Lake Placid 1980

Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 Official Torch

Bronzed, poly-aluminum torch with leather-wrapped wood shaft; blends modern technology with Ancient Greece. Upper part shaped like a bowl with a silver ring that connects bowl with the shaft. The Lake Placid 1980 Olympic emblem and inscription in blue text on silver ring with "XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980." Copper ring with "Cleanweld/Turner Sycamore, Illinois" at base of shaft. 28 inches high.

Designer: Don Mcfarland, Mcfarland Design
Manufacturer: Cleanweld & Turner Industries

Fuel: Liquid propane. Combustion duration 40 minutes.

The Lake Placid torch relay route was designed to retrace the American Revolution Bicentennial trail. It started not far from where the first English settlers landed in the New World then wound through historical sites such as Washington D.C., New York and Philadelphia.

Relay Start: January 30, 1980, Olympia, Greece
Relay End: February 13, 1980, Opening Cermony Stadium, Lake Placid, New York
First torchbearer: Giorgos Gikas
Last torchbearer: Dr. Charles Morgan Kerr
Number of torchbearers: 52 in the United States
Relay Length: 7,968.5 miles