• Source: List of Olympic torch relays

The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as a way for Adolf Hitler to highlight the Nazi claim of Aryan connections of Germany to Greece. It has taken place prior to every Games since.
Although in the past some Olympic organizing committees organized torch relays which encompassed multiple countries, the International Olympic Committee now restricts international relays due to the protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, in which the relay was met with protests at several international sites on its way to Beijing.




Summer Olympic Games






Winter Olympic Games






Youth Summer Olympic Games






Youth Winter Olympic Games






See also


List of people who have lit the Olympic cauldron




References






External links


Factsheet - The Olympic Torch Relay, Olympic.org, International Olympic Committee
Golden glow for London 2012 torch, BBC News

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