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Where is the Olympic flame lit for the winter Olympics and the summer Olympics?
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∙ 14y ago
The flame is lit wherever the games are. Right now in Vancouver, in two years it will be in London.
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Why were two cauldrons lit with the Olympic Flame at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics?
Two cauldrons were lit with the Olympic Flame at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics because the Olympics had also been held there in 1964.
Why were two Olympic Flames burning instead of one during the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid?
Not certain on the exact answer, but back in the 1952 Oslo Olympics a flame was lit in the town of Morgedal, Norway (the Nordic flame). It was this flame that lit the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony. This event also occurred prior to the 1980 Olympics (Lake Placid) and also before the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer). However at the 1994 Olympics the Nordic flame was combined with the Olympic flame and lit the Olympic cauldron. So at the 1980 Winter Olympics they may have used these two flames to light separate cauldrons persumably as a symbolic act of rememberance to the Nordic games which pre-dated the Winter Olympics. The Winter Olympic flame in 1952 (Italy) was lit from the eternal flame in Rome. Since 1994 only the Olympic flame has been used in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics mainly due to the fact that the Olympic relays have gone straight from Greece to the host country.
How did Greese start the winter Olympics?
An archer fired a flaming arrow to ignite the olympic flame.
Which olympic flame was lit by a flaming arrow?
1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona by Antonio Rebollo, a Paralympian.
Why is the Olympic flame lit?
The Olympic flame signifies the value of Peace and Brotherhood which is the basis of the Olympics.
Was there an Olympic torch at the first Olympics?
No, not until the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. There was an Olympic Flame at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, but it wasn't lit using a flame brought from Greece or anywhere.
Where does the Olympic flame start and finish and why?
The flame's journey starts in Olympia, Greece because it is the home of the Olympics, the town where the first ever Olympics took place. The flame's journey ends in the town that hosts the Olympics so the flame can light the Olympic cauldron and begin the Games.
Why do nation participate in the olympic relay?
The Olympic Flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. In contrast to the Olympic flame proper, the torch relay of modern times which transports the flame from Greece to the various designated sites of the games had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the controversial 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Where does the flame begin the journey for all Olympics games?
The Olympic Flame comes from Olympia, Greece.
Where is the olympic flame always lit in memory of the olympic games origins?
Greece. The source of the "mother" flame and the Olympics.
Olympic flame was first lit at?
1928 olympics.......regards preyan..
What does the mascot represents?
the red ring in the Olympics rings and repersents the olympic flame the yellow olympic ring and antalope it dosent mean red or flame
