The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement. It is also a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. [1] The Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece, several months before the Olympic Games.

2024年4月16日 · The flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been lit in Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. The flame will now begin its journey in a relay to light the cauldron that will mark the...

2024年4月16日 · The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies frustrated efforts to produce the flame in the customary fashion, when an actress dressed as an ancient …

2024年7月26日 · Whether it was Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic cauldron during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the bullseye shot of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics or "walking on air" in the 2008 Beijing Olympics,...

2017年10月24日 · The History of the Olympic Flame. The flame for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 will be lit at a ceremony in Olympia in Greece on 24 October, the latest staging of an event that provides an enduring link between the ancient and modern Games.

2018年6月1日 · The Olympic flame is lit at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games as a symbol of the Olympic spirit and is kept burning until the end of the event. Architect Jan Wis, who decorated the Amsterdam Stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympic Games, initiated the …

It has been right around the world, gone into space and scaled Everest. Read the amazing story of the Olympic Flame, from its first modern appearance in 1928.

The Olympic flame is then carried into the stadium by the last of a series of runners who have brought the torch on a very long journey from Olympia, Greece. The runner circles the track, mounts the steps, and lights the Olympic fire that burns night…

The lighting of an Olympic flame is a practice continued from the ancient Olympic Games. The first time a flame made an appearance at the modern Olympics was in 1928 (maybe in 1912). Originally there was a flame lit at the host city stadium.

In the sanctuary of Olympia, where the Ancient Olympic Games took place, a flame burned permanently on the altar of the goddess Hestia, situated in the Prytaneum (building used for the large banquets held in honour of the athletes at the end of the Games).