A local Brazilian company, Chelles & Hayashi designed the Rio torch. When the Olympic flame is passed from one torchbearer to the next, the torch expands to reveal stunning coloured segments which represent ‘the Brazilian flavours of harmonious diversity, contagious energy and exuberant nature, with the soil, the sea, the mountains, the sky and the sun.’
The torch is a simple silver cylinder crafted from recycled aluminium and resin with a satin finish and weighs just over one kilogram. It stands 63.5 centimetres high when contracted and 69 centimetres when expanded.
The 100 day relay travelled 20,000km through Greece, Switzerland and more than 300 Brazilian cities.