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Evolution of the Winter Olympic Torch

People from all walks of life carry the Olympic Torch for 200m, to convey a message that embodies the exalted ideals of the Olympic movement

1952 Oslo Norway
1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo Italy
1960 Squaw Valley U.S.
1964 Innsbruck Austria
1968 Grenoble France
1972 Sapporo Japan
1976 Innsbruck Austria
1980 Lake Placid U.S.
1984 Sarajevo Yugoslavia*
1988 Calgary Canada
1992 Albertville France
1994 Lillehammer Norway
1998 Nagano Japan
2002 Salt Lake City U.S.
2006 Turin Italy
2010 Vancouver Canada
2014 Sochi Russia
2018 PyeongChang South Korea
Torch represents Earth’s five continents through repeated use of star motifs, which also resemble consonant of second syllable of Korean character for PyeongChang

*Now Bosnia and Herzegovina

Source: POCOG Pictures: I.O.C., Olympic Museum Collections
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