1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

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The closing ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc in Barcelona, Spain, on 9 August 1992.

Ceremony

Officials and dignitaries

Dignitaries from International organizations

• International Olympic Committee –
  • IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and wife María Teresa Samaranch Salisachs
  • and Members of the International Olympic Committee

Host country dignitaries

• Spain –
  • King of Spain Juan Carlos I
  • Queen Sofía of Spain
  • HRH the Crown Prince Felipe
  • Prime Minister of Spain Felipe González
  • Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
  • Infanta Cristina of Spain
  • Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
  • Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Narcís Serra
  • President of the Barcelona'92 Olympic Organising Committee and Mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall
  • Diana Garrigosa

• Catalonia – Jordi Pujol, President of Catalonia and members of the Government

Dignitaries from abroad

• United States:
  • Vice President Dan Quayle
  • Second Lady Marilyn Quayle
  • Mayor of Atlanta Maynard Jackson
  • Marvin Bush and his wife Margaret Bush, son and daughter-in-law of U.S. President George H. W. Bush
  • Family Friend Willard Heminway
  • Mayor of the District of Columbia Sharon Kelly^[1]
  • Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger^[2][3][4]
  • Journalist reporter Maria Shriver
  • former Olympians Mary Lou Retton and Kristi Yamaguchi
  • New York Knicks basketball player Greg Anthony
• United Kingdom – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Major
• Sweden – King of Sweden Carl Gustaf XVI

Opening

Parade of Nations

The flag bearers of 172 National Olympic Committees entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by the Spanish alphabet, and behind them marched the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality.

Closing

COOB President Pasqual Maragall delivered a speech in Catalan, Spanish, and English concluding the ceremonies and thanking everyone. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch delivered a speech in Spanish, awarding the Olympic Order in Gold to Pasqual Maragall, President of the Barcelona Organizing Committee and declared the Games of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona closed. The Mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall handed the Olympic flag to Samaranch, who then handed it to the Mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson in anticipation of the 1996 Games. The flag was raised again 18 months afterward in Lillehammer on 12 February 1994 for the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Anthems

• National Anthem of Catalonia
• National Anthem of Spain
• National Anthem of Greece
• National Anthem of the United States
• Olympic Hymn – Plácido Domingo

References