2004 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Introduction 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.
Ceremony ===Victory Ceremony===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*At the men's marathon, De Lima lead the other marathoners to final kilometers of the event in his hope to give Brazil the last gold medal. During such an event, Neil Horan suddenly appears at the middle and tugs him to the crowd while try to physically assaulting him. After released by Polyvios Kossivas, Baldini and Keflezighi overpasses him, allowing him to receive bronze and receive Pierre de Coubertin medal for his sportsmanship and being awarded as the final torchbearer during the 2016 Summer Olympics' opening ceremony in Maracanã Stadium, when Brazil was the host.===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. 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.===Speeches======Newly elected athlete members of the International Olympic Committee===The four athlete members who were elected are:#Frankie Fredericks (athletics, Namibia)#Jan Železný (athletics, Czech Republic)#Hicham El Guerrouj (athletics, Morocco)#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, led by Liu Qi.Then, both Greek and Chinese flags were raised after the handover was completed.===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.
Dignitaries in attendance ===Dignitaries from International organizations===* International  Olympic Committee – **IOC President Jacques Rogge and wife Anne Rogge**IOC Vice-President Thomas  Bach and wife Claudia Bach**IOC Vice-President James L. Easton and wife Phyllis Easton **IOC Member Sergey Bubka and wife Lilia Tutunik **Honorary IOC President for Life Juan Antonio Samaranch **and Members of the International Olympic Committee===Host country dignitaries=== * Greece – **President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Stephanopoulos ** Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos **ATHOC President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki & husband Theodore Angelopoulos**ATHOC Vice-President and former President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Lambis Nikolaou and wife Tonia Nikolaou**Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Culture Kostas Karamanlis & wife Natasa Pazaïti**Ex-Prime Minister Costas Simitis**President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and Leader of the Opposition George Papandreou **Mayor Dora Bakoyannis===Foreign Dignitaries from abroad===* Spain – **Queen Sofía of Spain**Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo **Infanta Cristina of Spain**H.R.H. Crown Prince Felipe and wife Princess Letizia* Belgium – **H.R.H. Prince Philippe and wife H.R.H. Princess Mathilde* Sweden – **King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and wife Queen Silvia of Sweden* Estonia –**President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel and First Lady of Estonia Ingrid Rüütel* Denmark – **Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik of Denmark* China – Wang Qishan, mayor of Beijing, represents the government of the People's Republic of China and the 2008 Olympics committee members
Anthems * National Anthem of Greece* National Anthem of the People's Republic of China* Olympic Hymn (Greek)===Victory ceremonies===* National Anthem of Italy
Music performances
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References
External links *  Closing ceremony media guide : Games of the XXVIII Olympiad