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The Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on August 4, 1996, at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, United States at approximately 8:00 PM EDT . It was produced by Don Mischer. The official motto of the closing ceremony is "An American Day of Inspiration".
The ceremony began with a 60-second countdown, which included footage from all of the previous Olympic Games at twenty-two seconds. There was then a flashback to the closing ceremony of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, showing the then president of the IOC, Juan Antonio Samaranch, inviting the athletes to compete in Atlanta in 1996. Then ...
Centennial Olympic Stadium was the 85,000-seat main stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.Construction of the stadium began in 1993, and it was complete and ready for the opening ceremony in July 1996, where it hosted track and field events and the closing ceremony.
1996 -- Atlanta. $4,545,090,000. Atlanta spent over $1 billion on the construction of Olympic venues, housing for the athletes and other projects, NPR reported. ... Pictured: The closing ceremony ...
The opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the evening on Friday, July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, United States.As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal and ceremonial opening of this international sporting event, including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, with an artistic spectacle to ...
Revelers were enjoying the festive atmosphere when, around 1:20 a.m. on July 27, an explosion rocked the park. Two people died and another 110 were injured.
Opening ceremony (flag bearers) Medal table ; Closing ceremony; Event calendar; ... This is a list of medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA: Contents:
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25.It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, [1] and had a budget of USD $81 million.