2/13/2023 0 Comments Opera singer at closing ceremony![]() ![]() First Use of an Audio Recording (voice of Baron Pierre de Coubertain - deceased founder of the modern Olympics) - Berlin 1936.First Use of a Mechanical Scoreboard - Los Angeles 1932.First Large Open-air Play Performed at the Olympic Games - Amsterdam 1928. ![]() First Use of a Canon (canons were also used in the Closing Ceremony of 1920 Antwerp) - Paris 1924.First Mass Artistic Demonstration Performed at an Olympic Games (The Great Choral Festival) - Stockholm 1912.First Dancing Display in the Opening Ceremony - Stockholm 1912.First Mass Demonstration Performed at an Opening Ceremony (mass Gymnastics display) - Stockholm 1912.OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY ARTISTIC FIRSTS ( SUMMER ) First Woman to Take the Athlete's Oath - Munich 1972.First Presentation of the "Antwerp" Olympic Flag (the Olympic flag from the Antwerp Olympics of 1920 - actually from the 1924 Paris Olympics because the 1920 flag was stolen when an American diver climbed the pole and stole the flag only to return it in 2000 at the age of 103 - is presented to the Mayor of the host city who will keep the flag in the Town Hall until the following Olympics) - Rome 1960.First Athlete's Oath Taken on Horseback - Stockholm 1956.First Olympic Torch Relay - Berlin 1936.First Opening Ceremony to be Canceled (World War I) - Berlin 1916.This was the first Olympic Flame in history as the extended official report (not included) details the specifics of the beacons, that they would burn during the "greatest festivals" held at the stadium, the IOC President first mentions the "Olympic Flame" in his speech at the Closing Ceremony, and the 1956 Equestrian Games Official Report confirms that these were indeed lit during the 1912 Olympics - according to the International Olympic Committee, the first Olympic Flame was lit in 1928 in Amsterdam, and the first Olympic Torch Relay was in 1936 in Berlin. THE FIRST OLYMPIC FLAME - The two towers of the stadium were fit with oil-burning beacons used previous to the 1912 games and later during the 1956 Equestrian Games.First Christian Prayer Read - Stockholm 1912.First Olympics Without an Opening Ceremony - Paris 1900.First Incorporation of a Religious Service with the Olympic Opening Ceremony - Athens 1896.First Opening Ceremony Spanning More than One Day - Athens 1896. ![]()
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