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Does the Olympic Flame burn during the Olympic Games?
no
When was the Olympic Flame first introduced as burning from the start of the games to the closing?
1928
Why was a flame used during the Ancient Olympic Games?
because of king Zeus
How long does the Olympic flame burn continuously?
The flame is lit during the opening ceremony. It remains burning throughout the games, and is extinguished during the closing ceremony. This year it's about 17 days for the whole games. There's also the torch relay, which generally starts about 4 or 5 months before the games.poo
In which Olympic was the first Olympic torch lit?
The Olympic Flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the IX Olympic Games at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1928. There was a lot lof people there.
Who was first to light the Olympic flame?
The first city to light the Olympic flame was.. ATHENS, GREECE:D Hope my input helped!! :DThe first city to light the Olympic flame is always the ancient Greek city of Olympia where the Games originate from.
What happens to the Olympic Torch during the off years?
I assume you mean the olympic flame. The flame burns constantly at Olympia in Greece, when its time for the games a torch is lit, sent on a relay and the individual flame in the host nation is lit, and then extinguished
How do the Olympic games start each year?
Olympic flame lighting
Why is the Olympic flame important at the Olympic games?
because they see it on telly
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.
Why is the Olympic torch at the Olympics?
The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch 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.
What dose the Olympic flame represent?
the start of the olympic games around the country
