BEIJING--International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge declared the 29th summer Olympic Games of Beijing closed in the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in north Beijing on Sunday night.

"I declare the Games of the XXIX Olympiad closed, and I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in London to celebrate the Games of the XXX Olympiad," said the IOC chief at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Games.