2000 Summer Olympics torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia, that built up to the 2000 Summer Olympics. The torch tavelled...
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Committee now restricts international relays due to the protests during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay, in which the relay was met with protests at several...
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The 2004 Summer Olympics Torch Relay took the Olympic Flame across every habitable continent, returning to Athens, Greece. Every city which had hosted...
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in Amsterdam. The Olympic flame and the Olympic torch relay was first introduced to the Summer Olympics at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin by Carl...
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of the seventy-metre waterfall'. On 10 May 2000 in Olympia, Greece, the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay was commenced with a flame which would be carried...
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The 1984 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from May 8 until July 28, prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. It was commonly referred to as...
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"Torch Relay". MAA. 11 January 2000. Archived from the original on 10 January 2000. Retrieved 9 January 2025. "Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games torch with...
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Trade Fair. It was further used as the VIP car during the 2000 Summer Olympics Torch Relay held in Sydney. The ECommodore was never officially planned...
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The 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay was a 65-day run, from December 4, 2001, until February 8, 2002, prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The runners carried...
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delivered, named Nicole Livingstone. In 2000, Marlene Matthews participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. Although primarily operating Parramatta...
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stories that have made an impact on the peninsula, such as the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. In December 2017, it was announced the newspaper would cease...
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The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once...
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When the torch began its journey in Australia it was Booth, who had chaired the 2000 Summer Olympics Torch Relay Committee, who brought the torch. She met...
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Warren Richards (category Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics)
former Olympian, Richards applied to be a torchbearer in the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. His invitation was withdrawn when the organising committee...
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Starting with the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, torches have been carried to mark the beginning of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The games have...
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used from the 1928 Summer Olympics to the 2000 Summer Olympics. The design underwent a drastic change for the 2004 Summer Olympics, when Cassioli's design...
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host city. The 2008 Olympics were watched by 3.5 billion people worldwide, and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay. The 2008 Games also...
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Derek Redmond (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics)
one of the Olympic torch bearers in London for the Summer Games. Jim Redmond died in October 2022, aged 81. Two years after the Olympics in Barcelona...
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Olympics torch relay was run from November 15, 1987, to February 13, 1988, prior to the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics. The planning of the Torch Relay...
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2012. The Olympics torch relay ran from 19 May to 27 July 2012, before the Games. Plans for the relay were developed in 2010–11, with the torch-bearer selection...
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The 2024 Summer Paralympics torch relay was held from 24 to 28 August 2024. The torch relay began with the lighting of the Paralympic Heritage flame in...
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Tunnel, thus beginning the torch relay. The torch was split into 12 parts and visited 12 different cities across France. The relay ended with the lighting...
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1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix (the first Winter Olympics), as well as the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter...
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Gregory McDermott (category Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics)
between 1994 and 1998. McDermott carried the Olympic torch in Wagga Wagga during the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. "McDermott, Greg". The Horse Magazine...
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Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were...
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the Olympic flame from Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, to the host city of the modern Olympic Games via a torch relay was...
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The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October 2000. 10,651 athletes from 199 National Olympic Committees (NOC)...
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Michael Johnson (sprinter) (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics)
Olympic title in the 400 m, having done so at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Aside from his Olympic success, Johnson accumulated eight gold medals at...
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The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium...
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Neville Holt (sport shooter) (category Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics)
in shooting at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and he and Neville participated together in the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. "Australia's oldest Olympian...
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