Paris, 2024 Olympic Games
Paris France are the host city for the 2024 Olympic Games. Paris has previously been an Olympic host city in 1900 and 1924, therefore 2024 will mark 100 years since they last hosted the event. Paris will become the second city to host the summer Olympics three times (the other is London).
Paris Olympic RingsThe Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place from July 26 until August 11, 2024. The 2024 Paralympic Games will follow from August 28 until September 8.
The sports of breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing are the additional sports on the program, with breakdancing making its Olympic debut. See more about the changes to sports, and a complete list of Paris 2024 Sports (also with pics).
There over 30 venues used for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including iconic sites such as the Chateau de Versailles and the Eiffel Tower. We have also listed them by sport.
The Paris Olympic Torch traveled from Olympia, arriving by boat in Marseilles on May 8, before embarking on a 68-day journey around France.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Medals were designed by the elite French jewelers Maison Chaumet. The main feature of the medals is a six-sided metal medallion set in the center like a precious stone, made from an original piece of the Eiffel Tower. Surrounding it is a circular arrangement of ridges designed to catch the light and evoke the rays of the sun.
Trivia
- The mascots for the Paris 2024 Olympics are Olympic Phryge and Paralympic Phryge. They are based on the Phrygian cap, a symbol freedom and of the French Republic. The Paralympic Phryge has a prosthesis and a racing blade.
- Paris is the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times (the other is London).
- Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1924, therefore 2024 will mark 100 years since.
- Paris 2024 will become the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three each in summer & winter). The 2030 Winter Olympics will also behosted in France..
- In a break from tradition, the River Seine will serve as the venue of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, with athletes traveling in boats along a six-kilometer route during the spectacle.
- Ukraine considering boycotting Paris 2024 if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete.
- The World Friendship Games are being held as an alternative to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Related Pages
- 2024 Paris Medal Tally
- Olympic Village Food Service in Paris 2024
- Predicted Medal Count for Paris 2024
- About the previous Games in Tokyo 2020 and the next in LA 2028
- About the Paris Olympic Games in 1900 and 1924
- All about the participation of France at the Olympic Games
- 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
- About Sport in France
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