The Paris 2024 Olympic Games offer an unforgettable experience. The Paris Olympics 2024 represent a historic return of the Games to the iconic French capital, marking its third hosting after memorable editions in 1900 and 1924. This centennial event promises to captivate the world with 17 days of extraordinary athletic achievements, embodying the values of excellence, friendship, and respect. Over 17 days, the world will witness a celebration of athletic prowess and sportsmanship, emphasising excellence, friendship, and respect. A total of 329 medal events will take place across 35 venues in Paris, the Île-de-France region, and various locations throughout France.
Spanning across 35 venues in Paris, the Île-de-France region, and other scenic locations throughout France. As the global spotlight focuses once again on Paris, anticipation builds for an unforgettable celebration of sportsmanship and human achievement.
Paris Olympics 2024 dates
The Olympic Games Paris 2024 commence with the opening ceremony on July 26, followed by the closing ceremony on August 11.
Competitions kick off on July 24, two days before the opening ceremony, featuring preliminary rounds in archery, football, handball, and rugby sevens.
Swimming events are scheduled during the first week of the Games, running from July 27 to August 4, while track and field athletics spans the second week, starting on July 31 and culminating on August 11 with the marathon, traditionally the final event of the athletics program.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games: What venues will be used
Paris 2024 will utilise venues across three main areas: the Paris Area, the Île-de-France Area, and various locations throughout France.
The Games will feature a blend of temporary facilities set in iconic locales, existing venues, and three newly constructed sites, including the Olympic Aquatics Centre and Le Bourget Sport Climbing Centre.
Venues in the Paris area
The Paris Area will host a total of 13 venues for Paris 2024, each designated for specific events:
- Bercy Arena for Artistic gymnastics, basketball, trampoline gymnastics
- Champ de Mars Arena forJudo, wrestling
- Eiffel Tower Stadium for Beach volleyball
- Grand Palais forFencing, taekwondo
- Hôtel de Ville for Athletics (marathon start)
- Invalides forArchery, athletics (marathon finish), road cycling (time trial start)
- La Concorde Urban Park for 3X3 basketball, breaking, BMX freestyle cycling, skateboarding
- Parc des Princes for Football
- Pont Alexandre III for Road cycling (time trial finish), marathon swimming (finish), triathlon
- Porte de La Chapelle Arena for Badminton, rhythmic gymnastics
- Stade Roland-Garros for Boxing, tennis
- South Paris Arena for Handball, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting
- Trocadéro for Athletics (race walk), road cycling (road race start and finish), Opening Ceremony
Venues in the Île-de-France area
The Île-de-France Area, surrounding the capital city, will host 12 venues for Paris 2024, spread across various towns:
- The Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis offers artistic swimming, diving, and water polo.
- Château de Versailles: Equestrian, modern pentathlon
- Élancourt Hill: Mountain bike cycling
- Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue: Sport climbing
- Le Golf National, Guyancourt: Golf
- North Paris Arena, Villepinte: Boxing, modern pentathlon
- Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre: Swimming, water polo
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium: BMX racing cycling
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome: Track cycling
- Athletics, rugby sevens, and closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis
- Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium: Canoe sprint, canoe slalom, rowing
- Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes: Hockey
Venues across France
Beyond the Paris and Île-de-France areas, Olympic events will take place in various locations across France, utilising a mix of stadiums and specialised venues. Notably, the surfing events will be held at the renowned wave at Teahupo‘o, Tahiti, during the first week of the Games.
The 10 venues throughout France include:
- Bordeaux Stadium (football)
- Châteauroux Shooting Centre (shooting)
- Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (football)
- Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (football)
- Lyon Stadium (football)
- Marseille Marina (sailing)
- Marseille Stadium (football)
- Nice Stadium (football)
- Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille (basketball, handball)
- Teahupo‘o, Tahiti (surfing)
New events at Paris 2024 Olympics
Paris 2024 introduces several new events to the Olympic Games lineup, marking a significant expansion of athletic diversity and inclusion. Breaking will make its Olympic debut, featuring B-Boys and B-Girls events.
Additionally, new events will be introduced in athletics, boxing, canoe slalom, sailing, shooting, and sport climbing:
- Marathon race walk mixed relay (athletics), replacing the men’s 50km race walk event.
- One more women’s weight class (boxing), replacing one men’s weight class.
- Men’s and women’s kiteboarding events (sailing), where the men’s and women’s two-person dinghy becomes a mixed event, and the men’s heavyweight dinghy event is removed.
- Mixed skeet team (shooting), replacing the mixed trap team event.
- Men’s and women’s Boulder & Lead combined, men’s and women’s speed (sport climbing), replacing the men’s and women’s combined events.
In total, Paris 2024 will host 329 medal events, slightly fewer than the 339 events held at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021.
What does the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch look like?
The Paris 2024 Olympic torch, designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, embodies several symbolic elements. It features a perfectly symmetrical design, reflecting the historic achievement of gender parity at the Games, with equal representation of male and female athletes. The torch incorporates wave and three-dimensional vibration effects, evoking the essence of water. Its curves and rounded lines symbolise peace and tranquillity, contributing to its overall aesthetic of harmony and unity.
Where to watch Paris Olympic 2024 live
To catch all the Olympic Games action from Paris 2024, viewers can tune in via their country or territory’s official Media Rights Holder. These broadcasters include:
- Australia: Nine Network
- Brazil: Globo
- Canada: CBC, TSN, RDS
- Mainland People’s Republic of China: China Media Group
- Europe: Eurosport, also available on local free-to-air channels
- France: France Télévisions
- Germany: ARD, ZDF
- India and Subcontinent: Viacom18
- Indonesia: Emtek
- Italy: RAI
- Japan: Japan Consortium (NHK, Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo)
- Middle East and North Africa: beIN Sports
- New Zealand: SKY NZ
- Philippines: Cignal TV, TV5
- South Africa: SABC, SuperSport
- Republic of Korea: SBS, KBS, MBC
- United Kingdom: BBC
- United States: NBC Universal
These broadcasters provide comprehensive coverage and streaming options for viewers worldwide to enjoy the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.