The modern torch relay was introduced by Carl Diem, president of the Organization Committee for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as part of an effort to turn the games into a glorification of the Third Reich. (wikipedia) ---- As far as the Ancient Olympics are concerned, no one knows 'where' it started. But history does know that the flame was meant to symbolize the rebirth of Greek heroes that had died.
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, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.
Prometheus stole fire from Zeus
there is an olympic flame at the paralympics
the olympic flame is transported by what
The Olympic flame honors the gods.
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.
The Olympic flame signifies the value of Peace and Brotherhood which is the basis of the Olympics.
the olympic flame represents the death and the rebirth of greek heroeshope and endurance
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yeah it is i think
1928 athens olympic.
Athens In Greecethe fist city to light the Olympic flame was ancient Greece
The oympic flame is lit at a Olympia by the sun