Factbox: List of people who have previously lit the Summer Olympic cauldron

Li Ning

23/07/2024 10:52

July 23 (Reuters) - List of people who have previously
lit the Summer Olympic cauldron.

    1936 Berlin: Fritz Schilgen (Athletics)
    1948 London: John Mark (Athletics)
    1952 Helsinki: Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen
(Athletics)
    1956 Melbourne: Ron Clarke (Athletics), Hans Wikne
(Equestrian)
    1960 Rome: Giancarlo Peris (Athletics)
    1964 Tokyo: Yoshinori Sakai (Athletics)
    1968 Mexico City: Enriqueta Basilio (Athletics)
    1972 Munich: Guenther Zahn (Athletics)
    1976 Montreal: Sandra Henderson (Gymnastics), Stephane
Prefontaine (Athletics)
    1980 Moscow: Sergei Belov (Basketball)
    1984 Los Angeles: Rafer Johnson (Athletics)
    1988 Seoul: Chung Sun-man, Sohn Mi-chung (Non-athletes), Kim
Won-tak (Athletics)
    1992 Barcelona: Antonio Rebollo (Archery)
    1996 Atlanta: Muhammad Ali (Boxing)
    2000 Sydney: Cathy Freeman (Athletics)
    2004 Athens: Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Sailing)
    2008 Beijing: Li Ning (Artistic gymnastics)
    2012 London: Desiree Henry, Katie Kirk, Aidan Reynolds,
Adelle Tracey (Athletics) and, Callum Airlie (Sailing), Jordan
Duckitt (Non-athlete), Cameron Mac Ritchie (Rowing)
    2016 Rio de Janeiro: Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (Athletics),
Jorge Gomes (Non-athlete)
    2020 Tokyo: Naomi Osaka (Tennis), Ayaka Takahashi
(Badminton)

 (Compiled by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru
Editing by Christian Radnedge)
 ((Shifa.Jahan@thomsonreuters.com;))