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The 2024 Paris Olympics kicks off on July 26 — and this year's event is one for the record books. For the first time in Olympic history, the Summer Games' opening ceremony will take place ...
The Olympic games will be held over two and a half weeks in July and August
Your ultimate guide to taking a trip to the French capital for the summer Games, from the best hotels to how to get tickets for events
This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and other venues in Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti in the overseas country of French Polynesia. Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events.
The city's iconic Arc De Triomphe was lit with the city's 2024 Olympic Games bid logo at 20:24 local time. A multi-coloured image of the Eiffel Tower with the words, "Paris, Candidate city, Olympic Games 2024" was screened onto the Arc at the top of the Champs-Élysées and on the town hall in Marseille. [57]
2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: FRA: NOC: French National Olympic and Sports Committee: Website: www.franceolympique.com (in French) in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 573 (291 men and 282 women) in 35 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Florent Manaudou & Mélina Robert-Michon: Flag bearer (closing)
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
The Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP2024) (French: Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024) is the organising committee for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics which were held in Paris, France. Tony Estanguet serves as president of the committee.