As anticipation builds for the 2024 Summer Olympics, sports enthusiasts and fans worldwide are eager for the festivities to begin. From the dates and locations to new sports and notable athletes like Simone Biles and Steph Curry, here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most prestigious sporting event.
The 2024 Paris Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11. Paris will host the Summer Olympics for the third time (previously in 1900 and 1924). The Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the country’s largest stadium with a capacity of over 80,000, will serve as the Olympic Stadium. Events will take place in 17 different cities across metropolitan France and Tahiti. Notably, the two-day surfing competition will be held at Teahupo’o on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, 9,765 miles from Paris.
The opening ceremony will occur on July 26 along the Seine River in Paris. This will be the first time in Summer Games history that the ceremony is held outside a stadium.
The official theme song of the 2024 Paris Olympics is “Parade,” composed by Victor Le Manse and recorded with the Orchestre National de France.
The motto for the 2024 Paris Olympics is “Games Wide Open” (French: Ouvrons grand les Jeux). This slogan reflects the goal of delivering a more responsible, inclusive, equal, and spectacular Games.
The mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics is the Olympic Phryge, based on the traditional Phrygian red cloth cap, a symbol of freedom throughout French history. The mascot is draped in the blue, white, and red colors of the French flag.
An estimated 10,500 athletes will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Notably, these Games will be the first to feature an equal number of male and female participants. A total of 206 countries will be represented at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 329 medal events, the second most in the history of the Games (after the 339 events at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics). Of these 329 events, 28 are in “core” sports, meaning they were included in both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 45 different sports, including 41 mainstay Olympic sports.
Four sports will be fresh on the Olympic scene in 2024: breaking (breakdancing), skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. Breaking will make its Olympic debut, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing will be in their second Olympic cycles after debuting in Tokyo 2020.
The Eiffel Tower will remain open during the 2024 Paris Games, except for the day before and the day of the opening ceremony on July 26.
As the world eagerly awaits, the 2024 Summer Olympics promises to be a historic and exciting event, showcasing the best athletes and the spirit of competition in beautiful Paris.
