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.
Speeches and the Games declared closed and the handover of the Olympic flag
SLOOGPresidentPark Seh-jik deliver a speech in Korean, concluded and thank everyone. IOC PresidentJuan 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 SeoulKim Yong-rae handover the Olympic flag to IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch, who then handed it over to the Mayor of Barcelona, Pasqual Maragall.
South Korea - President of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee Park Seh-jik, President of the Republic of Korea Roh Tae-woo, First Lady of the Republic of Korea Kim Ok-suk
International Olympic Committee - President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch
