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Date | 29 August 2004 |
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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 |
Filmed by | Athens Olympic Broadcasting (AOB) [2] |
Footage | Athens 2004 Closing Ceremony - Full Length on YouTube |
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2004 Summer Olympics |
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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] [4]
Joining the evening for the closing ceremony, His Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Stephanopoulos. Accompanied by the Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos. With Anne Rogge, wife of the IOC President Jacques Rogge. IOC Vice-President James L. Easton and wife Phyllis Easton of the United States sitting.
The medals for the competition were presented by Jacques Rogge, IOC President; Belgium, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Lamine Diack, IAAF President; Senegal.
The final victory ceremony was held to the three Men's marathon medallists :
Stefano Baldini - Gold
Mebrahtom Keflezighi - Silver
Vanderlei de Lima* - Bronze
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. They were led by Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas and Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, with the latter represents China as the next host nation of the games. [5]
The four athlete members who were elected are:
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, led by Liu Qi.
Then, both Greek and Chinese flags were raised after the handover was completed.
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.