Berlin 1936

Olympic Games Berlin 1936 Official Torch

Nirosta stainless steel torch with Olympic torch relay route engraved on handle, with Olympic rings and German eagle above. "Fackel Staffel Lauf Olympia Berlin 1936" [in English: 'Torch relay race Olympia Berlin 1936'] engraved on the handle. Top platform bears the inscription, "Organisations-Komitee fur die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 Als Dank dem Träger" [Organizing Committee for the XI Berlin Olympics 1936 As thanks to the carrier]. 10.6 inches high.

Designer: Walter E. Lemcke and Peter Wolf
Manufacturer: Friedrich Krupp AG

Flame: Magnesium flare and flammable paste. Combustion duration approximately 10 minutes.

On July 20, 1936, in Olympia, Greece, with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, in attendance, the first official Olympic torch relay began with the flame lit by a parabolic mirror.

Start date: July 20, 1936, Olympia, Greece
End date: August 1, 1936, Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
First torchbearer: Konstantinos Kondylis
Last torchbearer: Fritz Schilgen
Number of torchbearers: 3,075
Relay length: 1910.7 miles