The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event that occurred from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July. Paris was the host city, with events (mainly football) held in 16 additional cities spread across metropolitan France, including the sailing centre in the second-largest city of France, Marseille on the Mediterranean Sea, as well as one subsite for surfing in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics to the two remaining candidate cities; both of the bids were praised for high technical plans and innovative ways to use a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris became the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the games in 1908, 1948, and 2012). Paris 2024 marked the centenary of Paris 1924 and Chamonix 1924 (the first Winter Olympics), as well as the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics) and the first with this distinction since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. 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, and was the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The 2024 Games were expected to cost €9 billion. The opening ceremony was held outside of a stadium for the first time in modern Olympic history, as athletes were paraded by boat along the Seine. Most of the ceremony took place under the rain.
The United States topped the medal table for the fourth consecutive time with 40 gold medals and eighth consecutive time with 126 medals in total. China finished second, with also 40 gold medals and 91 medals overall. This is the first time in the history of the Summer Olympic Games that there has been a tie in the number of gold medals at the top and there was a need to use the tiebreaker criterion which is the number of silver medals (44 for the United States and 27 for China). Japan finished third with 20 gold medals and sixth in the overall medal count. Australia finished fourth with 18 gold medals and fifth in the overall medal count. The host nation, France, finished fifth with 16 gold and 64 total medals. Dominica, Saint Lucia, Cape Verde, and Albania won their first-ever Olympic medals, the former two both being gold, with Botswana and Guatemala also winning their first-ever gold medals. The Refugee Olympic Team also won their first-ever medal, a bronze in boxing. At the conclusion of the games, despite some controversies throughout, the Games were widely considered a major success by the press and observers.
Venues[]
Competitive[]
Venue | Location | Events |
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Stade Yves-du-Manoir | Grand Paris zone | Field hockey |
Stade de France | Rugby sevens, athletics (track and field), closing ceremony | |
Paris La Défense Arena | Aquatics (swimming, water polo finals) | |
Porte de La Chapelle Arena | Badminton, gymnastics (rhythmic) | |
Paris Aquatic Centre | Aquatics (water polo preliminaries and playoffs, diving, artistic swimming) | |
Le Bourget Climbing Venue | Sport climbing | |
Arena Paris Nord | Boxing (preliminaries, quarterfinals), Modern pentathlon (fencing rounds) | |
Parc des Princes | Paris Centre zone | Football (preliminaries and finals) |
Stade Roland Garros | Tennis, boxing (finals) | |
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles | Volleyball, table tennis, handball (preliminaries), weightlifting | |
Bercy Arena | Gymnastics (artistic and trampoline), basketball (finals) | |
Grand Palais | Fencing, taekwondo | |
Place de la Concorde | Basketball (3x3), breaking, cycling (BMX freestyle), skateboarding | |
Hôtel de Ville | Athletics (marathon start) | |
Pont Alexandre III | Aquatics (marathon swimming), cycling (time trial finish), triathlon | |
Trocadéro (Pont d'Iéna) | Athletics (race walk), cycling (road race) | |
Eiffel Tower Stadium (Champ de Mars) | Beach volleyball | |
Grand Palais Éphémère | Judo, wresting | |
Les Invalides | Archery, athletics (marathon finish), cycling (time trial start) | |
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles | Versailles zone | Equestrian, modern pentathlon (excluding fencing rounds) |
Le Golf National | Golf | |
Élancourt Hill | Cycling (mountain biking) | |
Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | Cycling (track), cycling (BMX racing) | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy | Lille | Basketball (group stage), handball (finals) |
National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France | Vaires-sur-Marne | Rowing, canoeing (slalom, sprint) |
Teahupo'o | Tahiti, French Polynesia | Surfing |
National Shooting Centre | Châteauroux | Shooting |
Roucas Blanc Olympic Marina | Marseille | Sailing |
Stade Vélodrome | Football (6 group stage matches, quarter-finals, women's and men's semi-finals) | |
Parc Olympique Lyonnais | Lyon | Football (6 group stage matches, quarter-finals, men's and women's semi-finals, women's bronze medal match) |
Stade Matmut Atlantique | Bordeaux | Football (6 group stage matches, quarter-finals) |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Saint-Étienne | Football (6 group stage matches) |
Allianz Riviera | Nice | Football (6 group stage matches) |
Stade de la Beaujoire | Nantes | Football (6 group stage matches, quarter-finals, men's bronze medal match) |
Non-competitive[]
Venue | Location | Events |
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Jardins du Trocadéro | Paris | Opening ceremony, Champions Park |
Seine | Opening ceremony | |
Village olympique de Saint-Denis | Olympic Village | |
Parc de l'Aire des Vents, Dugny | Media Village | |
Le Bourget Exhibition Centre and Media Village, Le Bourget | International Broadcast Centre (IBC) | |
Palais des congrès de Paris | Main Press Centre (MPC) | |
Polygone de Vincennes | Road cycling training venue | |
Tuileries Garden | Olympic Cauldron | |
Aranui 5 | Tahiti, French Polynesia | Surfing Olympic Village |
Medal table[]
Rank | National Olympic Committee | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 40 | 44 | 42 | 126 |
2 | China | 40 | 27 | 24 | 91 |
3 | Japan | 20 | 12 | 13 | 45 |
4 | Australia | 18 | 19 | 16 | 53 |
5 | France (host) | 16 | 26 | 22 | 64 |
6 | Netherlands | 15 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
7 | Great Britain | 14 | 22 | 29 | 65 |
8 | South Korea | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
9 | Italy | 12 | 13 | 15 | 40 |
10 | Germany | 12 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
11-91 | other remaining NOCs | 129 | 138 | 194 | 461 |
Broadcasters[]
Country | Network |
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Asia | Dentsu |
Caribbean | SportsMax |
Europe | Eurosport |
Indian subcontinent | Viacom18, Olympics.com |
Latin America | América Móvil |
Middle East and North Africa | beIN Sports |
Pacific Islands | Sky Pacific |
Sub-Saharan Africa | Infront Sports & Media, SuperSport, TV5Monde Afrique |
Afghanistan | ATN |
Albania | RTSH |
Algeria | EPTV |
Andorra | RTVA |
Argentina | TVP, TyC Sports |
Armenia | ARMTV |
Australia | Nine Network |
Austria | ORF |
Azerbaijan | İTV |
Barbados | CBC |
Belgium | RTBF, VRT |
Bolivia | Bolivisión |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT |
Brazil | Grupo Globo, CazéTV, Olympics.com |
Brunei | RTB |
Bulgaria | BNT |
Burkina Faso | RTB |
Cambodia | CBS |
Cameroon | CRTV |
Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada, TSN, RDS, Sportsnet |
Cape Verde | RTC |
Chile | Chilevisión |
China | CMG, Migu, Douyin, Kuaishou, Tencent |
Colombia | Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión |
Costa Rica | Repretel |
Croatia | HRT |
Cuba | ICRT |
Cyprus | CyBC |
Czech Republic | ČT |
Denmark | DR, TV 2 |
Dominican Republic | Antena 7 |
East Timor | Olympics.com |
Ecuador | RTS, TVC |
El Salvador | Canal 12 |
Estonia | Postimees Group |
Ethiopia | EBC |
Fiji | Fiji TV |
Finland | Yle |
France | France Télévisions |
Georgia | GPB |
Germany | ARD, ZDF |
Ghana | Sporty TV |
Greece | ERT |
Guatemala | Chapín TV |
Guinea | RTG |
Honduras | VTV |
Hong Kong | RTHK, HOY TV, PCCW, TVB |
Hungary | MTVA |
Iceland | RÚV |
India | Doordarshan |
Indonesia | Emtek (SCTV, Moji, Nex Parabola, Vidio) |
Iran | IRIB Varzesh |
Ireland | RTÉ |
Israel | Sports Channel |
Italy | RAI |
Ivory Coast | RTI |
Jamaica | TVJ |
Japan | Japan Consortium |
Kazakhstan | Qazaqstan, Khabar |
Kenya | KBC |
Kosovo | RTK |
Kyrgyzstan | KTRK |
Latvia | LTV |
Lithuania | TV3 |
Macau | TDM |
Malaysia | Astro, Unifi TV, RTM |
Maldives | ICE Network |
Mexico | TelevisaUnivision |
Mongolia | Premier Sports Network, Central TV |
Montenegro | RTCG |
Morocco | SNRT |
Mozambique | TVM |
Myanmar | Forever Group |
Netherlands | NOS |
New Zealand | Sky Television |
Nicaragua | Canal 10 |
Nigeria | Sporty TV |
North Korea | SBS |
North Macedonia | MRT |
Norway | NRK |
Pakistan | ARY |
Panama | TVMax |
Papua New Guinea | EM TV |
Paraguay | SNT |
Peru | Grupo ATV |
Philippines | Cignal TV, PLDT, Smart |
Poland | TVP |
Portugal | RTP |
Qatar | Alkass Sports |
Romania Moldova |
TVR |
Russia | Olympics.com, EGTRK |
Samoa | SBC |
Senegal | RTS |
Serbia | RTS |
Seychelles | SBC |
Singapore | Mediacorp |
Slovakia | STVR |
Slovenia | RTVSLO |
South Africa | SABC, SuperSport |
South Korea | KBS, MBC, SBS |
Spain | RTVE |
Sri Lanka | ThePapare TV |
Sweden | Kanal 5 |
Switzerland | SRG SSR |
Taiwan | ELTA TV, Chunghwa Telecom, TBS |
Tajikistan | Varzish TV |
Tanzania | ZBC2 |
Thailand | AIS, TrueVisions, T Sports 7, MCOT, Channel 7, PPTV |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTT |
Turkey | TRT |
Turkmenistan | Olympics.com |
Uganda | NBS Sport |
Ukraine | Suspilne, TK "Marafon" |
United Kingdom | BBC |
United States | NBC |
Uruguay | Canal 5, Canal 4 |
Uzbekistan | MTRK |
Venezuela | TVES |
Zambia | ZNBC |