List of Olympic torch relays

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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 first performed at the 1936 Berlin Games,^[2] and has taken place prior to every Games since.

Summer Olympic Games

Site of the Olympic Games	Days	Total length (in km)	Total number of torchbearers	Route
Berlin 1936	8	3,422	3,422	Main article: 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia – Athens – Thessaloniki (Greece) – Sofia (Bulgaria) – Belgrade (Yugoslavia) – Budapest (Hungary) – Vienna (Austria) – Prague (Czechoslovakia) – Dresden – Berlin (Germany) Two secondary relays carried the flame from Olympic Stadium in Berlin to the off-site aquatic venues: Grunau (for the rowing course), and Kiel (yachting). The cauldron in Kiel sat in an old Hanseatic galley in the bay. Kiel would also be the yachting site of the 1972 Munich Olympics.[3]
/ Cancelled 1940 Games				Main article: 1940 Summer Olympics torch relay
Cancelled 1944 Games
London 1948	13	7,870	3,372	Main article: 1948 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia – Corfu (Greece) (by ship) Bari – Milan (Italy) – Lausanne – Geneva (Switzerland) – Besançon – Metz (France) – Luxembourg (Luxembourg) – Brussels (Belgium) – Lille – Calais (France) (by ship)– Dover – London (Great Britain) A second relay carried the flame from Wembley, where the Games were based, to the sailing centre at Torbay, via Slough, Basingstoke, Salisbury, and Exeter.
Helsinki 1952	5	3,365	1,416	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Aalborg - Odense - Copenhagen (Denmark) (by ship) Malmö - Gothenburg - Stockholm (Sweden) Tornio - Oulu - Helsinki (Finland). A second flame was lit in Pallastunturi (Finland) and joined the main one in Tornio
Melbourne 1956	21	20,470	3,118	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Darwin - Brisbane - Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne (Australia)
Stockholm 1956 (equestrian Games)	9	1,000	490	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Copenhagen (Denmark) (by ship) Malmö - Stockholm (Sweden)
Rome 1960	14	2,750	1,529	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by ship) Syracuse - Catania - Messina - Reggio Calabria - Naples - Rome (Italy)
Tokyo 1964	51	20,065	870	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Istanbul (Turkey) - Beirut (Lebanon) - Tehran (Iran) - Lahore (Pakistan) - New Delhi (India) - Rangoon (Burma) - Bangkok (Thailand) - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - Manila (Philippines) - Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - Taipei (Republic of China) - Okinawa - Tokyo (Japan, following four different routes)
Mexico City 1968	51	13,620	2,778	Main article: 1968 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by ship) Genoa (Italy) (by ship) Barcelona - Madrid - Seville - Palos (by ship) Las Palmas (Spain) - San Salvador Island (Bahamas) - Veracruz - Mexico City (Mexico)
Munich 1972	30	5,532	6,000	Olympia - Athens - Thessaloniki (Greece) - Istanbul (Turkey) - Varna (Bulgaria) - Bucharest - Timişoara (Romania) - Belgrade (Yugoslavia) - Budapest (Hungary) - Vienna - Linz - Salzburg - Innsbruck (Austria) - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Munich (West Germany)
Montreal 1976	5	775	1,214	Main article: 1976 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - Athens (Greece) (satellite transmission of an electronic pulse) Ottawa - Montreal (Canada)
Moscow 1980	31	4,915	5,000	Olympia - Athens - Thessaloniki (Greece) - Sofia (Bulgaria) - Bucharest (Romania) - Kishinev - Kiev - Tula - Moscow (USSR)
Los Angeles 1984	83	15,000	3,636	Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) New York – Boston – Philadelphia – Washington – Detroit – Chicago – Indianapolis – Atlanta – St. Louis – Dallas – Denver – Salt Lake City – Seattle – San Francisco – San Diego - Los Angeles (USA)
Seoul 1988	26	15,250	1,467	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Jeju - Busan - Seoul (South Korea)
Barcelona 1992	51	6,307	10,448	Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by ship) Empúries - Bilbao - A Coruña - Madrid - Seville (by airplane) Las Palmas - Málaga - Valencia (by ship) Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona (Spain)
Atlanta 1996	112	29,016	13,267	Main article: 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Los Angeles – Las Vegas – San Francisco – Seattle – Salt Lake City – Denver – Dallas – St. Louis – Minneapolis – Chicago – Detroit - Boston – New York – Philadelphia – Washington, D.C. – Miami – Birmingham - Atlanta (USA)
Sydney 2000	127	27,000	13,300	Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Guam - Palau - Federated States of Micronesia - Nauru - Solomon Islands -Papua New Guinea - Vanuatu - Samoa - American Samoa - Cook Islands - Tonga - Queenstown - Christchurch - Wellington - Rotorua - Auckland (New Zealand) - Uluru - Brisbane - Darwin - Perth - Adelaide - Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney (Australia)
Athens 2004	142	86,000	11,360	Main article: 2004 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - tour of all Greece - Marathonas - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Sydney - Melbourne (Australia) - Tokyo (Japan) - Seoul (South Korea) - Beijing (People's Republic of China) - Delhi (India) - Cairo (Egypt) - Cape Town (South Africa) - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - Mexico City (Mexico) - Los Angeles - St. Louis - Atlanta - New York (USA) - Montreal (Canada) - Antwerp - Brussels (Belgium) - Amsterdam (Netherlands) - Lausanne - Geneva (Switzerland) - Paris (France) - London (Great Britain) - Madrid - Barcelona (Spain) - Rome (Italy) - Munich - Berlin (Germany) - Stockholm (Sweden) - Helsinki (Finland) - Moscow (Russia) - Kiev (Ukraine) - Istanbul (Turkey) - Sofia (Bulgaria) - Nicosia (Cyprus) - Iraklion - Thessaloniki - Patras - Athens (Greece)
Beijing 2008	130	137,000	21,880	Main article: 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay Olympia - Marathonas - Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Beijing (People's Republic of China) (by airplane) Almaty (Kazakhstan) (by airplane) Istanbul (Turkey) (by airplane) St. Petersburg (Russia) (by airplane) London (Great Britain) – Paris (by airplane) San Francisco (USA) (by airplane) Buenos Aires (Argentina) (by airplane) Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) – Muscat (Oman) – Islamabad (Pakistan) – Mumbai (India) – Bangkok (Thailand) – Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) – Jakarta (Indonesia) – Canberra (Australia) – Nagano (Japan) – Seoul (South Korea) – Pyongyang (North Korea) – Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) – Macau (Macau, China) – Sanya - Wuzhishan - Wanning - Haikou - Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Huizhou - Shantou - Fuzhou - Quanzhou - Xiamen - Longyan - Ruijin - Jinggangshan - Nanchang - Wenzhou - Ningbo - Hangzhou - Shaoxing - Jiaxing - Shanghai - Suzhou - Nantong - Taizhou - Yangzhou - Nanjing - Hefei - Huainan - Wuhu - Jixi - Huangshan - Wuhan - Yichang - Jingzhou - Yueyang - Changsha - Shaoshan - Guilin - Nanning - Baise - Kunming - Lijiang - Shangri-La County - Guiyang - Kaili - Zunyi - Chongqing - Guang'an - Mianyang - Guanghan - Lhasa - Golmud - Qinghai Hu - Xining - Ürümqi - Kashi - Shihezi - Changji - Dunhuang - Jiayuguan - Jiuquan - Tianshui - Lanzhou - Zhongwei - Wuzhong - Yinchuan - Yan'an - Yangling - Xianyang - Xi'an - Yuncheng - Pingyao - Taiyuan - Datong - Hohhot - Ordos - Baotou - Chifeng - Qiqihar - Daqing - Harbin - Songyuan - Changchun - Jilin - Yanji - Shenyang - Benxi - Liaoyang - Anshan - Dalian - Yantai - Weihai - Qingdao - Rizhao - Linyi - Qufu - Tai'an - Jinan - Shangqiu - Kaifeng - Zhengzhou - Luoyang - Anyang - Shijiazhuang - Qinhuangdao - Tangshan – Tianjin – Leshan - Zigong - Yibin - Chengdu - Shannan Prefecture - Beijing (People's Republic of China) Sichuan route postponed to the end due to earthquake. [4]
London 2012	70	12,800	8,000	Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay Greece: Olympia - Heraklion - Ioannina - Thessaloniki - Athens United Kingdom: Land's End - Plymouth - Torquay - Exeter - Barnstaple - Taunton - Glastonbury - Bath - Bristol - Gloucester - Worcester - Cardiff - Swansea - Aberystwyth - Bangor - Chester - Much Wenlock - Stoke-on-Trent - Liverpool Isle of Man: Douglas United Kingdom: Belfast - Derry - Newry Republic of Ireland: Dublin United Kingdom: Belfast - Stranraer - Glasgow - Inverness - Kirkwall - Lerwick - Stornoway - Inverness - Aberdeen - Dundee - St Andrews - Stirling - Edinburgh - Newcastle upon Tyne - Kingston upon Hull - York - Carlisle - Dumfries - Blackpool - Manchester - Leeds - Sheffield - Nottingham - Derby - Birmingham - Stratford-upon-Avon - Rugby - Coventry - Norwich - Ipswich - Cambridge - Stoke Mandeville - Oxford - Windsor - Ascot - Reading - Winchester - Salisbury - Shaftesbury - Bournemouth - Southampton Guernsey: Saint Peter Port Jersey: Saint Helier United Kingdom: Portsmouth - Chichester - Brighton - Hastings - Dover - Canterbury - London.
Rio de Janeiro 2016	100	20.000	10.000	Main article: 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay Future Greece: Olympia - Some Greek cities - Athens Brazil: 300 Brazilian cities (including all the 26 states capitals and the Brazilian Federal District, the first part to be held in Brasília, and the last part to be held in Rio de Janeiro city).
Tokyo 2020	-	-	-	Future

Winter Olympic Games

Site of the Olympic Games	Days	Total length (in km)	Total number of torchbearers	Route
Oslo 1952	2	225	94	Main article: 1952 Winter Olympics torch relay Morgedal – Oslo (Norway)
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956	5			Rome (by train) Venice – Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy)
Squaw Valley 1960	19	960	700	Morgedal – Oslo (Norway) (by airplane) Los Angeles – Fresno – Squaw Valley (USA)
Innsbruck 1964	8			Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Vienna – Innsbruck (Austria)
Grenoble 1968	50	7,222	5,000	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Paris – Strasbourg – Lyon – Bordeaux – Toulouse – Marseille – Nice – Chamonix – Grenoble (France)
Sapporo 1972	38	18,741	16,300	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Okinawa (by airplane) Tokyo – Sapporo (Japan)
Innsbruck 1976	6	1,618		Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Vienna (route nr. 1) Linz – Salzburg – Innsbruck (route nr. 2) Graz – Klagenfurt – Innsbruck (Austria)
Lake Placid 1980	15	12,824	52	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Shannon (Ireland) Langley Air Force Base, Hampton – Washington – Baltimore – Philadelphia – New York – Albany – Lake Placid (USA)
Sarajevo 1984	11	5,289	1,600	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Dubrovnik (route nr. 1) Split – Ljubljana – Zagreb - Sarajevo (route nr. 2) Skopje – Novi Sad – Belgrade – Sarajevo (Yugoslavia)
Calgary 1988	95	18,000	6,250	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) St. John’s, Newfoundland – Québec City – Montreal – Ottawa – Toronto – Winnipeg – Inuvik – Vancouver – Edmonton – Calgary (Canada)
Albertville 1992	58	5,500	5,500	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (on Concorde) Paris – Nantes – Le Havre – Lille – Strasbourg – Limoges – Bordeaux – Toulouse – Ajaccio – Nice – Marseille – Lyon – Grenoble – Albertville (France)
Lillehammer 1994	82[nb 1]	12,000[nb 1]	7,000[nb 1]	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (mainly by airplane: Frankfurt – Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Hamburg (Germany) – Copenhagen (Denmark) – Stockholm (Sweden) ) – Oslo – Lillehammer (Norway) (National torch relay: Morgedal – Kristiansand – Stavanger – Bergen – Gullfaks – Bergen – Trondheim – Tromsø – Svalbard – Tromsø – Bodø – Oslo – Lillehammer (Norway) )[nb 1][5][6][7]
Nagano 1998	51	3,486	6,901	Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Tokyo (route nr. 1) Hokkaidō – Chiba – Tokyo – Nagano (route nr. 2) Okinawa – Hiroshima – Kyoto – Nagano (route nr. 3) Kagoshima – Osaka – Shizuoka – Nagano (Japan)
Salt Lake City 2002	85	21,275	12,012	Main article: 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Atlanta – Charleston, South Carolina - Jacksonville, Florida - St. Augustine, Florida – Orlando, Florida - Miami – Mobile, Alabama – Biloxi, Mississippi – New Orleans - Houston – San Antonio – Austin, Texas - Dallas – Little Rock, Arkansas - Memphis - Nashville, Tennessee – Louisville, Kentucky – Cincinnati– Pittsburgh – Cumberland, Maryland – Washington, D.C. – Baltimore – Philadelphia – New York - Hartford, Connecticut – Providence, Rhode Island - Boston – Burlington, Vermont - Lake Placid – Syracuse - Cleveland - Columbus, Ohio – Chicago – Milwaukee - Detroit – Fort Wayne, Indiana – Indianapolis – Lexington – St. Louis - Kansas City – Omaha – Wichita - Oklahoma City – Amarillo - Albuquerque - Phoenix – Los Angeles – San Francisco – Squaw Valley – Reno – Portland – Seattle – Juneau – Boise – Bozeman – Cheyenne – Denver – Salt Lake City (USA)[8]
Turin 2006	75	11,300	10,000	Main article: 2006 Winter Olympics torch relay Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Rome – Florence – Genoa – Cagliari - Valletta (Malta) – Palermo – Naples – Bari – Ancona – San Marino (San Marino) – Bologna – Venice – Trieste - Ljubljana (Slovenia) - Klagenfurt (Austria) - Trento – Cortina d'Ampezzo – Milan - Lugano (Switzerland) - Bardonecchia – Albertville (France) - Turin
Vancouver 2010	106	45,000+	12,000+	Main articles: 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay and 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay route Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Victoria, British Columbia – Yukon – Northwest Territories – Alberta – Saskatchewan – Manitoba – Nunavut – Quebec – Newfoundland and Labrador – Nova Scotia – Prince Edward Island – New Brunswick – Quebec – Ontario – Manitoba – Saskatchewan – Alberta (Canada) – Washington (USA) – Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) [9]
Sochi 2014	123	65,000		Main article: 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay Olympia – Athens (Greece) (by airplane) Moscow - Saint Petersburg – Kaliningrad – Murmansk – Arkhangelsk – Yakutsk – Vladivostok – Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Kazan – Nizhny Novgorod – Volgograd – Rostov-on-Don – Astrakhan – Grozny – Sochi (Russia)
Pyeongchang 2018	-	-	-	Future
Beijing 2022	-	-	-	Future

1. 1 2 3 4 For the 1994 Lillehammer Games, the flame for the national torch relay was lit at Sondre Norheim's birthplace in Morgedal, where the official 1952 & 1960 flames were lit in the same manner. The original plan to merge it with the official Olympia flame at Oslo was abandoned due to Greek opposition; only the official flame was used in the opening ceremony. All statistics are for the national torch relay only. The Morgedal flame was maintained and later used at the 1994 Winter Paralympics.

Youth Summer Olympic Games

Site of the Olympic Games	Days	Total length (in km)	Total number of torchbearers	Route
Singapore 2010	22	26,700+	2,400+	Main article: 2010 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay Olympia (Greece) – Berlin (Germany) - Dakar (Senegal) - Mexico City (Mexico) - Auckland (New Zealand) - Seoul (South Korea) - Singapore
Nanjing 2014	108		104	Athens (Greece) - 258 different online locations from the 204 participating NOCs - Nanjing (People's Republic of China)
Buenos Aires 2018	-	-	-	Future

Youth Winter Olympic Games

Site of the Olympic Games	Days	Total length (in km)	Total number of torchbearers	Route
Innsbruck 2012	18	3,573	2,012	Athens (Greece) - Innsbruck - Bregenz - St. Anton am Arlberg - Lienz - Klagenfurt - Semmering - Wien - Graz - Eisenstadt - St. Pölten - Linz - Salzburg - Schladming - Seefeld in Tirol - Kühtai - Kufstein - Innsbruck (Austria)
Lillehammer 2016	-	-	-	Future
Lausanne 2020	-	-	-	Future

See also

• List of people who have lit the Olympic Cauldron

References

External links

• Factsheet - The Olympic Torch Relay, Olympic.org, International Olympic Committee
• Golden glow for London 2012 torch, BBC News

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