2004 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

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2004 Summer Olympics
closing ceremony

2004 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Date	29 August 2004; 17 years ago (2004-08-29)
Time	21:15 - 0:00 EEST (UTC+3)[1]
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Maroussi, Athens, Greece
Coordinates	38°2′10″N 23°47′15″E / 38.03611°N 23.78750°E / 38.03611; 23.78750Coordinates: 38°2′10″N 23°47′15″E / 38.03611°N 23.78750°E / 38.03611; 23.78750
Filmed by	OBS on behalf of ERT and [2]
Footage	Athens 2004 Closing Ceremony - Full Length on YouTube

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The closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on 29 August 2004 21:15 EEST (UTC+3) at the Olympic Stadium, in Marousi, Greece, a suburb of Athens.^[1][3]

Ceremony[]

Attending heads of state and heads of government[]

International organizations:

• President of the IOC Jacques Rogge, Former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Members of the International Olympic Committee

Host nation:

• President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, ATHOC President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki & husband Theodore Angelopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis & wife Natasa Pazaïti, Ex-Prime Minister Costas Simitis, and Mayor Dora Bakoyannis

Foreign dignitaries:

• Queen Sofía of Spain, H.R.H. Crown Prince Felipe and wife Princess Letizia

Victory Ceremony[]

The final victory ceremony was held to the three Men's marathon medallists :

Stefano Baldini - Gold
Mebrahtom Keflezighi - Silver
Vanderlei de Lima* - Bronze

• During the men's marathon, De Lima was actually lead the race to gift the final gold medal for Brazil. However, at the middle, he was attacked by Irish priest Cornelius Horan. Following that incident, he was fell to third, allowing him to receive bronze and it was his last medal before retired.

12 years later in 2016, during the opening ceremony, in honour of his brave against Horan's assault, he was awarded as the final torchbearer to lit up the Olympics' cauldron in Rio de Janeiro.

Parade of Nations[]

The flag bearers of 202 National Olympic Committees arrived into the stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in a single file, ordered by order of the Greek alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes.

Speeches[]

Newly elected athlete members of the International Olympic Committee[]

The four athlete members who were elected are:

1. Frankie Fredericks (athletics, Namibia)
2. Jan Železný (athletics, Czech Republic)
3. Hicham El Guerrouj (athletics, Morocco)
4. Rania Elwani (swimming, Egypt)

Handover of the Olympic flag[]

Mayor of Athens Dora Bakoyannis handed over the Olympic flag as the representative of Athens 2004 to the IOC President Jacques Rogge and then passed to the Mayor of Beijing Wang Qishan. He represents the committee members of the next host city, Beijing 2008.

Lowering the Olympic flag[]

Lowering of the Olympic flag and singing of the Olympic Anthem which the Greek choirs sang in Greek. The flag was raised again two years later in Turin, Italy. After 16 days, it lowered again and finally raised at its final destination, Beijing National Stadium for the Beijing 2008 on 8 August 2008.

Anthems[]

• National Anthem of Greece
• National Anthem of the People's Republic of China
• Olympic Hymn (Greek)
• National Anthem of Italy^[a]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

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