New Olympic Flame
(N.Z P.A.-Reuter —Copyright? BARCELONA September 3.
The flame for the 1968 Olympic Games, which went out near Barcelona yesterday while being carried by two Spanish runners, was later replaced. The torch was replaced with a substitute—one of three which always travel behind the torch on its journey from Greece to the site of the Games. All torches are lit at Mount Olympus in Greece.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31775, 4 September 1968, Page 15
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67New Olympic Flame Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31775, 4 September 1968, Page 15
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