<page_title> List of people who have lit the Olympic cauldron </page_title> <section_title> People who have lit the Olympic cauldron </section_title> <table> <cell> Paavo Nurmi <col_header> Lighter </col_header> <col_header> Fritz Schilgen </col_header> <col_header> John Mark </col_header> <col_header> Eigil Nansen </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nurmi was a winner of nine Olympic gold medals in the 1920s; Kolehmainen won four Olympic gold medals. Nurmi lit a cauldron on field level before handing the torch to four soccer players who relayed the torch to the top of the tower. <col_header> Note </col_header> <row_header> Paavo Nurmi </row_header> </cell> <cell> Hannes Kolehmainen <col_header> Games </col_header> </cell> </table>
After lighting the flame in the Olympic Cauldron, Nurmi passed the torch to Kolehmainen, who lighted the beacon in the tower.