The Olympic torch — specifically, the Olympic flame — is perhaps one of the most sacred traditions of the Olympic Games. It dates back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, when Carl Diem — secretary ...

But the first torch relay was the brainchild of Carl Diem, the organizer of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. , That year the torch was transported to seven countries over 12 days. When it arrived at the ...

Notably, the Olympic torch was first used in 1936. It was designed by Walter Lemcke and made by the Krupp Company. For the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, ArcelorMittal has designed 2,000 torches to be ...

History of the torch relay The Olympic flame dates back to the 1928 Amsterdam Games, where a symbolic fire was lit in a cauldron and put on display atop the Olympic Stadium. Eight years later, at the ...

The lighting ceremony in Olympia and the process of using the light of the sun to ignite the torch started with the 1936 Olympics, and the format has stayed the same since then. The Olympic torch ...

one of the organizers of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Diem combined the ever-burning flame idea with the concept of the ancient Greek torch races to create a new spectacle — one that would occur ...

The torch was lit in a traditional ceremony ... en route to the location of that year’s games originated in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics, and is attributed to Carl Diem, who was on an organizing ...

German athlete Fritz Schilgen runs past German army soldiers with the Olympic torch on his way to lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the 1936 Summer Olympics at the ...