Free Olympics Coloring Pages: 27 printable PDF designs of the Games, from the five rings, the Olympic flame, and a gold medal to the Paris 2024 Phryge mascots holding the torch and flag, Simone Biles, swimmer Léon Marchand, five surfers from Tahiti, a pole vaulter, sports posters, and two Olympic bingo sheets. Every page costs nothing.
The modern Olympics began in Athens in 1896, two years after Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee. Coubertin also designed the five interlocking rings in 1913, using blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white background. The Olympic flame first burned at the 1928 Amsterdam Games, and the torch relay from Olympia in Greece began in 1936. Paris 2024 was the first Olympics to give men and women an equal number of athlete places, sailed its opening parade down the Seine, and hosted surfing more than 9,000 miles away at Teahupo’o in Tahiti. Each Paris medal held a small hexagon of original iron from the Eiffel Tower.
Rings, medals, and the flame suit young kids. Athlete portraits and posters give older fans more detail.
What’s Inside This Collection
Paris 2024 mascots, Paris 2024 athletes, Olympic symbols, sports and posters, and activity sheets make up the 27 designs.
Paris 2024 Mascots
Five pages show the Phryges, the Paris mascots shaped like the red Phrygian cap, a French symbol of liberty. They receive a medal, play soccer, hold the torch and flag, and pop out of a gift box. Color them a bright Poppy Red with Royal Blue eyes and a White tricolor sash.
Paris 2024 Athletes
Nine sheets feature Simone Biles twice, Léon Marchand with his gold medal, Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikeç, and surfers Caroline Marks, Johanne Defay, Brisa Hennessy, Gabriel Medina, and Jack Robinson. Give the surfers turquoise Tahitian waves with White foam crests.
Olympic Symbols
Four designs show the rings, the Olympic symbol, the flame, and a 2024 medal. Use the exact ring order from left to right on top, Blue, Black, and Red, with Yellow and Green on the bottom row.
Sports and Posters
Six pages include two sports-at-the-Games sheets, athletics, a pole vaulter, and two Paris 2024 posters. Shade the Eiffel Tower in Bronze and Sepia, and the track in Brick Red.
Activity Sheets
Three sheets offer a summer Olympics bingo card, a French Olympic lotto game, and kids trying different sports. Color the bingo squares as each event is watched on TV.
What Olympic Coloring Pages Do
Teaching history and geography. The Games link ancient Greece, where competitions at Olympia began in 776 BCE, with today’s worldwide event. Coloring the rings gives families a moment to talk about the five inhabited continents they are often said to represent, and children can find Paris, Tahiti, and Athens on a map. The pages also make a natural lead-in to the next Games, Los Angeles in 2028.
Celebrating effort, fairness, and teamwork. In 2021, the IOC added “Together” to the Olympic motto, which now reads Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together. Coloring athletes like Simone Biles and Léon Marchand invites conversations about practice, persistence, and respecting rivals. Kids can talk about a personal goal they are working toward and what a “personal best” means to them.
Developing careful hand control. Five perfectly linked rings and the fine lines of a medal ask for slow, steady coloring. Overlapping the rings in the right order challenges children to plan where one color ends and another begins. Precision like that builds small-muscle strength, and that strength is exactly what American Academy of Pediatrics preschool checklists watch for on the way to handwriting between ages 3 and 5.
Calming nerves before a big event. Athletes use routines to stay focused, and coloring can work the same way for kids before a test or game. Psychologists Curry and Kasser, reporting in Art Therapy Journal in 2005, watched stressed volunteers settle faster with patterned outlines than with blank sheets. The repeating rings and medal patterns make that structure easy to follow.
How to Color Olympics Pages Well
- Ring order: Color the top row Blue, Black, and Red, and the bottom row Yellow and Green, leaving the background White. The correct sequence makes the symbol instantly recognizable.
- Interlocking rings: Where rings overlap, decide which ring passes in front and color it first. This keeps the chain-link effect neat.
- Flame and torch: Start with Lemon near the torch cup, fade into Tangerine, and finish with Scarlet flicks on top. A warm gradient makes the flame look alive.
- Gold medal shine: Use Gold or Yellow Orange and leave a few small White spots for glare. Highlights make the metal look polished.
- Phryge mascots: Fill the cap shape with bright Red and add Blue and White details for the French flag. The tricolor palette ties them to Paris.
- Ocean waves: Color surfing waves in layers of Turquoise and Deep Blue with White foam. Layered blues show the power of the Tahitian surf.
5 Creative Craft Ideas With Olympics Coloring Pages
1. Paper Medal Ceremony
Color the medal page, cut out three medals, and attach ribbons for gold, silver, and bronze. Kids can hold a family podium ceremony after backyard games.
2. Olympic Rings Mobile
Color the rings page, cut out each ring, and link them with a string. Hang the mobile near a window for the next Games.
3. Torch Relay Craft
Color the flame page and roll a sheet of paper into a cone for the handle. Glue the flame on top and take turns passing the torch.
4. Olympics Bingo Party
Print the bingo sheet for each family member and color a square for every event watched. The first full row wins a homemade medal.
5. Athlete Fact Wall
Color the athlete pages and pin them on a board with one fact beneath each, such as the sport and country. It makes a great classroom display.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Olympic coloring pages?
They are 27 free sheets featuring the Olympic rings, flame, medals, Paris 2024 mascots, famous athletes, sports posters, and bingo games. PDF copies suit the printer, and the online colorer suits tablets.
When did the modern Olympics begin?
The modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894 to revive the ancient Games.
What do the five Olympic rings mean?
The rings were designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 and stand for the union of the world’s continents. Their colors, together with the white background, were chosen because every national flag of the time contained at least one of them.
What is the Olympic motto?
The motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter, Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together. The word Together was added in 2021.
What are the Paris 2024 mascots?
The Paris 2024 mascots are the Phryges, based on the Phrygian cap, a traditional symbol of freedom in France. One Phryge represented the Olympics and another the Paralympics.
When did the torch relay start?
The Olympic flame first appeared at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The torch relay from Olympia, Greece, began with the 1936 Games in Berlin.
What age are the Olympic coloring pages for?
Kids around 4 through 12 reach for them most, especially while the Games are on TV. Rings, medals, and mascots suit younger kids, while athlete pages and posters fit older ones.
Where are the next Summer Olympics?
The next Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles in 2028. It will be the third time the city hosts the Summer Games, after 1932 and 1984.
Start Coloring
Choose the five rings, a Phryge mascot, or Simone Biles, then download the sheet or shade the rings digitally, no account required. Young sports fans can post a podium-worthy page on Facebook or Pinterest.
