International Torch Relay Route
| International torch relay route | |||||||
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| Date | Country (city) | Length | Notable torchbearers | # of torchbearers | |||
| March 31 | China (Beijing) | Hu Jintao (胡锦涛) – paramount leader of PRC Liu Xiang (刘翔) – gold medalist hurdler |
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| April 2 | Kazakhstan (Almaty) (start) Medeo stadium (finish) Astana Square |
20 km | Nursultan Nazarbaev – president of Kazakhstan Bakhtiyar Artayev – gold medalist weightlifter Yermakhan Ibraimov – boxer Yuriy Melnichenko – gold medalist wrestler Anatoly Khrapaty – weightlifter Vladimir Smirnov – the first Olympic champion for independent Kazakhstan cross-country skiing Roza Rymbaeva – singer |
80 | |||
| April 3 | Turkey (Istanbul) (start) Sultanahmet Square (finish) Taksim Square |
20 km | Tuğba Karademir – figure skater Taner Sağır – champion weightlifter |
80 | |||
| April 5 | Russia (St.Petersburg) (start) Victory Square (finish) Palace Square |
20 km | Lyubov Yegorova – cross-country skiing Viktor Zhdanovich – fencing Vladimir Salnikov, Alexander Popov, Sergey Kopliakov, Andrey Krylov – gold medalist swimmer Alexander Dityatin – gold medalist artistic gymnastics Tatyana Kazankina – gold medalist runner Anatoly Alyabyev – gold medalist biathlon Evgeni Plushenko, Tatiana Totmianina, Maxim Marinin, Anton Sikharulidze, Alexei Urmanov, Oksana Kazakova, Artur Dmitriev, Oleg Vasiliev – gold medalist figure skater Svetlana Zhurova – speed skating Tamara Moskvina – figure skating coach Fedor Emelianenko – mixed martial artist Robert Swan – polar explorers Artur Chilingarov – cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova – astronaut Alisa Freindlich – actress Andrei Arshavin – football player |
80 | |||
| April 6 | Great Britain (London) (start) Wembley Stadium (finish) The O2 arena |
48 km | Kelly Holmes – gold medalist runner Danny Crates – gold medalist Paralympic runner Sir Trevor McDonald – journalist Konnie Huq – TV Presenter Vanessa Mae – classical musician Kevin Pietersen – cricketer Tim Henman – retired tennis player Amara Karan – actress |
80 | |||
| April 7 | France (Paris) (start) Eiffel Tower (finish) Stade Charléty |
originally 28 km | Stéphane Diagana – gold medalist runner David Douillet – gold medalist in judo Marie-José Pérec – gold medalist runner Jin Jing – Paralympic fencer Thierry Henry – Soccer star Teddy Riner – gold medalist judoka Arnaud Di Pasquale – tennis player Pi Hongyan – badminton player Mary Pierce – tennis player |
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| April 9 | United States of America (San Francisco) (start) AT&T Park (finish) San Francisco International Airport |
unannounced | Lin Li – swimmer |
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| April 11 | Argentina (Buenos Aires) (start) Lola Mora amphitheater (finish) Buenos Aires Riding Club |
13.8 km | Carlos Espínola – windsurfer Georgina Bardach, Paola Suárez, Pablo Chacón – athletes |
78 | |||
| April 13 | Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) (start) A railway station of Dar es Salaam (finish) Tanzanian National Stadium |
5 km | John Stephen Akhwari – marathoner Dorcus Inzikuru – steeplechaser Anna Tibaijuka – Undersecretary general of the United Nations |
80 | |||
| April 14 | Oman (Muscat) (start) place roundabout Al Bustan (where lies the "Sohar" boat which visited China in 1981) (finish) Qurm Natural Park |
20 km | 80 | ||||
| April 16 | Pakistan (Islamabad) | Samiullah Khan – field hockey Jahangir Khan – squash player |
65 | ||||
| April 17 | India (New Delhi) (start) Raisina Hill (finish) India Gate |
2.3 km | Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Abhinav Bindra – sport shooter Aamir Khan – actor, director |
around 70 | |||
| April 19 | Thailand (Bangkok) (start) Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinese Town (finish) Royal Plaza |
10 km | Anant Siripasraporn – Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Manus Boonjumnong, Somluck Kamsing – gold medalist boxers Udomporn Polsak, Pawina Thongsuk – gold medalist weightlifters |
80 | |||
| April 21 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (start) Independence Square (finish) Petronas Twin Towers |
16.5 km | Cheah Soon Kit, Yap Kim Hock – retired badminton player Nicol David – squash player |
80 | |||
| April 22 | Indonesia (Jakarta) | 7 km; originally 20 km | Taufik Hidayat, Susi Susanti, Alan Budikusuma – badminton player Fauzi Bowo – governor of Jakarta |
80 | |||
| April 24 | Australia (Canberra) (start) Reconciliation Place (finish) Commonwealth Park |
16 km | Ian Thorpe, Jodie Henry, Libby Trickett, Matt Welsh, Adam Pine, Alice Mills, Petria Thomas – gold medalist swimmers Ron Clarke – runner Mark Beretta – TV sports reporter Tania Major – Aboriginal activist Megan Marcks – coxless pair rower Jonathon Welch – conductor Robert de Castella – gold medalist marathoner Lee Kernaghan – singer Fiona Stanley – epidemiologist Mark Beretta – sports broadcaster Peter Sharp – Rugby league coach Louise Sauvage – Paralympic wheelchair racer Jai Taurima – long jumper Fiona Wood – director of Royal Perth Hospital, surgeon Heather McKay – squash player |
80 | |||
| April 26 | Japan (Nagano) (start) Small park in Nagano (finish) Wakasato Park |
18.7 km | Senichi Hoshino – baseball manager Kosuke Kitajima – gold medalist swimmer Mizuki Noguchi – gold medalist runner Ai Fukuhara – table tennis player |
80 | |||
| April 27 | South Korea (Seoul) (start) Olympic Park (finish) City Hall Plaza |
22 km | Moon Dae-Sung – gold medalist taekwondo Kim Mi-Jung – gold medalist shot putter Ahn Hyun-Soo – speed skater Nam Eun-Young – gold medalist in handball Kim Soo-Nyung – gold medalist archer Bada (singer) – singer and musical actress Jang Nara – singer and actress |
70+ | |||
| April 28 | North Korea (Pyongyang) (start) Tower of Juche Idea (finish) Kim Il Sung Stadium |
20 km | Pak Du Ik – football player | 80 | |||
| April 29 | Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) (start) Opera House (finish) Military Zone 7 Competition Hall |
10 km | 60 | ||||
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