1988 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

1988 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
	Fireworks at the closing ceremonies of the 1988 Summer Games
Date	2 October 1988
Time	19:00 - 20:45 KDT (UTC+10).
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°30′57.1″N 127°04′22.1″E / 37.515861°N 127.072806°E
Filmed by	Seoul Olympic Radio and Television Organization (SORTO)

The closing ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on 2 October 1988 at 19:00 -20:45 KDT (UTC+10).^[1]^[2]

Ceremony

Opening

Parade of Athletes

The flag bearers of 159 National Olympic Committees arrived into the Seoul Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by ganada order of the Korean alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality.^{[citation needed]}

Barcelona 1992: A city who is turning to the sea

Barcelona, the host city of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games

Speeches and the Games declared closed and the handover of the Olympic flag

SLOOG President Park Seh-jik deliver a speech in Korean, concluded and thank everyone. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch deliver a speech in English, French, awards the Olympic Order in Gold to Park Seh-jik, President of the Seoul Organizing Committee and IOC President declare closed the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, and accordance with tradition, and call upon the youth of the world to assemble 4 years from now in Barcelona, to celebrate the Games of the XXV Olympiad. He concluded in Korean. The Mayor of Seoul Kim Yong-rae handover the Olympic flag to IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch, who then handed it over to the Mayor of Barcelona, Pasqual Maragall. The flag was raised again on 8 February 1992 in Albertville for the opening ceremony of the 1992 Winter Olympics.^{[citation needed]}