The final victory ceremony was held to the three Men's marathon medallists : Stefano Baldini - Gold Mebrahtom Keflezighi - Silver Vanderlei de Lima - Bronze The flag bearers of 202 National Olympic Committees entered the stadium in a single file in Greek alphabetical order, followed by the athletes.

")[7] and calling upon the youth of the world to assemble 4 years from now in Beijing in accordance with tradition.

He also awarded the Olympic Order in Gold to Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalki, President of the Athens Organizing Committee.

The flag was raised again in Turin, Italy during the opening ceremony at Stadio Olimpico on the evening of 10 February, 2006.

The cauldron of the Olympic flame was lowered, followed by the Greek 10-year-old girl Fotini Papaleonidopoulou[8] from SOS Children's Villages lighting a lantern with the Olympic flame with the help of sailing gold medalists Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa.