Foot races with torches were run at the 1894 international congress in Paris which decided to re-establish the Games.
Also see: The Olympics - 1896 to 2000
The first modern Olympic torch relay was introduced for the 1936 Berlin Games. More than 3,300 torchbearers carried the torch 3,190 kilometers from Olympia to Berlin.
Athens' 2004 Summer Olmpics saw the first global torch relay through 34 cities in 27 countries.
Image: Olympic Flame lit at the 1936 Berlin Games
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