关于北京奥运会闭幕式的(AboutBeijingOlympicClosingCeremony)

Theclosingceremonymusttakeplaceinthestadiumaftertheendofalltheevents.Theflagbearersoftheparticipatingdelegationsandthename-board-bearersenterthestadiuminsinglefile.Behindthemmarchtheathletes,withoutdistinctionofnationality.

Theflagbearersthenformasemi-circlebehindtherostrum.

ThePresidentoftheIOCandthePresidentoftheOCOGmounttherostrum.TothesoundsoftheGreeknationalanthem,theGreekflagishoistedontheflagpolethatstandstotherightofthecentralflagpoleusedforthewinnersflags.Theflagofthehostcountryisthenhoistedonthecentralflagpole,whileitsanthemisplayed.Finally,theflagofthehostcountryofthenextOlympicGamesishoistedonthelefthandflagpoletothestrainsofitsanthem.

ThemayorofthehostcityjoinsthePresidentoftheIOContherostrumandreturnstohimtheOlympicflag.ThepresidentoftheIOCthenentrustsittothemayorofthehostcityofthefollowingOlympicGames.Thisflagmustbedisplayedinthelattercitysmainmunicipalbuilding.

AfteranaddressbythePresidentoftheOCOG,thePresidentoftheIOCgivestheclosingspeechoftheOlympicGames,whichheendswiththesewords:

"IdeclaretheGamesofthe...Olympiadclosedand,inaccordancewithtradition,Icallupontheyouthoftheworldtoassemblefouryearsfromnowat...tocelebratewithustheretheGamesofthe...Olympiad".

Afanfarethensounds;theOlympicflameisextinguished,andwhiletheOlympicanthemisbeingplayed,theOlympicflagisslowlyloweredfromtheflagpoleand,unfurledhorizontally,carriedoutofthearena,followedbytheflagbearers.Afarewellsongresounds.