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Olympic USA Flag

[Olympic USA flag] 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


United States Olympic Committee Flag

[US Olympic Committee flag] 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] 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] image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018

[US Olympic Committee flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018

[US Olympic Committee flag] image by Tomislav Šipek, 16 May 2018


U.S. Olympic Committee flag (1963)

[US Olympic Committee flag] 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)


1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games

[Flag of the 13th Olympic Winter Games: Lake Placid 1980] Posted by Jan Mertens, 2 February 2011


1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games

[1984 Olympic Games (Los Angeles) flag] image by Zachary Harden, 17 January 2001


1996 Atlanta Olympic Games

[1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta) flag] image by Zachary Harden, 17 January 2001

[1996 Olympic Games (Atlanta) flag] image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 My 2005


2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games

[2002 Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City) flag] image by Zachary Harden, 21 March 2001


Olympic Team Flag

[Olympic USA flag] 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] image by Zachary Harden, 30 June 2018

A blue version of the flag uses the ring in red.
Zachary Harden, 30 June 2018