Olympic flame (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Olympic flame" in English language version.

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abc.net.au

"Olympic torch technology". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2000. Australian runner, Ron Clarke carried a spectacular, fizzling flame into the Melbourne Olympic Stadium in 1956 only to miss out on the ceremony having his magnesium burns dressed.

bbc.co.uk

"Torch Timeline". BBC News online. 18 May 2011.

news.bbc.co.uk

Mathews, John (15 September 2000). "Ceremonial hall of shame". BBC Sport.

newsimg.bbc.co.uk

2004 picture, BBC News

britannica.com

"Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - History of the Olympic Games". Encyclopedia Britannica.

cbc.ca

"Formerly homeless boy who lit Olympic cauldron now has 'beautiful life'". CBC News. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

cnn.com

sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Winn, L.: Olympic Design: Torches & Cauldrons Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Illustrated, 17 February 2010.

dezeen.com

"Diminutive Rio 2016 cauldron complemented by massive kinetic sculpture". Dezeen. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

findarticles.com

Turpin, Adrian (8 August 2004). "Olympics Special: The Lost Olympians (Page 1)". Find Articles, originally The Independent on Sunday. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

france24.com

"Paris 2024 Olympic flame lit in Greece at ancient birthplace of the Games". France 24. 16 April 2024.
"China condemns Olympic torch disruptions" Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, France 24, 8 April 2008

ghostarchive.org

Withnall, Adam (7 October 2013). "Got a light? Olympic flame goes out in 'wind tunnel' at Kremlin - and is reborn on the sly via a security officer's cigarette lighter". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
La flecha olimpica no entró!. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2019 – via YouTube.
"Sun sculpture and cauldron light up Olympic ceremony...". The Telegraph. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.

history.com

Klein, Christopher (12 June 2024). "The Olympic Torch Relay's Surprising Nazi Origins". History.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
Klein, Christopher (12 June 2024). "The Olympic Torch Relay's Surprising Nazi Origins". History.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

howstuffworks.com

entertainment.howstuffworks.com

"The Olympic torch". Entertainment. How Stuff Works. 7 August 2004.

independent.co.uk

Withnall, Adam (7 October 2013). "Got a light? Olympic flame goes out in 'wind tunnel' at Kremlin - and is reborn on the sly via a security officer's cigarette lighter". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.

insidethegames.biz

"Uyghur athlete lights Olympic Cauldron as Beijing 2022 officially opens". Inside the Games. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

ioa.org.gr

"Education". www.ioa.org.gr. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

isoh.org

Lennartz, Karl; Buschmann, Jürgen. "Carl Diem – Still Controversial 50 Years On" (PDF). International Society of Olympic Historians. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

la84.org

digital.la84.org

"Ninth Olympiad, Being the Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1928 Celebrated at Amsterdam. Netherlands Olympic Committee". LA84 Foundation Digital Library.

la84foundation.org

Official Report of the 1992 Summer Olympics, Vol. 4 Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, p. 70 (confirming arrow lit the gas above the cauldron) and p. 69 (time-lapse photo of lighting; the arrow passed through the upper reaches of the flame).

lavanguardia.com

"ETA puso una bomba en el Palau Sant Jordi en los Juegos de 1992". La Vanguardia. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

lexpress.fr

(in French) "Flamme olympique: ce qui s'est vraiment passé à Paris" Archived 12 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, L'Express, 8 April 2008

london2012.com

"Olympic Torch Relay history". London 2012 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

msnbc.com

nbcsports.msnbc.com

"Paris protests force cancellation of torch relay". msnbc.com. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.

newspapers.com

"Lectures by Olympic Historians Begin Aug. 30". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. 19 August 2001. p. D6.
Romine-Peterson, Jessica (31 October 2001). "Arts in the spotlight". Park Record. Park City, Utah. p. 36.
Hemphill, Lex (22 January 2002). "Olympic Torch Relay, Commercial to Begin With, Has Become More So, Historian Says". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. C4.

npr.org

Chappell, Bill (4 February 2022). "The Beijing Winter Olympics' cauldron lighting made a political statement". NPR. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

nytimes.com

Keh, Andrew. "The Olympic Flame Isn't a Flame at All". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
"Hitler's Berlin Games Helped Make Some Emblems Popular". Sports > Olympics. The New York Times. 14 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
Zinser, Lynn (27 March 2009). "I.O.C. Bars International Torch Relays". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Keh, Andrew. "The Olympic Flame Isn't a Flame at All". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

olympic.org

"Report" (PDF). Official website of the Olympic Movement. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
"Amsterdam 1928". Olympic.org. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
"Montréal". The Olympic Museum Lausanne. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002.
The Olympic Torch Relay: Olympic Torch Relay Highlights [1]
The 2012 London Games Torch Relay: an inspiring journey

multimedia.olympic.org

"Report" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2006.

stillmedab.olympic.org

"Torches and Torch Relays of the Olympic Winter Games from Oslo 1952 to PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

olympics.com

"Olympic Games Berlin 1936, The Torch". Olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

panathenaicstadium.gr

Ranger, A. "The Panathenaic". /www.panathenaicstadium.gr. Panathenaic Stadium 2011. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

paris2024.org

press.paris2024.org

"The Cauldron of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 takes to the skies to shine over the capital". 26 July 2024.

plus55.com

"PROTESTERS PUT OUT THE OLYMPIC TORCH IN RIO". Retrieved 29 July 2016.

sagepub.com

ssi.sagepub.com

(secondary) Jean-Pierre Vernant - Hestia - Hermes : The religious expression of space and movement among the Greeks Archived 14 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2012

singtao.com

施幸余乘龍舟傳送火炬 (in Chinese). Singtao. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.^{[dead link‍]}

sortiraparis.com

de Sortiraparis, Rhizlaine. "Paris 2024 Olympics: where has the REAL Olympic flame gone?". Sortiraparis. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
de Sortiraparis, Rhizlaine. "Paris 2024 Olympics: where has the REAL Olympic flame gone?". Sortiraparis. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

telegraph.co.uk

"Sun sculpture and cauldron light up Olympic ceremony...". The Telegraph. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.

thebirdman.org

"Olympic Underwear Relay". The Birdman. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

theguardian.com

Lews, Paul; Kelso, Paul (7 April 2008). "Thousands protest as Olympic flame carried through London". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
"San Francisco authorities forced to shorten torch relay route". The Guardian. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021.
Taylor, Matthew (30 July 2012). "Olympic cauldron relit after move to southern end of stadium". The Guardian. London.

thisislondon.co.uk

"Paris protests force Olympic flame to be extinguished". thisislondon.co.uk. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2008.

visitworldheritage.com

"Coubertin Grove". World Heritage Journeys of Europe. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

web.archive.org

(secondary) Jean-Pierre Vernant - Hestia - Hermes : The religious expression of space and movement among the Greeks Archived 14 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 May 2012
"Olympic Torch Relay history". London 2012 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
Ranger, A. "The Panathenaic". /www.panathenaicstadium.gr. Panathenaic Stadium 2011. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
"Hitler's Berlin Games Helped Make Some Emblems Popular". Sports > Olympics. The New York Times. 14 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
"Olympic Underwear Relay". The Birdman. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Turpin, Adrian (8 August 2004). "Olympics Special: The Lost Olympians (Page 1)". Find Articles, originally The Independent on Sunday. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
Winn, L.: Olympic Design: Torches & Cauldrons Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Illustrated, 17 February 2010.
"Montréal". The Olympic Museum Lausanne. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002.
"Report" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2006.
(in French) "Flamme olympique: ce qui s'est vraiment passé à Paris" Archived 12 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, L'Express, 8 April 2008
"Paris protests force Olympic flame to be extinguished". thisislondon.co.uk. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
"China condemns Olympic torch disruptions" Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, France 24, 8 April 2008
"Paris protests force cancellation of torch relay". msnbc.com. 7 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
"San Francisco authorities forced to shorten torch relay route". The Guardian. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021.
"Torches and Torch Relays of the Olympic Winter Games from Oslo 1952 to PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
Official Report of the 1992 Summer Olympics, Vol. 4 Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, p. 70 (confirming arrow lit the gas above the cauldron) and p. 69 (time-lapse photo of lighting; the arrow passed through the upper reaches of the flame).

youtube.com

La flecha olimpica no entró!. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2019 – via YouTube.
Lighting of the cauldron, another unofficial recording on YouTube.
1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremonies — Lighting of the Cauldron on YouTube
Olympic Opening Ceremony Torino 2006 - Light of Passion on YouTube
Olympic (8 August 2019). "Full Opening Ceremony from Beijing 2008 - Throwback Thursday" – via YouTube.