Pictures: Olympic Games torches through the agesPublished4 May 2016Image source, BETO BARATA/AFP/Getty ImagesImage caption, The 2016 Olympic torch arrives in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. This will be the first time ever a South American country has hosted the Olympic Games.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ex-footballer David Beckham holds the 2012 Olympic torch in London. The holes in the torch represented the number of people who took part in the torch relay across the world.Image source, IOCImage caption, This torch was made for the Beijing Olympics in China in 2008. It was carried by over 21,500 people called torch bearers during its journey.Image source, APImage caption, In 2000, the Olympic torch even went underwater in Australia! Chemicals were put inside the torch to make a flame so hot that it would burn bright beneath the waves.Image source, IOCImage caption, This is the 1998 Winter Olympics torch. The Winter Games are a smaller version of the Summer Olympics, focusing on sports such as skiing, figure-skating and bobsleigh.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Here is boxing legend and former world champion, Muhammad Ali, holding the 1996 Olympic torch at the opening ceremony in Atlanta, USA.Image source, IOCImage caption, This golden torch was made for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and includes a dragon design beneath the flame. Over 1,400 people carried this torch through different parts of South Korea.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The London 2012 Games were not the first time the city has hosted the Summer Olympics. Here's what the torch looked like at the 1948 Olympics. Taking place just after World War Two, these games were a symbol of a brighter future for the world.More on this storyRefugee team for Olympics in RioPublished4 March 2016In pictures: 125 years of the Olympic GamesPublished20 July 2021Medals for GB in the Youth OlympicsPublished19 February 2016British swimmers race for Rio Olympics. Video, 00:01:40British swimmers race for Rio OlympicsPublished18 April 20161:40