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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]
1996 $1: Centennial Olympics dollar (Tennis) Women playing tennis The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games mark with a torch and flame Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 1,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 15,983 D Proof: 92,016 P 1996 $1: Centennial Olympics dollar (Rowing) Men rowing The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games mark with a torch and flame
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
Two Olympic torch runners, the Olympic rings, the legend “Olympiad XXIII”, the words “Los Angeles” and “In God We Trust”, and the year 1984 James Peed and John Mercanti Milled 1984 Proof and Uncirculated 381,085 34,533 33,309 48,551 Part of 3 coin set, Proof: $352.00, Uncirculated: $395.00
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) [3] [4] [5] were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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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 ]
UP 1896 and 1996: two SD-40-2 locomotives that were rebuilt and repainted for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta (which marked 100 years since the first modern games, the 1896 Summer Olympics). From April 30 to June 3, 1996, a 19-car Olympic Torch Relay train that featured a specially designed "cauldron car" transported the Olympic flame ...