<Ul> <Li> IOC </Li> <Li> NSRL </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was the first of its kind, following on from the reintroduction of the Olympic Flame at the 1928 Games . It pioneered the modern convention of moving the flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue . Leni Riefenstahl filmed the relay for the award - winning but controversial 1938 film Olympia . </P> <P> The Olympic Flame was introduced to the modern Games in 1928 when it burnt atop a pillar above the stadium in Amsterdam . Four years later the same was repeated in Los Angeles . At both of these events the flame was lit on site at the stadium . </P>

When did the first torch relay take place