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![[COP flag]](../images/p/pt@cop.gif)
Some time the Portuguese Olympic Committee had changed its logo
(and its name too, from «…Português» to
«…de Portugal»?…) — perhaps one year ago or so. You can see
the new logo at their site, under seemingly eternal construction, at
www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt
— actually you can see the logo and nothing more.
I haven’t seen it yet on flags (now being the low season for Olympics
in a country without winter sports), but I must assume that new flags
exist, with this new logo on white.
António Martins, 16 Oct 2002
The Olympic movement rules require the national Olympic committees’
flags to include the Olympic rings not larger then 1/3
of the flag.
Željko Heimer
Heimer
That’s perhaps why the Portuguese O.C. changed its logo and
flag: the previous flag had the Olympic emblem much larger than
1/3 of its height…
António Martins, 03 Oct 2004 and 01 Jul 2005
![[Old COP flag]](../images/p/pt@cop0.gif)
This is the former flag of the Portuguese Olympic Commitee
(Comité Olímpico Português), showing their
logo on a white background (what else?). The logo is the five Olympic rings
and an eschuteon of Portugal ancienne (a
stylized version of the 1185 flag and arms, showing only five bezants on
modern looking escutcheons, like the inner part of Portugal moderne).
This escutcheon cover the lower parts of the yellow ring (fly side) and of
the green ring (hoist side).
António Martins, 14 Oct 1998
It can be seen in the (hidden but still available) previous version of
their site, at www.comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/cop/cop?.html,
slightly asymmetrical.
António Martins, 16 Oct 2002
![[Old COP flag]](../images/p/pt@cop0!.gif)