Olympic Flags (Spain)

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• Spanish Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Español)
• Barcelona Olympics, 1992
• Madrid 2012 Olympic Bid
  • Madrid 2012 Olympic Candidate City Flags in China
  • Madrid 2012 Logo
  • Madrid 2012 Largest Flag Record Bid

See also:

• International Olympic Committee
• Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol, Spain)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Banderas de Equipos Españoles de Baloncesto que han militado en la Liga ACB (Flags of Spanish Basketball Teams taking part in the ACB League)
• Banderas de las Cuadras de Caballos de Carreras (Flags of Horse Racing Stables)

Comité Olímpico Español

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image by Luis Miguel Arias

This is the flag of the Spanish Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Español or COE). Like other national olympic committees flags, it is a white flag with the emblem of the national committee in the center. The flag has a 2:3 ratio like most Spanish flags. I do not know the adoption date.

Luis Miguel Arias, 27 Oct 2001

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contributor and date unknown

AFP (and probably several other press agencies) reported on 13 May 2005 that Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, Mayor of Madrid had announced that the "largest flag ever in the world" would be displayed on Sunday 5 June in Madrid, as a support of the bid of the Spanish capital city for the organization of the Summer Olympic Games in 2012. The flag Madrid-2012 shall be 2.5 km long and will be displayed on the Paseo de la Castellana, one of the main streets of Madrid.

Ivan Sache, 19 May 2005

Please find attached images scanned from the "Cámara Madrid" journal, showing triangular flags on the Great Wall (China) promoting Madrid's candidacy to the 2012 Olympic Games:

• Picture in the "Cámara Madrid" journal
• Detail of the (nearest) red flag
• Detail of the white flag
• Detail of an unidentified green flag with yellow-purple flamules in the background

The red and white flags show, in white and red respectively, the Madrid 2012 logo with only the English caption (CANDIDATE CITY) and beneath it the official slogan "MADRID 2012 READY FOR YOU" in Chinese and English.

Sources:

• Madrid Chamber of Commerce journal "Cámara Madrid," Feb 2005
• Madrid 2012 Candidate City website

Santiago Dotor, 23 Feb 2005

The flag Madrid-2012 shall be 2.5 km long and will be displayed on the Paseo Castellano, one of the main streets of Madrid. Sport and leisure activities will be organized the same day between Plaza de Cibeles and stadium Santiago-Bernabeu. The day will end with a concert by the Colombian singer Shakira and fireworks.

I suppose a 2.5 km long flag cannot fly; anyway, Madrid has not the least chance against Paris, because Paris has the ugliest flag ever displayed for an Olympic bid. I am eagerly waiting for the 6 July and the decision, so that all these horrible Paris-supporting artefacts eventually disappear.

Ivan Sache, 18 May 2005

Which brings us to the issue of ratio: since the Paseo de la Castellana, while a wide boulevard, is nowhere near 1 2/3 km wide, this flag will have to drape over a considerable number of buildings. Even aside from questions of hoistability, it's hard to accept a piece of cloth in proportions of 2500 m long but only perhaps 100 m wide, if that, as a "flag."

Joe McMillan, 18 and 19 May 2005

Some newspapers, such as El Mundo, mention the Guinness Book of Records, possibly quoting a City Council source, possibly only elaborating on their own. Anyway I wonder whether Guinness would accept as "flag" any large piece of material unable to be flown or hoisted.

Santiago Dotor, 19 May 2005