When was the first torch relay organised? What are the strangest routes the Olympic flame has taken? This document provides this kind of information, as well as the key facts and figures concerning the torch relay.

When was the first torch relay organised? What are the strangest routes the Olympic flame has taken? This document provides this kind of information, as well as the key facts and figures concerning the torch relay.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) has unanimously decided that Olympic shooting champion Anna Korakaki will be the first torchbearer at the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, on 12 March 2020 in Ancient Olympia.

What is the difference between the flame, the torch and the relay? Is the flame for the Winter Games the same as that for the Summer Games? What do you know about the journey of the Olympic flame and the design of the various torches used for the Games? This document offers a simple and didactic explanation.

What is the difference between the flame, the torch and the relay? Is the flame for the Winter Games the same as that for the Summer Games? What do you know about the journey of the Olympic flame and the design of the various torches used for the Games? This document offers a simple and didactic explanation.

Nanjing 2014 - Torch bearers Chang Shilei(L) and Wang Pingjiu celebrate after lighting the cauldron during the torch relay of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of east China.