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Flame of the 1952 Summer Olympics visiting Jyväskylä, Finland

The Olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since.

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• Related: Olympic symbols, Olympic Oath, Queen's Baton Relay, Panamerican Torch

Official site of the Olympic Movement Official site of the Olympic Movement www.olympic.org/uk/games/index_uk.asp - Web

IOC brochure on the history of Olympic flame (1 MB... IOC brochure on the history of Olympic flame (1 MB PDF) multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_655.pdf - Web

TorchRelay.net TorchRelay.net www.torchrelay.net - Web

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Athens Info Guide Athens Info Guide www.athensinfoguide.com/olympictorchessummer.htm - Web

Sondre Norheim - on the three occasions when the O... Sondre Norheim - on the three occasions when the Olympic flame was lit in Morgedal www.sondrenorheim.com/olympics/ - Web

BBC article on the history of the torch BBC article on the history of the torch news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7330949.stm - Web

The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 - online exhibition The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 - online exhibition www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/ - Web

Live feed of current torch relay Live feed of current torch relay www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay - Web

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