The history of flame

The Berlin Olympic torch was first lit.

In Olympic history, Berlin Olympic Games was regarded as Hitler's tool to promote Nazism, so this Olympic Games became one of the few stains in Olympic history. However, it was at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 that Hitler invented the torch relay, which made the world see the lighting of the Olympic flame for the first time. It was also from this Olympic Games that the Olympic flame began its journey of shining around the world.

On July 20th, a grand torch lighting ceremony was held in Olympia. 12 The girls dressed in Greek national costumes lit the first torch with the accompaniment of music. Coubertin, former president of the International Olympic Committee, visited the venue and delivered a speech. Then, the 1 km torch relay officially began. The torch relay passed through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia and arrived in Berlin in the early morning of August 1. From Olympia to Berlin Stadium, the whole journey is 3,075 kilometers, and 3,075 people participated in the relay. Starting from this Olympic Games, lighting the Olympic flame is one of the essential ceremonies in the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games.

1956 Melbourne Olympic flame illuminates the southern hemisphere for the first time.

16 The Olympic Games was held in Melbourne, Australia on122 October, 1956 165438. This is the first time that a country in the southern hemisphere has hosted the Olympic Games. The most memorable thing about this Olympic Games is the joint participation of the Democratic Republic of Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany. Accompanied by ode to joy, they used black, red and yellow flags with five rings as the league flag.

1964 The Tokyo Olympic torch was first lit in Asia.

101October10, 18 The Olympic Games opened in Tokyo, Japan. The weather that had been cloudy the previous week suddenly got better that day. The United States even launched the "Sinkem" satellite to broadcast the Olympic Games to the whole world, which is the first time in history.

The Olympic Games held a grand torch relay. On August 2 1 day, the torch was lit in Olympia, transported by air to Kagoshima, Japan on September 9, and then delivered in four routes. The four routes are 84 kilometers long. The last person to light the Olympic flame was Ji Ze Sakai, a 0/9-year-old student from Waseda University. He was born on the day when the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima (1August 6, 945). The Olympic flame is a symbol of peace. It is obvious that Sakai lit the flame.

1976 Montreal satellite relay Olympic flame

The sports meeting officially opened on July 17. The Olympic torch relay took a different way. It was ignited in Olympia on July 65438, 2003. After the torch relay to Athens, it was transmitted to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, by satellite laser technology, not by ship, plane or relay. At that time, the flame lit in Greece was captured by sensors and transmitted to Ottawa on the other side of the globe, and the Olympic flame was copied by decoding the pulse signal from the satellite.

This kind of communication seems novel, but later it was criticized by many people. Later Olympic Games never followed this practice.

Underwater relay of the 2000 Sydney Olympic flame

The design of the torch relay route of this Olympic Games is unique. The organizers made full use of various modes of delivery, such as land, sea and air, and the Olympic torch was even taken to the seabed by divers for underwater delivery.

In 2004, five continents shared the Olympic glory in Athens.

The torch relay before the opening of the Olympic Games created many firsts. In order to commemorate the Olympic Games' return to hometown, the organizing committee carefully designed the torch relay route. For the first time, the Olympic torch spread all over five continents and reached Africa and South America for the first time, giving people all over the world the opportunity to participate in and experience this grand event. The flame spread all over the cities that hosted the Summer Olympic Games in history, giving these cities the opportunity to witness the Olympic flame with their own eyes and experience the happiness brought by the Olympic Games again.

2008 Beijing Olympic Games

On March 24th, the torch collection ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was held in Olympia, Greece, and then it was carried out in Greece for six days.

From April/KLOC-0 to May 3, the torch relay of Beijing Olympic Games will be held overseas. The torch will pass through 19 cities in five continents 19 countries, as well as Hongkong and Macau in China. The Beijing Torch Relay Operation Team will take the torch to these areas by Air China chartered flight, with a total distance of 97,000 kilometers and more than 2,000 torchbearers. In addition, 42 related ceremonies will be held for a total of 33 days.

On May 3rd, the Olympic flame arrived in Sanya, Hainan Province after passing through overseas.

From May 4th, the torch relay operation team of BOCOG will deliver the torch to 3/kloc-0 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in Chinese mainland via 1 13 cities and regions.

The torch relay in all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) generally lasts for three days, including Sichuan, Henan, Shandong and Guangdong with a population of over 80 million for four days and Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing for two days.

The flame returned to Beijing on August 6th. After a three-day relay, the Olympic flame will arrive at the National Stadium ("Bird's Nest") on the evening of August 8 and ignite the main torch tower of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The torch will burn until the end of the Olympic Games. The total distance of the torch relay in China is about 40,000 kilometers, which lasts for 97 days, with more than 1.9 million torchbearers.