Barcelona 92 Closing Ceremonies - Atlanta 1996 Introduction

During the Closing Ceremony of Barcelona 1992; Atlanta, the host of the Centennial Olympic Games, presents an preview. The Closin Ceremonies were held at the Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic (Lluis Companys).
Izzy, the mascot of Atlanta 96, is introduced! It was previously known as Whatizit (What is it?). Although not as popular as other mascots like Misha (1980) or Cobi (1992), Izzy had its special Television cartoon (Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings) and its own Super Nintendo / Sega Genesis video game under the same name.

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Sports

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• Olympic
• Games
• Olympics
• Atlanta
• 1996
• Olympiques
• Olimpiadas
• Juegos
• Olimpicos
• Barcelona
• 1992
• Ceremonia
• Clausura

[Vitaluv]

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

[saltlakecity2002]

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

[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.

[TzeffNL]

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

[TzeffNL]

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

[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]

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[carlos91391]

de donde has sacado esto sin nigun logotipo

[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.