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.[1] The runners carried the Olympic Flame throughout the United States – following its lighting in Olympia, Greece, to the opening ceremony of the 2002 games at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2002 torch relay was also the 50th anniversary of the Winter Olympic torch relay, which was first run during the 1952 Winter Olympics.[2]
^Salt Lake Organizing Committee (2002). Official Report of the XIX Olympic Winter Games(PDF). p. 246. ISBN 0-9717961-0-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^Carole Mikita (17 November 2001). "No Torch Relay in Ancient Times". KSL-TV. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
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