<P> The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement . Several months before the Olympic Games , the Olympic flame is lit at Olympia , Greece . This ceremony starts the Olympic torch relay , which formally ends with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games . The flame then continues to burn in the cauldron for the duration of the Games , until it is extinguished during the Olympic closing ceremony . </P>
<P> The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement . Several months before the Olympic Games , the Olympic flame is lit at Olympia , Greece . This ceremony starts the Olympic torch relay , which formally ends with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games . The flame then continues to burn in the cauldron for the duration of the Games , until it is extinguished during the Olympic closing ceremony . </P>
when do they put out the olympic flame
when do they put out the olympic flame
during the Olympic closing ceremony
during the Olympic closing ceremony