The torch now is ignited several months before the Games at the ruins of the Temple of Hera, in Olympia, southern Greece, site of the ancient Olympics.

• 现在，火炬在距离运动会开幕前几个月，在古奥林匹克运动会举办点，希腊南部的奥利皮亚山，希拉神庙遗迹处被点燃。