who came up with the lighting of the olympic torch?

Answer 1

The relay was invented by Carl Diem, a German who had been planning the 1916 Olympic Games at Berlin when they were canceled because of World War I.

Twenty years later, Diem returned, organizing the 1936 Summer Olympics under Hitler. Seeking to glamorize the games with an ancient aura, Diem staged the first lighting of the Olympic flame.

Answer 2

This Olympic Torch & Flame tradition started with the BERLIN Olympics Games in 1936 & is being carried on till today. The then Official Olympic Committee is responsible for Starting this Tradition

The Torch is considered to be a SYMBOL of the harmony & Goodwill representing the Ideals of the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Flame represents the Spiritual significance of the Olympic Movement.

The torch is usually carried hand-to-hand by RELAYS of Runners from the INITIAL SITE at OLYMPIA, GREECE to the main stadium of the Current Olympic Events.

The Torch Ceremony had 4 specific TRAITS:
1.Historical Meaning
2.An Educational Message
3.Artistic Appeal
&
4. Religious Essence.

Source:

http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OlympicCurriculum/socialstudies2.pdf#search=%22Significance%20of%20The%20Olympic%20Torch%22

Answer 3

The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. The modern torch relay was introduced by Carl Diem, president of the Organisation Committee for the Berlin Games of 1936, as part of an effort to turn the games into a glorification of the Third Reich.[1] Despite its origin, the torch ceremony is still practised as of 2006.

Answer 4

The Ancient Greeks

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Probably Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, Dr Joseph Goebbels. He was famous for spectacular effects to astonish the crowd...especially with fire and light.

Answer 7

the greeks did. another bit of triva is that in the early times of greece, during times of war to deliver messages to the city of marathon, they used runners that would run so hard they would die of exhaustion, hence the marathon runner!!!!

Answer 8

the ancient greeks

Answer 9

the gas company !