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  • Who is Yoshinori Sakai, the last torchbearer of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games flame?

  • What was new about the Olympic Torch Relay organised for the Innsbruck 1964 Games?

  • Why do we call the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games Torch Relay the NEW WORLD RELAY?

  • Who is Alain Calmat, the last torchbearer of the flame that lit the cauldron of the Grenoble 1968 Olympic Games?

  • Why were there five torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich?

  • Why was it highly symbolic that the Olympic flame went through the island of Okinawa for the relay of the Sapporo 1972 Games?

  • At which Summer Olympic Games was the cauldron lit for the first time by two people at the same time?

  • Why were two cauldrons lit at the end of the Relay of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympic Games?

  • For which edition of the Summer Olympic Games, which was boycotted by 67 countries, was this torch designed?

  • Why did the Olympic Torch Relay preceding the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid (USA) have only 52 torchbearers for a distance of 1,600 km in the USA?

  • Which legendary stadium in Los Angeles is represented on the upper part of the torch produced for the 1984 Olympic Games?

  • For which edition of the Olympic Winter Games was this torch designed?

  • How old was Sohn Kee-chung when he entered the Seoul Olympic Stadium carrying the Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony of the 1988 Summer Games?

  • Which building in Calgary was the inspiration for the design of the torch for the 1988 Olympic Games?

  • What original method was used to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games?

  • Which world-renowned French designer created the torch for the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville?

  • What original method was used to bring the torch into the Olympic arena in Lillehammer at the Opening Ceremony of the 1994 Olympic Winter Games?

  • Which sporting legend was tasked with lighting the cauldron at the end of the Torch Relay of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games?

  • What does the hexagonal (six-sided) shape of the torch for the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano represent?

  • What do the three parts of the torch, designed for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games represent?

  • What technical innovation was proposed for the torch of the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Games?

  • For which Summer Olympic Games was this torch, which was designed to resemble an olive leaf, created?

  • What major invention of Chinese civilisation is recalled in the shape of the torch for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games?

  • Why was the design of the Vancouver Olympic Games torch based on curves and fluid lines?

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