Act, the USOC has the 
exclusive right to use and authorize the use of Olympic-related marks, images 
and terminology in the United States. "
Sources: 
https://www.teamusa.org/About-the-USOC/Inside-the-USOC/History, 
https://www.teamusa.org/about-the-usoc/inside-the-usoc and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Olympic_Committee.
The flag is 
the U.S. Olympic Team logo (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/United_States_Olympic_Team.png) 
over a blue horizontal flag, as seen here (fourth flag from left to 
right):
http://www.adventuresbydaddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/DSC00625.jpg
(source: 
http://www.adventuresbydaddy.com/2012/09/24/catching-the-olympic-spirit-in-lake-placid-new-york/)
For additional information go to Team USA (official website):
https://www.teamusa.org/ 
 
Esteban Rivera, 
23 January 2018
![[Olympic team flag]](../images/u/us@oc3.gif) image by Zachary Harden, 30 June 2018
 
image by Zachary Harden, 30 June 2018
A blue version of the flag uses the ring in red.
Zachary Harden, 
30 June 2018