The 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games featured the first symbolic lighting of the Olympic flame at the Winter Olympics.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by IOC official sources, Olympic Studies Centre factsheet, and multiple independent sports history outlets; claim's precise wording ('symbolic lighting') matches nuanced historical record distinguishing it from later Olympia-sourced flame relays.
Sources
- Watch the Evolution of the Winter Olympics' Opening Ceremony (rollingstone.com)
- https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/garmisch-partenkirchen-1936 (olympics.com)
- https://olympic.ca/games/1936-garmisch-partenkirchen/ (olympic.ca)
- https://www.topendsports.com/events/winter/flame.htm (topendsports.com)
- https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/the-history-of-the-olympic-flame (olympics.com)
- https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/oslo-1952/torch-relay (olympics.com)
- https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/Torches/Reference-document-Torches-and-Torch-Relays-of-the-OWG-from-Oslo-1952-to-Sochi-2014.pdf (stillmed.olympic.org)