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What is the way the Olympic flame has been lit at previous Olympics?

How the Olympic flame was lit:

1. 1956 Melbourne The Olympic flame illuminated the southern hemisphere for the first time

The 16th Olympic Games were held on November 22, 1956 in the Australian capital, Melbourne, the first time that the Olympic Games were hosted by a country in the southern hemisphere. One of the most memorable aspects of the Games was the joint participation of the GDR and FRG, who entered together to the accompaniment of the "Ode to Joy", using the black, red and yellow flags with the five-ringed symbol as the regimental flag***.

2, 1964 Tokyo Olympic torch lit for the first time in Asia

October 10, the 18th Olympic Games opened in Tokyo, Japan. The weather, which had been cloudy for the previous week, suddenly turned favorable on the day. The U.S. even launched the "Sycamore" satellite to broadcast the Olympic Games to the world for the first time in history. This year's Olympic Games carried out a grand torch relay run. 21 August torch in Olympia lit, September 9, air transported to Kagoshima, Japan, and then divided into four ways to pass. The four routes were 84 kilometers long. The last person to light the flame at Olympia was 19-year-old Yoshinori Sakai, a student at Waseda University in Japan. He was born on August 6, 1945, the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Olympic flame is a symbol of peace, and Sakai's intention in lighting it was clear.

3. 1976 Montreal Satellite transmission of the Olympic flame

The Games officially opened on July 17th. This year's Olympic flame relay took a different approach from the previous one: it was lit in Olympia on July 13, and after the flame reached Athens, it was not relayed by ship, plane or relay as in the past, but was transmitted to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, using satellite laser technology: the flame, which had been lit in Greece at that time, was transmitted to Ottawa on the other side of the globe through a sensor capturing particles of the ionized flame, and was reproduced by decoding the pulsed signals coming from the satellite. The Olympic flame was replicated in Ottawa by decoding pulses from a satellite. The torch relay lasted only five days, with more than 1,200 torchbearers taking part. To show reverence for the birthplace of the Olympic flame, olive oil was used as fuel for the torch, and for the first time, a man and a woman ran into the Olympic stadium with the torch in their hands*** and lit the torch tower together. The picture shows Stephen and Sandra lighting the torch tower at the opening ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. This way of passing the torch may seem novel, but it was later criticized by many. The practice was never followed again in subsequent Olympics.

4, 2000, Sydney, the Olympic flame underwater

The Olympic Games in the torch relay route design can be described as unique, the organizers of the race will make full use of the sea, land, air and other means of transmission, the Olympic torch was even taken to the bottom of the sea by divers to carry out the underwater transmission.

5, 2004, Athens, five continents **** enjoy Olympic glory

The Olympic Games before the opening of the torch relay created a number of first. To mark the return of the Olympic Games to their homeland, the organizing committee designed the route of the torch relay with great care. For the first time, the Olympic torch was carried across all five continents, and for the first time in Africa and South America, giving people around the world the opportunity to participate in and experience this great event. The flame was carried to all the cities that have historically hosted the Summer Olympics, giving them the opportunity to see the flame and experience the joy of the Games once again.

The modern Olympic Torch was collected from Olympia, the birthplace of Olympia in Greece, months before the Games began. Eleven female clergymen (played by actors) gather the flame from a concave mirror spotlight.

The torch is then carried in a relay to the next Olympic host city. Although the relay was traditionally on foot, transportation is now allowed. The torch carriers come from a variety of fields, including athletes and celebrities, and some unknown people also participate.

The Olympic torch relay ends when the opening ceremony of the Games takes place. The last bearer is always a mystery and is usually a sports celebrity from the host country. The last relayer will light the main torch stand, located above the stadium, in a unique way. The Olympic flame is lit on the day the Games begin and extinguished on the day they end.

After the resumption of the modern Olympic movement, the lighting of the Olympic flame was proposed by Coubertin in 1912, but due to the First World War, it was not until the start of the Olympic Games in 1928 that the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame was implemented, restoring this tradition of the ancient Olympic Games. The Winter Olympics began in 1952 with the lighting of the "sacred flame".

Prior to the ancient Olympic Games, in accordance with religious rules, people gathered in front of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, held a solemn ceremony, from the altar to light the torch, and then run to the Greek city states. Torchbearers held the torch high, running and shouting: Stop all wars and join the games! The torch was like a strict order, with supreme power, and wherever the torch went, the flames of war were extinguished. Even the city-states that had been fighting fiercely laid down their arms, and a sacred truce was established. Peace returned to Greece, and the people forgot their hatred and their wars, and rushed to Olympia to participate in the Olympic Games.

Before each Olympic Games in ancient Greece, people had to carry the torch lit in front of the temple of Hera to every city state to deliver the oracle of truce and the news of the Olympic Games. When the modern Olympic movement was founded, it did not initially follow this tradition. It was not until the 7th Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 that the organizers lit a torch in the main stadium as a symbol of peace in memory of those who had died in the First World War, but there was no torch relay and the flame was not collected from Olympia. 1934, the IOC made a formal decision in Athens that the Olympic Flame should be burned in the main stadium from the opening to the closing of the Olympic Games and the flame must be collected from Olympia. The flame must come from Olympia and be carried to the host city in a torch relay. Since then, the flame has become an indispensable ceremony of every Olympic Games.

6, 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, the opening ceremony, by the German track and field athlete Hilgen lit the flame.

Because this was the first time the torch relay was held in the modern Olympic Games, Coubertin was present at the lighting ceremony and gave a speech. The torch relay traveled 3075 kilometers through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Germany, with 3,075 athletes from all countries running 1 kilometer each with a torch, and delivered the flame to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin after 11 days and nights.

7, 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, Finland, the two veterans of the long-distance running world Nurmi and Kolehmeinen shared the honor of lighting the flame. Nurmi ran into the stadium with the torch in his hand, first lighting the pyre on the field and then handing it over to the 64-year-old Kolehmenin. The entire stadium applauded as he ascended the 83-meter-high torch platform with an athletic stride to light the flame.

8. In 1964, the Japanese took the unusual step of lighting the flame with a 19-year-old boy, Yoshinori Sakai, who was born on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the U.S. bombed Hiroshima with the atomic bomb.

9. At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, a woman took on this mission for the first time, a 20-year-old track and field athlete named Desotelo.

10. The 1984 Olympics were held in Los Angeles, U.S.A., and Ueberroth boldly used the business approach to the torch relay. The torch relay spanned all 50 U.S. states and ***15,000 kilometers. Unlike in the past, any individual, region, group or company that sponsors $3,000 can designate a person to carry the torch for one mile. The flame relay began on U.S. soil on May 8, with Bill Thorpe, grandson of Jim Thorpe, completing the first leg, and at the opening of the Games on July 28, Gina Hempshire, granddaughter of Jesse Owens, ran into the main stadium with the torch before handing it over to Rome's Olympic decathlon champion, Johnson, who lit the flame in the Rose Bowl Stadium.**************************************************************************************************************************************************. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Muhammad Ali, a boxer suffering from Parkinson's Syndrome, used his trembling hands to light the torch, and ignited the enthusiasm of the entire crowd. They cheered to show their respect for the legend and their love for the Olympic movement.

11, 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games opening ceremony, lighting the torch platform was an Olympic medal is now disabled Rebollo, he sat in a wheelchair with the sacred fire to ignite the arrow, and then accurately shot to the 70-meter away, 21-meter sacred fire platform, the fire instantly jumped and burned, the world's audience have been the Spaniards this peculiar ignition creativity marveled at.

12, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Li Ning by swing slowly rose into the air, heralding the ultimate realization of the Chinese dream of flying. Li Ning in the air to pass the torch, the light hit his body, like the ancient Chinese mythological story "Kuafu chasing the sun" reproduced, reflecting the spirit of the Chinese people's tenacity. The ever-extending auspicious clouds under his feet symbolize the infinite yearning of the Chinese nation for a happy, peaceful and beautiful life. Behind him, the torch relay images from all over the world and China showed the joy and harmony of the world's Olympic family. Li Ning in the swing, but the feet are constantly generating wind, that footsteps is not the great motherland 30 years of reform and opening up of the evidence? Isn't it the symbol of the Chinese children's dream of the Olympic Games? Li Ning ignited the moment of the flame, but also ignited the hearts of athletes of all countries on the Olympic flame of passion, but also ignited the hearts of peace-loving people around the world. The torch relay and history scroll and start, to history scroll and end, perfect interpretation of the "good start, good end" of this traditional concept, but also predicted that the Olympic Games will go to the brilliant victory.