They first lighted the torch at Olympia in 776Bc
the Olympic torch stands for the sighns of peace, purity and reson when lighted the torch will travel from the last Olimpic games to the next and will go into a bigger toch then the big flame will never get put out until the games are done then it will start all over again
It is a piece of the torch which was lighted at the end of the opening ceremony.
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A team of climbers trudged through snow and ice to carry the Olympic torch to the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday 8th May 2008, fulfilling a long-held goal of the Chinese government to have the Olympic flame lighted on top of the highest mountain in the world.
Already did by four athletes. Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash, Catriona LeMay-Doan, Steve Nash & Nancy Greene
we have the olympic torch to reprecent the countrey
By foot, then car, then foot again into the stadium.
The final Olympic torch bearer will use the torch to light the cauldron at the Olympic venue.
London in 1764
in olympia, in greece that is where the olympic torch is lit
The Olympic torch relay was invented in 1936.