| 2004 Summer Olympics closing ceremony | |
| Time: | 21:15 - 0:00EEST (UTC+3)[1] |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Place: | Maroussi, Athens, Greece |
| Coordinates: | 38.0361°N 23.7875°W |
| Filmed By: | Athens Olympic Broadcasting (AOB)[2] |
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.[3] [4] [5]
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.[6]
ATHOC President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki deliver a speech, concluded and thank everyone.Followed by IOC President Jacques Rogge delivering a speech in Greek, French, and English, as he called them "unforgettable, dream games". IOC President Rogge declare closed the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens, and accordance with tradition, and called upon the youth of the world to assemble 4 years from now in Beijing, to celebrate the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. He concluded in Greek, "Ευχαριστούμε, Αθήνα. Ευχαριστούμε, Ελλάδα." - "Thank you, Athens. Thank you, Greece."[7] IOC President Jacques Rogge awards the Olympic Order in Gold to Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalki, President of the Athens Organizing Committee.
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 in Turin, Italy during the opening ceremony at Stadio Olimpico on the evening of 10 February 2006.
The cauldron of the Olympic flame is to be lowered. A young Greek girl, 10-year-old Fotini Papaleonidopoulou[8] from SOS Children's Villages lited a symbolic lantern with the Olympic flame, helped by the Gold Medalists from sailing Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa. And she passed it on to the other children from around the world. Before "extinguishing" the flame in the cauldron by blowing a puff of air.
Greece – 
Spain – 
Belgium – 
Sweden –
Estonia –
China – Wang Qishan, mayor of Beijing, represents the government of the People's Republic of China and the 2008 Olympics committee membersIn Athens Olympic Stadium, song many famous Greek singers. These were:
•Elefteria Arvanitaki song "Dinata"
•Dionysis Savvopoulos song "San ton Karagiozi"
•Antonis Remos song
•Alkistis Protopsalti song
•Mihalis Hatzigiannis song
•Giannis Parios song traditional Greek songs, like
•Anna Vissi song
As a guest, Sakis Rouvas song
The songs were Greek traditional and modern.
