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When was the Olympic flame lit?
Counting the past dynasties: At the first ancient Olympic Games known in 778 BC, there was a ceremony to light the flame. The modern Olympic Games was born in 1872. But there was no ceremony to light the flame. There was no lighting ceremony. April 1896 (1) Athens. The modern Olympic Games was born. There was a lighting ceremony for the first time. According to the regulations of the International Olympic Committee, the torch must be lit at the main venue for each Olympic Games. There is an ignition ceremony1900 (2)-1932 (10), but there is no fixed ignition ceremony in previous Olympic Games. 1928, the Olympic flame appeared for the first time in Amsterdam Olympic Games. This idea was put forward by Coubertin of France. The Olympic flame 1936( 1 1) appeared for the first time in Berlin Olympic Games. The torch relay was officially adopted for the first time. But at that time, the torch fuel was backward, the torch platform was only about two meters, and the ignition ceremony was very simple. That year, the Olympic flame began to pass. The torch platform is only more than two meters high, 1940- 1944, which was stopped due to World War II. 1948 (14) London hosted the first Olympic Games after World War II. The flame lit the Helsinki Olympic Games in Finland 1952 (15) at Wembley Stadium. As 3000 pigeons symbolizing peace fly into the sky, the flame is also lit at the torch station. 1956 (16) Melbourne Olympic Games. The torch relay has the longest route and the largest scale. On both sides of the 5000-kilometer road, every participant shared the joy brought by the Olympic spirit. The torch relay route is Blog, more than 5000 meters, 1960 (17) Rome Olympic Games. The flame was transported by ship and arrived in Apennine Peninsula via the Mediterranean Sea. At this time, the improvement of fuel has made the flame explosive. 1976 (2 1) Montreal Olympic Games. Clever by two people * * * lit. Two people lit the 1980 (22) Moscow Olympic Games. The torch platform became tall and advanced, and the ignition ceremony also showed a special way at that time. 1984 (23) Los Angeles Olympic Games. At this time, the flame lighting ceremony seems to be more novel and unique. American athlete Johnson lit the torch with the five-ring symbol, and the flame blazed over the stadium. 1988 (24) Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Three people came to the 50-meter-high flame platform, and * * * lit the flame. This is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that three people have lit a fire. Three-person Ignition 1992 (25) basara Olympic Games. Ribeiro, a 37-year-old disabled athlete, undertook the ignition task. Ribeiro, dressed in the traditional costume of ancient Greece, accurately shot the arrow at the torch platform with a height of 2 1 m. 1996 (26th) Centennial Birthday of Atlanta Olympic Games. The ignition ceremony was lit by boxing champion Ali, and the centennial flame was lit at this moment. Boxing champion Ali lit the 27th Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Freeman, an Australian aborigine, lit the flame and made a fire in the water. A new ignition platform is designed. She stood in the middle of the water and lit a flame. The blazing flame rose slowly from the water. At the closing ceremony, the organizing committee adopted the suggestion of a little girl from China: In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, athletes from the United States and the former Soviet Union, the former East Germany and the former West Germany will be lined up together. Greek windsurfer Nicholas Karamanakis lit the flame. Put the torch on the rotatable mechanical hanging barrel for crushing. Only a few meters high. 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (29th). . . . . . . The method of igniting the flame is to be determined. . . . . .