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{{Infobox Olympic torch relay | 2094 | Summer | | logo = Example.svg | caption = Example image | host city = Footown | countries visited = Fooia, Fooland, Republic of Foo | distance = 100,000 km | torch bearers = 9,001 | theme = United by Foo | start date = 10 May 2094 | end date = 15 September 2094 | torch designer = Foo McFoo | number of ...
The design of the Olympic and torch reflected three famed areas of Australian culture: the boomerang, the Sydney Opera House, and the waters of the Indian and the Pacific Oceans. The concept also reflected the elements of earth, fire, and water. Robert Jurgens G.A. & L Harrington Pty Ltd. 72 1,000 13,000 (est.) [16] 2004: Athens, Greece
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Christian Petersen - Getty Images. Though the Olympic torch is inspired by the Games' ancient Greece prototype, it was first used in modern form at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. From that time ...
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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.