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The 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from April 27 to July 19, leading up to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [1] The route covered 26,875 kilometers (16,699 mi) across the United States and featured a wide variety in the methods of transport used, including bicycles, boats, and trains. [2]
The Olympic torch relay is the ceremonial relaying of the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of an Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as a way for Adolf Hitler to highlight the Nazi claim of Aryan connections of Germany to Greece. [1] It has taken place prior to every Games since.
It was the first Paralympic torch relay held in the United States, beginning at the King Center in Atlanta, then being run from Washington, D.C., back to Atlanta. Unlike the 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay , which had been conveyed part of the way by motor vehicles and trains.This was a relay carried out exclusively by human power,as the ...
The 2024 Summer Olympic torch relay ran from 16 April 2024 until 26 July 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After it was lit in Olympia, Greece , the torch then travelled through Greece, arriving at Athens on 26 April.
Here's what to know on the history of the Olympic orch, the Olympic flame and more heading into 2024 Paris Olympics:
The 2024 Olympic torch (in its 1,500 copies!) has had a busy past few months. It traversed a 5,000-kilometer route through Greece, was handed over in April to the Paris Games organizers ...
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium was imploded on August 2, 1997, and is now a parking lot adjacent to the former Olympic Stadium. [ 117 ] Following the 1996 Summer Paralympics , Olympic Stadium was retrofitted between September 1996 and April 1997, with the synthetic 400 m athletic track and 35,000 seats removed.