1972 Olympic Games Munich Official Relay Torch German Germany by Krupp
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1972 Olympic Games Munich Official Relay Torch German Germany by Krupp
Description:
The torch bears the inscription “Spiele der XX Olympiad München 1972” and the Olympic rings on its handle. On a platform at the base of the combustion tube is the emblem of the Games.
Colour: Silver
Height: 72cm
Composition: Metal, steel
Fuel: Liquid gas composed of 24 per cent propane and 76 per cent butane, contained in an aluminium cartridge. The combustion duration is 15 to 22 minutes.
Designer / Manufacturer: Friedrich Krupp AG / Olympiagas, Hagri
The Krupp company also produced the torch for the Berlin 1936 Games.
Two pilot lights were produced. They are fed by propane gas and can burn uninterrupted for at least six weeks.
So that the flame could travel the distance from Munich to Kiel in exactly 49 hours, all of the torchbearers were requested, whether they were on foot, on a bike, on horseback, motorcycle or in a rowing boat, to go at their maximum speed and to continue the relay both day and night.
The cauldron for this edition of the Games was formed by a burner made up of two concentric rings of fire, each with 21 gas jets. Two metres in diameter, the burner was set on a four-metre-high column made of pipe. Two years of development were necessary for the realisation of the cauldron.
