Lampadephoria (Λαμπαδηφορία) and Lampadedromia (Λαμπαδηδρομία) was an ancient Greek type of torch race.
The race was run usually on foot, but sometimes it was also on horses by ephebi (a Greek youth entering manhood).
The torches were of two kinds—one a sort of candlestick and the other one of a more conventional kind.
[1] The winner was the first team to pass the torch over the finish line.
[2] In the second type the competition was individual, there was no handing of the torch from one to another, but several torch-bearers started and the first who reached the goal with his torch alight won.