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, ...

Adolf Hitler during the Berlin Summer Olympics in 1936. Erich Andres—United Archives/Getty Images. Hitler was a devout reader of Greek mythology and drawn to the torch as a symbol of ancient Greece.

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.

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 ...

It dates back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, ... Per NBC.com, the 2024 Olympic torch relay from Olympia to Athens had more than 600 people participate in it as torchbearers.

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 1936 Berlin Olympics, the ...

With the 2024 Paris Olympic torch relay underway, we follow the flame’s history and its Texas milestones through the years. ... one of the organizers of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

In 2013, one of Jesse Ownes' four 1936 Berlin Olympics gold medals sold for $1,466,574, which became the most expensive Olympic item ever sold at an auction at a time. The prized medal was sold as ...