Check out Olympic torches since 1936 to this day - Time Waster

So, the Winter Olympic games were just concluded a few days ago. Did you have enough? No? Well, now you can reflect back to past Olympics with the New York Times' Flash retrospective of all past torches.

You can see both Winter and Summer Games torches from 1936 till the present. Did you know that up until 1992, Summer and Winter games were both held on the same year? It's also interesting to see how the shape of the torch morphed over time and became less and less 'torch-like', until today it seems more like a sci-fi sword than a torch. Maybe in a few years it'll look like an Olympic light saber.

(On related news, you should check out The Big Picture Olympics photos, both part one and part two. Fantastic images!)

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