they put out the olympic flame at commencement of the games.
they put out the olympic flame at commencement of the games.
when do they put out the olympic flame?
commencement of the games
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the olympic flame is a symbol used in the olympic movement. it is also a symbol of unity and friendship. several months before the olympic games, the olympic flame is lit at olympia, greece. this ceremony starts the olympic torch relay, which formally ends with the lighting of the olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the olympic games. the flame then continues to burn in the cauldron for the duration of the games, until it is extinguished during the olympic closing ceremony.









































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1956 olympic flame hoax









































the 1956 olympic flame hoax was a hoax during the 1956 summer olympics, in which barry larkin, a veterinary student from melbourne, pretended to be running with the olympic flame.









































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larkin and eight other students at st john's college, university of sydney planned to protest against the olympic flame torch relay. one reason for the protest was that the torch relay was invented by the nazis at the 1936 summer olympics in berlin, germany.
1956 olympic flame hoax