Barcelona 92 Closing Ceremonies - Atlanta 1996 Introduction

[Jaboolanee]

This video was part of the Mexican television network Televisa during its broadcast of Barcelona 1992 Closing Ceremonies. The voice can your hear is Jacobo Zabludovsky.

Good luck for all.

[AlexHWalker]

Very poor presentation. Starts off with some dance that seems rather Spanish, before going off into some weak 90's street dance before the sperm in sneakers comes on having no clue where he was.

[LordDavid04]

Poor representation of dance cultures in America. I would have had some tie with the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas.

Intro Video.

A mockup of the Santa Maria moving around the stadium field. Maybe referencing one of the similar segments from the Opening Ceremony?

Once landing on "stage" we have a Christopher Columbus type character inviting people to attend the Centennial Games in 1996.

Then it's the whole dance routine. Scrap the mascot introduction.

[lordofwrath88]

the intro was artsy like the Barcelona games had been.... then it turned into a hip hop American preformance. (oh and people, it's not tacky cause its the yanks, it cause it was the 90s)

[San47di1]

It's so amazing to see the late Great Gregg Burge leading these dancers (from 240 thru 322 and from 415 thru 600) with his own choreography. What an awesome talent. RIP sweet Gregg.

[carlos91391]

de donde has sacado esto sin nigun logotipo

[carlos91391]

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[gerrythrash]

This was pretty lame, IMO. And when they trotted out that thing they called a mascot, I was thinking...oh, shit. They couldn't do any better than this?? I hope the Games themselves are better.

[Romanticalone]

Reminded me of an 8 minute long Coke commercial

[TzeffNL]

@Romanticalone an 8-minute commercial from coca-cola??? what was it a short soap opera? XD

[papinsac]

OMG that was really bad, LOL thank god that the real Atlanta opening & closing improved, LOL

[WalterSobchak1998]

Pretty, pretty bad. Not as bad as a London bus, but still. They should have just played the burning of Atlanta scene from Gone With the Wind. At least it would have some connection to the city.

[ranelproductions]

They should've done something that had to do with the USA. This piece of crap isn't American, it's generic. They could've done something like a nod to rural America or something remotely American. I hope the next US city that gets the Games realizes that.

[Ikarus361]

The handover to Atlanta was just terrible, what they were thinking?. I'm glad they did a better job latter with the handover to Salt Lake 2002 at the Nagano closing.

[buntonboy]

Definitivamente Atlanta ha sido la olimpiada que menos recordarle en lo moderno (de lo anterior creo seria Berlin '36) ... que bueno que gano Rio y no Chicago, creo EUA no deberia tener una olimpiada en un muuuuuuuuuuy buen tiempo.. seamos realistas, se necesita dinero para unas olimpiadas, pero dinero sin una grandiosa cultura e historia no queda mas que un festival sin gracia...

[SuperLeoZZZ]

los juegos de atlanta fueron horribles, sobre todo comparados con los de barcelona; y izzy, por dios que es ésa cosa?

[penieres7]

totalmente de acuerdo, cuando salieron estos gringos bailando me dieron pena ajena,,,jaja BARCELONA 92 los mejores juegoes olimpicos de la historia!!!!

[SuperLeoZZZ]

claro que si

[SinClaudicar]

Que pena que Atlanta haya mostrado "eso" comparado con la belleza artística mostrada por Barcelona. Aún hoy no entiendo porque se le dieron los Juegos a Atlanta.

[SuperLeoZZZ]

impresionante

[jrockstarking]

Ceremonial transition from land of the useless animals to land of the free

[SuperLeoZZZ]

please in spanish

[jrockstarking]

Ceremonial de transición de la tierra de los animales inútiles a la tierra de los libres

[aric2007]

Let's see how Rio will present in London 2012!!!

[Benedingo]

Hi from MX. This file is from Televisa original broadcast for Barcelona 1992 Closing Ceremonies and the voice is from Jacobo Zabludovsky a milestone in the mexican media (like Walter Cronkite rest in pace)...

By the way ¿the music of the Atlanta introduction was composed by John Tesh? I noted some thing typical from him and his music works.

[geoffds]

Izzy was a stupid lookin' sperm thingy.

[amik64]

How embarrassing!...reminds me of how London introduced themselves at the end of the Beijing games...a big mess!...can't wait to see their mascot!

[jrockstarking]

london is meant to suck. Too bad Chicago can't present their glamore at your stupid closing ceremony in 2012

[byurazorhog]

you shame the American people by making this insensitive comment.

[tofftoffer]

This is rubbish! I mean its boring just plain rubbish!!!

[jrockstarking]

you mean Barcelona 1992?

[enriqueconde10]

la mascota de atlanta 96 es la mas fea ...pero de la vida ni sikiera se entiende que es..

[hltgrf]

Este solo es el ending de Barcelona 92 en donde presentan a Atlanta 96

[hltgrf]

Les aclaro que solo fue una introduccion a Alanta 96 por que cuando vailaron todavia estaban en Barcelona 92 (ending)

[mongoloeyd]

izzy is the best maskot i had it when i was young and i thought it was god, now i know he is nothing

[saltlakecity2002]

Wow, I'm sorta disappointed with this. I thought my hometown would give a better performance.

[TzeffNL]

@saltlakecity2002 Glad to see I'm not the only one! :-\

[chancayano]

seee... me acuerdo haber tenido mi pelotita de Atlanta 96, que me la compraron en mac´donalds :p

[andres153091]

si , sin dudaa las mejores olimpiadas

se las llevo sidney 2000

ya

[josueaguirre]

Qué mal quedaron los yanquis con esa presentación. Miren el bailarín del 4:02, ni siquiera puede estirar bien las patas.

[SomosSoloPersonas]

jajajaja es verdad que bueno!

eso también lo hago yo y sin estirar previamente jaja

[kondurperufour]

Ojala chicago no haga las olimpiadas del 2016,seran = a las d atlanta,pura coca cola,ojala el 2012 lo hagan rio de janeiro o madrid,aunq lo veo dificil q lo haga rio ya q hay mucha violencia,y pa el 2020 lo haga moscu pero esta vez sin boycott

[ketetex2]

independiente si Chicago fuese com Atlanta, creo por mi parte que para el 2016 deberian volver a america los JJ.oo sean en Chicago o en Rio :)

[kondurperufour]

Ojala chicago no haga las olimpiadas del 2016,seran = a las d atlanta,pura coca cola,ojala el 2016 lo hagan rio de janeiro o madrid,aunq lo veo dificil q lo haga rio ya q hay mucha violencia,y pa el 2020 lo haga moscu pero esta vez sin boycott

[arrowHead12]

woah...not good...

[drchepa]

atlanta se llevo la novatada de ser los 1eros juegos olimpicos enteramente pagados por una empresa privada, coca cola.... asi les fue....!

[ketetex2]

laconte77, definitivamente me quedo con beijing 2008, lejos.

ahora por elegancia con barcelona '92

y por que mostro una nueva face tecnologica sydney 2000

[thanksfor42fish]

man they should have known after this that atlanta was going to be the 'toilet' games - whats with the spermatoza mascot?

[lordofwrath88]

that presentation was sooooo cool!!! No one can dance like us!!!

[ketetex2]

A mi parecer, Barcelona 92, Sydney 2000 y beijing 2008, han sido las mejores aperturas de los juegos olimpicos...

[laconte77]

Katetex2 ponte de acuerdo ¿Una u otra?

[Vitaluv]

It was just so nineties and chessy and wonderful all the same.

[p70n77]

Que mierda de presentación :S

[Xone7]

The Barcelona Games are the first games that I remember watching. I was 12.

[debussy200]

es la presentacion de una ciudad sede mas horrenda que he visto

[LegadoMagicovideos]

LA PEOR PRESENTACION DE LA HISTORIA

[josolom]

jajajajajajaj que presentacion tan chafa, pero que se puede esperar de un pais que no tiene cultura.

[lordofwrath88]

no, un pais que tiene el cultura de TODO el mundo. ja ja ja,

[akawhippy]

This gives me goosebumps all over. Specially the last part which was my favorite.

[javalvo]

jaja estuvo horrible parecia un desfile de disney jeje, perodon, esos son mejores

[discoroux]

Was there a point? Aside from showing the mascot and the logo, this presentation had absolutely noting to do with Atlanta or the Olympics.

[charlie1004]

Sorry I almost fell asleep watching this! It's truly dire!! Sydney and Athens handovers were MUCH better! You could tell, even 4 years before, just what a corprate run games Atlanta 96 turn out to be, and so it was proved. :(

Ollie xxx

[pologolfpolo]

Oh, the blue thang with the rings danced! I now have a new meaning for the word, "crass".

[SinClaudicar]

olympics in atlanta was horrible

[akawhippy]

why?

[juscelk]

U.S. IS SHIT!

[pologolfpolo]

Loved the music to this. I will never understand why a blue, "thang" had to appear.

What was it?

[LXX13]

A mascot, I think?

[gaiapurpure]

You know a mascot is bad when it changes drastically (nose, teeth, NAME) and STILL sucks! At least the mascot matched the games!

[akawhippy]

Didn't you liked the mascot?

[gaiapurpure]

I have the plush for the original design of Izzy ( or "Whatizit", as he was), minus a couple of rings ( I got him second-hand). Let me just say, he looked better with two rows of teeth and no nose.

[akawhippy]

By the way, what's the name of the song playing in this video?

[akawhippy]

name of the music?

[lordofwrath88]

the hip hop dancing was awesome!  It showed our culture and our spirit. The games were coming to the USA! The 90's were fun!

[bamabruiser]

ok, the reason that they did not parade the southern belles around and make a big production out of the civil war is because of they were trying to usher a in a more "modern" games. The announce said that they wanted to share the olympic spirit, not tell the story of the city, that i think that they could have done in the mascot. Izzy was weak. But i thought that the presentation did what the entire Atlanta Olympic movement was supposed to do, and that was show Atlanta as a modern city.

[yurandir27]

yes my great my fantastic is my life thanks

[yurandir27]

yes my great my fantastic is my life thanks

[lexlib]

i have to agree with a lot of comments here. this doesn't show anything about the U.S. nor the Southeastern part of the country which is very rich in culture.

[mellowboy23]

Not good. What´s up with all the dancers? No cultural background.

[saltlakecity2002]

Yeah, I agree. They should've done stuff relating to the Civil War and how Georgia and the American South overcame it and stuff relating to the thousands of trees that make the state of Georgia awesome.

[akawhippy]

me too. I mean, what do the dancers represent?

[10196a]

Bueno, esos es como los americanos se ven ellos mismos, pero a nivel mundial la gente conoce mas a Los EU por el Tap y la forma de vestimenta que por la Guerra Civil ya que en las escuelas y principalmente las de habla hispana pococ se trata de la historia estadounidense y tratandose de una ceremonia a ivel mundial tenía que reperesentar algo que "entendiera" todo el mundo..me explico?

[10196a]

Well, that's how "Americans" see themselves, but this is an international ceremony so only a few people from another country, specially spanish-spoken people, know about the Civil was and such 'cause they dont teach you "American History at school, so they have to do something that people around the world could undestand, and USA Tap Dancers are well known by other contries more than the "Civil war"....

[akawhippy]

name of the music please?

[halsatia]

it was ok...more visual would've been better...and izzy should have been scratched.

[liodun1208]

this is not good!

[gfiz420]

Someone should go back in time and have ludacris perform welcome to ATL.

[tenista2182]

Wow that really sucked! Atlanta gave good games but this was bad, no sense of belonging with an specific cultural background..the centennial games should've been in Athens but they where ok.

[MichaelTheTerrible]

This is boring indeed. They should have done the welcome to the world segment in the Atlanta OC for the introduction with the Bands, Cheerleaders, and Choir. I think that would have captured Atlanta perfectly and got everyone excited for 1996 rather than that twirling or whatever that is their doing.

[bcnnij]

Everybody knows Atlanta shouldn't have hosted those games....And I'am sorry to say that, but they were celebrating the 100th Anniversay of the Games (first ones in our era were in 1896), and they didn't reach the level.... Barcelona, Sydney or Athens are far better....

[wickedfan5172]

that is YOUR opinion. the 1996 olympics were the highest rated and brought in the most revnue.

[ike74ph]

This is a very boring presentation. You wouldn't even know what the entire thing was for except in some parts. The next time the USA would make another presentation, it could help if they try Native American culture. We're too familiar with mainstream American culture and something different should be done.

[lasthurrah00]

That's exactly what they did with Salt Lake 2002.

[wickedfan5172]

lasthurrah00 you are right. i am part native american and i was very happy with the native american representation at the 2002 Olympics. ike74ph, lets know the facts next time okay?

[akawhippy]

Cual es el nombre de la cancion en 1:48 y quien la toca?

[aric2007]

The Atlanta Games were one of the greatest. US stars included Michael Johnson, Kerri Strug, Andre Agassi, and Lindsay Davenport. Carl Lewis would win his 9th, and the last, gold medal in these (Atlanta) Games. International stars included Donovan Bailey (CAN), Haile Gebreselassie (ETH, defended his title in Sydney 2000), and Alexander Popov (RUS).

[aric2007]

Woah! That's a good segment. I also suggest that you could also upload the Olympic flag handover segment from the mayor of Barcelona to the mayor of Atlanta. Plus the raising of the flags of Barcelona & Catalonia, Greece, Spain, and the USA.

[ikarus366]

Muchisimas gracias colega, he estado buscando este video por siglos xD (nunca he podido ver algo de la clausura de barcelona 92 )

[nbmex]

jajaja no hay de queee! con gusto :) Luego subo una parte (mi favorita) que se llama "Fuego Mediterraneo". Saludooos!!!

[p70n77]

nbmex

Tío

tienes algo de Seul 1988, presentando a Barcelona 1992???

[nbmex]

por ciertooo!! veo que tienes videos de los panamericanos de Rio... los siguientes serán en mi ciudaaad! :) en Guadalajara 2011, de hecho están construyendo muchas cosas nuevas porque también se ha comentado que se quieren lanzar para las Olimpiadas del 2020.

[aidacelis]

Qué diferentes, culturalmente hablando, son Atlanta y Barcelona. Eso me gusta de las olimpiadas, siempre son muy diferentes las sedes. Barcelona y Atenas han tenido espectaculos maravillosos!

[saltlakecity2002]

AHH!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!