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The Summer Games returned to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paris 2024 featured the debut of breaking as an Olympic sport, [7] and was the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. [8] The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion.
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 24 July. [1] Athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the games. [2]
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
It is the third time in its history that the Summer Olympics have been held in Paris, tying it with London as the two cities to have hosted the most Summer Games. 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS: Follow USA ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
On July 10, 2024, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced the 592 athletes (314 women and 278 men) that had qualified for and would compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11] The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in soccer are not counted: [12]
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.
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers: