Sports at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
In December 2020, the sports of breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing were confirmed as additional sports on the Paris Olympic Games program, making a total of 32 sports encompassing 329 events. Breakdancing will be the only sport making its debut, while there are new events such as kiteboarding which will be part of sailing in 2024. Compared to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic sports, karate, baseball & softball have been dropped.
List of Sports
- Aquatics (including swimming, diving, open-water, synchronized swimming, and water polo)
- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Breakdancing
- Boxing
- Canoe / Kayak
- Cycling — including Track, Road, Mountain Bike and BMX
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Football (soccer)
- Golf
- Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampolining)
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo
- Modern Pentathlon
- Rowing
- Rugby 7s
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Skateboarding — men and women's street and park skateboarding events
- Sport Climbing — bouldering, lead and speed combined climbing
- Surfing — men's and women's shortboard surfing
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Triathlon
- Volleyball — indoor and beach volleyball
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling (Greco-Roman and Freestyle)
Breakdancing is a controversial inclusion for the 2024 Olympic sportsOverall there has been a reduction in the total number of events (mostly through reducing boxing and weightlifting weight categories) and consequently a reduction in the number of athletes, compared to the Tokyo Olympics. Also, for the first time there will be 100% gender equality (in athlete quotas).
Other Notes
- A new marathon race walk event will make its debut at the 2024 Olympic Games, replacing the men's 50km race walk. Each team of one male and one female will compete two legs of just over 10km each, alternating male, female, male, female, for a complete marathon distance of 42.2km (26.2 miles).
Related Pages
- List of sports for each Olympiad
- Changes to sports for each Olympiad
- Number of Olympic medals available to be won
- How sports are selected for the Olympics
- About the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
- Sports of the 2028 LA Olympics
- Complete list of Olympic host cities
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