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| Date | 1 October 2000 |
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| Time | 19:00 to 22:01 AEDT (UTC+11) |
| Venue | Stadium Australia |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°50′50″S 151°03′48″E / 33.84722°S 151.06333°E |
| Also known as | Let's Party! |
| Filmed by | Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation |
| Participants | 114,714 in attendance |
| Footage | Sydney 2000 Closing Ceremony - Full Length on YouTube |
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The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony was held on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia. As with the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was directed by Ric Birch as Director of Ceremonies while David Atkins was the Artistic Director and Producer. The Closing Ceremony was attended by 114,714 people, the largest attendance in modern Olympic Games history. The ceremony celebrated Australiana; Australian cultural celebrities, icons, media, and music, with floats designed in the style of Reg Mombassa.[1] Around 2.4 billion watched the telecast of the closing ceremony.
Then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared in his concluding remarks (and his last remarks at an Olympic Games) that the 2000 Olympic games were the "best Summer Olympics ever".[2]
- ^ "Reg Mombassa". Lone Goat Gallery. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Dennis, Anthony (12 August 2020) [2 October 2000]. "From the archives: All that really matters is it was great, mate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2020.