The closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics took place on an abstract shaped ice rink designed by Seven Nielsen at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, the United States, on 24 February 2002.
The flag bearers of 78 National Olympic Committees entered Rice–Eccles Stadium informally in single file, ordered by the English alphabet.
[2] This section began with two large dinosaur puppets (voiced by Donny and Marie Osmond) performing a comic bit while perched over the south end of the stadium.
This lone ice sweeper performed a figure skating routine to the LeAnn Rimes games official song "Light the Fire Within."
IOC President Jacques Rogge delivered a speech, awarding the Olympic Order in Gold to Romney and declared the Games closed.
[2] A montage of images from the 17-day competition was next projected on large white banners skated back and forth across the ice rink in the middle of the stadium.
Singers Charlotte Church and Josh Groban performed "The Prayer" accompanied by ice dancers Renée Roca and Georgi "Gorsha" Sur during the final moments of the existence of the Olympic flame.