An innovation in 1936 was the Olympic torch,
lit by the rays of the sun at Olympia in
Greece and carried by 3,000 relay runners to the main stadium
in the German capital.
It is a tradition that has continued at every subsequent Olympic
Games.
Source: http://www.mediacity.com/~csuppes/Olympics/misc/index.htm?../1936Berlin/index.htm
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