Paris 2024
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| Paris 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Name | 2024 Summer Olympic Games |
| Host city | Paris, France |
| Nations | 206 |
| Athletes | ~10,500 |
| Opening | 26 July 2024 |
| Closing | 11 August 2024 |
| Stadium | Stade de France |
| Previous | Tokyo 2020 |
| Next | Los Angeles 2028 |
Paris 2024 is the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, a major international multi-sport event hosted in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Awarded to Paris by the International Olympic Committee after a bidding process involving Los Angeles, the Games mark the centenary of the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. The edition emphasizes urban staging along the Seine and incorporates historic sites such as Champs-Élysées, Eiffel Tower, and Palais Garnier into its competition and ceremonies.
Background and host city selection
The selection followed campaigns by Paris, Los Angeles, Budapest, Rome, Hamburg, and Boston during the 2010s bidding cycle overseen by the International Olympic Committee and its Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms. After withdrawals and negotiations that involved IOC President Thomas Bach, a dual allocation in 2017 awarded Paris the 2024 Games and Los Angeles the 2028 Games, referencing precedents like the 1984 Summer Olympics arrangement and consultations with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français. The decision referenced legacies from the 1924 Summer Olympics and sought continuity with urban hosting trends evident in London 2012 and Tokyo 2020.
Organisation and venues
Organising responsibilities are shared among the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, the French Ministry of Sports, the City of Paris, and national federations such as the Fédération Française de Football and the Fédération Française d'Athlétisme. The competition plan uses existing landmarks and refurbished facilities including Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the La Défense Arena, and temporary arenas on the Champs-Élysées and along the Seine. Aquatics events deploy the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy adaptations and purpose-built pools, while the Grand Palais and Palais Garnier host indoor disciplines and cultural events. Cycling routes traverse historic corridors near Arc de Triomphe and Versailles, and the marathon finishes along avenues associated with Place de la Concorde and Bois de Boulogne.
Venues outside Île-de-France include sailing at Marseille's Vieux-Port and mountain biking near Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, linking regional stakeholders like the Région Île-de-France and the Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to the organising map used in earlier editions such as Sydney 2000 and Rio 2016.
Sports and competition programme
The programme comprises core sports governed by the International Olympic Committee and international federations including World Athletics, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Fédération Internationale de Natation, and International Federation of Association Football. New and reinstated sports follow precedents from Tokyo 2020 with disciplines such as sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing continuing alongside additions like breakdancing, branded as Breaking under the World DanceSport Federation. Events span athletics, aquatics, fencing under the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, rowing under the World Rowing Federation, weightlifting under the International Weightlifting Federation, and judo under the International Judo Federation. The competition schedule reflects gender parity initiatives supported by entities like the International Paralympic Committee and national Olympic committees such as the British Olympic Association and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Qualification pathways involve continental championships administered by federations including European Athletic Association, African Boxing Confederation, Pan American Sports Organization, and Olympic qualification regattas mirroring schemes used in London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Participating nations and athletes
Approximately 206 National Olympic Committees, among them the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Russian Olympic Committee under specified sanctions, and the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français, are expected to send delegations totaling roughly 10,500 athletes. High-profile athletes anticipated include competitors from Team USA, Team China, Great Britain Olympic Team, Japan Olympic Committee delegations, and emerging contingents from nations represented at recent multisport events such as the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. Athlete preparations are coordinated with national federations like USA Swimming, Athletics Australia, and Ligue Nationale de Basket while anti-doping oversight involves the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage.
Tickets, broadcasting and ceremonies
Ticketing is managed by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee with distribution partnerships involving broadcasters such as Eurovision, NBCUniversal, China Media Group, BBC Sport, and rights holders including Discovery, Inc. and Canal+. Opening and closing ceremonies utilize the Seine river as a central stage integrating productions by creative directors collaborating with institutions like the Comédie-Française and cultural partners including the Musée du Louvre. Ceremonial music and programming draw artists associated with entities like Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique and performance producers with experience from Eurovision Song Contest productions. Broadcast operations will coordinate with the International Sports Broadcasting hub and use venues such as Maison de la Radio to deliver global feeds.
Legacy, sustainability and security
Legacy aims align with initiatives from the Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques and urban planners influenced by projects like Grand Paris Express and heritage institutions such as Centre Pompidou to transform temporary infrastructure into community assets. Sustainability commitments reference targets from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and certifications by bodies like ISO standards and partnerships with environmental NGOs including WWF and Greenpeace for carbon mitigation. Security planning integrates national agencies such as the Ministry of the Interior (France), the National Gendarmerie, and European cooperation via Europol and Frontex while emergency response frameworks draw on protocols from Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe exercises and lessons from London 2012 and Sochi 2014. The Games aim to deliver cultural, transport, and sports legacies for institutions including Université Paris-Saclay and local clubs affiliated with the Fédération Française de Sport.