Participants 114,714 in attendance | ||
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Date 19:00, 1 October 2000 (AEDST (UTC+11:00)) (2000-10-01T19:00AEDST (UTC+11:00)) |
The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony took place on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia. The Closing Ceremony attracted 114,714 people, the largest attendance in modern Olympic Games history. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared that the 2000 Olympic games were best Olympic Games ever.
Contents
- Countdown
- Entry of the Flagbearers and the Athletes
- National Anthems of Greece and Australia
- The Olympic Order and Cup Awarding
- The New Member Athletes of the International Olympic Committee
- The Welcome Home Olympics Athens 2004 Handover
- Olympic Flag and Hymn
- Well Be One
- Lets Party
- Closing Night Harbour Spectacular
- Anthems
- Television coverage
- References
Countdown
Entry of the Flagbearers and the Athletes
National Anthems of Greece and Australia
The Olympic Order and Cup Awarding
Michael Knight, President of the President of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Organizing Committee (SOCOG) was awarded the Gold Olympic Order as an expression of gratitude for a perfect organisation. In addition, The International Olympic Committee has decided to award the Olympic Cup to the people of Sydney for their enthusiastic and unpartisan support of athletes from all countries.
The New Member Athletes of the International Olympic Committee
The eight athlete members who were elected are:
1) Sergei Bubka (athletics, Ukraine)
2) Charmaine Crooks (athletics, Canada)
3) Robert Ctvrtlik (volleyball, United States of America)
4) Manuel Estiarte (water polo, Spain)
5) Susan O'Neill (swimming, Australia)
6) Alexander Popov (swimming, Russian Federation)
7) Jan Zelezny (athletics, Czech Republic)
8) Roland Baar (rowing, Germany).
The 'Welcome Home, Olympics: Athens 2004' Handover
Dimitris Avramopoulos, Mayor of Athens and Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Committee were entering to the stadium. After that, the priestesses of Olympia, from Greece, were entering to do a traditional rite in preparation for the Olympic flag Handover Ceremony. After the performance, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Frank Sartor comes with the Olympic flag and handed over to the Mayor of Athens, Dimitris Avramopoulos by the IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch. After the handover ceremony, the traditional rite has come to the end: The priestesses were looking around the flag, they take off the flag, put laurel branches and they carried the flag to Athens, the next olympic host city.
Olympic Flag and Hymn
The flag bearers of the Olympic Flag was:
1) Lori Munz (swimming)
2) Melissa Rippon (water polo)
3) Anna Mcllwaine (diving)
4) Matthew Belcher (sailing)
5) Neil Dennis (rowing)
6) Stefan Szscurowski (rowing)
7) Kerrie Meares (cycling)
8) Mark Renshaw (cycling)
We'll Be One
Let's Party!
Closing Night Harbour Spectacular
'Closing Night Harbour Spectacular' Soundtrack:
Anthems
Television coverage
Australia - Seven Network on Channel 7