THE SEOUL GAMES / FACTS AND FIGURES : LIGHTING THE OLYMPIC TORCH

Note: The torch relay from Olympia, Greece, was instituted in 1936:

Year Final Torchbearer 1936 Fritz Schilgen, Germany 1948 John Mark, Britian 1952 Paavo Nurmi, Finland 1956 Ron Clarke, Australia 1960 Giancarlo Peris, Italy 1964 Yoshinori Sakai, Japan 1968 Enriquetta Basilio, Mexico 1972 Gunter Zahn, West Germany 1976 Sandra Henderson and Stephen Prefontaine, Canada 1980 Sergei Belov, USSR 1984 Rafer Johnson, United States 1988 Chung Sun Man, Kim Won Tak, Sohn Mi Chung, South Korea