Paris 2024 Olympics

The 2024 Summer Olympics – Jeux olympiques d’été de 2024 officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Jeux de la XXXIII^e Olympiade are officially branded as Paris 2024, is an ongoing international multi-sport event taking place from July 24 to August 11, 2024 in France, with the Opening Ceremony taking place on July 26. Paris is the main host city, with events held at 16 other cities spread across Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti, French Polynesia.

The Opening Ceremony

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony will not take place in a stadium. Paris 2024 is breaking new ground by bringing sports into the city and the same will be true of the Opening Ceremony, set to be held in the heart of the city along its main artery: the Seine.

A ceremony on the river

The parade of athletes will be held on the Seine with boats assigned for each national delegation equipped with cameras to allow television and online viewers to see the athletes up close. Winding their way from east to west, the 10,500 athletes will cross through the center of Paris where these competitors will display their sporting prowess over the next 16 days. The parade will come to the end of its 6-kilometer route in front of the Trocadéro, where the remaining elements of Olympic protocol and final shows will take place.

The Performers

Slimane, the French representative for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest is to perform a pre-opening ceremony concert in Saint-Denis. Rumors about possible performers have mentioned Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura, and other surprises.

The Sports Events

The program of the 2024 Summer Olympics will feature 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 “core” Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking will make its Olympic debut as an optional sport while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing will return from 2020.

The Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony is scheduled to be held at Stade de France on August 11, 2024. The ceremony will be titled “Records”, and is set to feature more than a hundred performers, including acrobats, dancers, and circus artists.

PARIS 2024 Interesting & FUN Facts:

For the first time, the 2024 Summer Paralympics is sharing the same emblem as its corresponding Olympics, with no difference, reflecting a shared “ambition” between both events.
There will be 206 countries represented at the Olympics with 10,500 athletes competing in 329 events, and 184 countries at the Paralympics featuring 4,400 athletes in 549 events.
On November 14, 2022, The Phryges were unveiled as the mascots of the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics; they are a pair of anthropomorphic Phrygian caps, a historic French symbol of freedom and liberty.
The games will serve an estimated 13 million meals, with 40,000 meals each day, and of those 1,200 will be Michelin-starred meals. A boulangerie will bake fresh baguettes and other breads each day.
Approximately 5,084 medals would be produced by the French mint Monnaie de Paris and were designed by Chaumet, a luxury jewelry firm based in Paris.
The gold medals are made with 98.8 percent silver and 1.13 percent gold, while the bronze medals are made up of copper, zinc, and tin.
The torch relay is expected to have 10,000 torchbearers and visit over 400 settlements in 65 French territories, including six overseas.
Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris will become the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the 1908, 1948, and 2012 Games).
Paris 2024 will feature the debut of breakdancing as an Olympic event.
The 2024 Games are expected to cost €9 billion.

Where to watch PARIS 2024 in the USA

Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock and NBC, starting with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 26 – Live broadcast at 12:30 pm (CDT) and a replay at 6:30 pm. (CDT)