Four hundred eighty-eight days remain to the
world's largest sporting event in the City of Light; excitement is already at
its peak. Preparations are going on very well as the world's best athletes from
32 different sports will participate, and millions of fans across the globe
will come and experience an unforgettable adventure from July 26, 2024, to
August 11, 2024 (handball, football and rugby will take place from July 24).
Paris will host the Olympics for the second
time, precisely 100 years after hosting the Games in 1900 and 1924. Moreover,
Paris will become the second city after London to host three Olympic
games.Seven hundred sixty-two sessions will occur at 35 venues for athletes
from 205 nations at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Changes
According to many people, the Paris 2024Olympics will be the best because of the changes that will apply for the first
time. For example,
Paris 2024 will ensure that exactly 50% of
males and females participate. This objective is a part of gender equality,
applied in Tokyo 2020, where female participation was 48.8%.
Another objective Paris 2024 Olympics plans to
achieve is the growth of mixed-gender events from 22, four more than in Tokyo
2020. Also, the Summer Olympics will reduce the quota to precisely 10,500. 592
fewer than Tokyo.
We will also see the same emblem used for the
Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time.
About the Olympics 2024
The opening ceremony will occur in an open
public area for the first time in Games history. Paris is planning to organise
one on the river Seine where performers and 10,500 athletes with their national
delegations will parade through the heart of the city.Spectators can see
athletes through 80 giant screens and strategic speakers. Around 600,000
spectators will attend the ceremony, ten times more than the capacity of the
Olympic stadium.
It's worth mentioning that there will be about
45,000 volunteers to help in the lead-up and during the games, according to the
Paris Olympics committee.Paris 2024 Olympic Games could generate around €10.7
billion and create approx—247,000 jobs before, during and after the Games.
Games
There are currently 28 sports in the Olympics,
Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Basketball 3x3, Boxing, Canoe, Road
Cycling, Cycling Track, Mountain Biking, BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing, Equestrian,
Fencing, Football, Golf, Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Trampoline,
Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting,
Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Diving,
Marathon Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Water Polo, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.
However, IOC has approved the proposal sent by
by Paris committee to include four more sports, Breaking, Sport Climbing,
Skateboarding, and Surfing, which will also take place in the Olympics. At the
same time, a few games, Karate, Softball, and Baseball, have been removed and
won't be played at the Olympics.
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Venues
Knowing venues is very important in the
Olympics, especially if you plan to go there and witness the Games live because
different areas of Paris will showcase other sports. For example, some venues
are in Paris City; some are outside the city; with sports like surfing, games
will take place 10,000 miles away from the Olympic city for the first time.
Regarding surfing, Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, will host
the surfing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Paris Centre Venues:
· Roland-Garros
Stadium - Boxing, Tennis
· Parc
des Princes - Soccer
· Eiffel
Tower Stadium - Beach Volleyball
· Champs
de Mars Arena - Breaking, Judo, Wrestling
· Alexandre
III Bridge - Cycling, Marathon Swimming, Triathlon
· Invalides
- Archery, Athletics, Cycling
· La
Concorde Stadium - 3×3 Basketball, BMX, Breaking, Skateboarding
· Bercy
Arena - Artistic Gymnastics, Basketball
· La
Chapelle Arena - Badminton, Rhythmic Gymnastics
· Iéna
Bridge - Cycling, Marathon, Marathon Swimming, Race Walk, Triathlon
· South
Paris Arena 1 - Volleyball
· South
Paris Arena 4 - Table Tennis
· South
Paris Arena 6 - Handball, Weightlifting
· Hôtel
de Ville - Marathon
· Grand
Palais - Fencing, Taekwondo
Ile-de-France Venues
· Elancourt
Hill - Mountain Biking
· Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Velodrome - Cycling
· Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
BMX Stadium - BMX
· Golf
National - Golf
· Château
de Versailles - Equestrian, Modern Pentathlon
· Paris
La Défense Arena - Swimming, Water Polo
· Yves-du-Manoir
Stadium - Hockey
· Stade
de France - Athletics, Rugby
· Aquatics
Centre - Artistic Swimming, Diving, Water Polo
· Le
Bourget Sport Climbing Venue - Sport Climbing
· North
Paris Arena - Boxing, Modern Pentathlon
· Varies-sur-Marne
Nautical Stadium - Canoe, Rowing
Outside Venues:
· Pierre
Mauroy Stadium, Lille - Basketball, Handball
· La
Beaujoire Stadium, Nantes - Soccer
· Bordeaux
Stadium, Bordeaux - Soccer
· The
CNTS Shooting Range, Châteauroux - Shooting
· Lyon
Stadium, Lyon - Soccer
· Geoffroy-Guichard
Stadium, Saint-Etienne - Soccer
· Marseille
Stadium, Marseille - Soccer
· Marseille
Marina, Marseille - Sailing
· Nice
Stadium, Nice - Soccer
· Teahupo’o,
Tahiti - Surfing
The time frame for each sport at the 2024 Paris
Olympic Games:
· Artistic
swimming: Monday, August 5 - Saturday, August 10
· Marathon
swimming: Thursday, August 8 - Friday, August 9
· Swimming:
Saturday, July 27 - Sunday, August 4
· Diving:
Saturday, July 27 - Saturday, August 10
· Water
Polo:Preliminaries phase, Saturday, July 27 - Sunday, August 4. Finals phase,
Monday, August 5 - Sunday, August 11
· Archery:Thursday,
July 25 - Sunday, August 4
· Track
and Field:Friday, August 2 - Saturday, August 10
· Marathon/Road
running: Saturday, August 10 - Sunday, August 11
· Racewalking:
Thursday, August 1 – Wednesday, August 7
· Badminton:Saturday,
July 27 – Monday, August 5
· Basketball:Preliminaries
phase - Saturday, July 27 – Sunday, August 4. Finals phase, Tuesday, August 6 -
Sunday, August 11
· 3x3
basketball - Tuesday, July 30 – Monday, August 5
· Boxing:Saturday,
July 27 - Saturday, August 10
· Breaking:Friday,
August 9 - Saturday, August 10
· Canoe
Slalom:Saturday, July 27 - Monday, August 5
· Canoe
Sprint:Tuesday, August 6 - Saturday, August 10
· BMX
freestyle - Tuesday, July 31 – Wednesday, July 31
· BMX
racing - Thursday, August 1 – Friday, August 2
· Cycling
Mountain Biking:Sunday, July 28 - Monday, July 29
· Cycling
Road:Saturday, July 27, Saturday, August 3 - Sunday, August 4
· Cycling
Track:Monday, August 5 - Sunday, August 11
· Equestrian
(Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping): Saturday, July 27 - Tuesday, August 6
· Fencing:Saturday,
July 27 - Sunday, August 4
· Field
hockey:Saturday, July 27 - Friday, August 9
· Football:Wednesday,
July 24 - Saturday, August 10
· Golf:Thursday,
August 1 - Saturday, August 10
· Artistic
Gymnastics: Saturday, July 27 - Monday, August 5
· Rhythmic
Gymnastics: Thursday, August 8 - Saturday, August 10
· Trampoline
Gymnastics: Friday, August 2
· Handball:Wednesday,
July 24 – Friday, August 9
· Judo:Saturday,
July 27 - Saturday, August. Modern pentathlon, Thursday, August 8, Fencing
ranking round, Friday, August 9 - Sunday, August 11
· Rowing:Saturday,
July 27 – Saturday, August 3
· Rugby
sevens:Wednesday, July 24 – Tuesday, July 30
· Sailing:Sunday,
July 28 - Thursday, August 8
· Rifle
and pistol shooting - Saturday, July 27 – Monday, August 5
· Shotgun
- Monday, July 29 - Monday, August 5
· Street
Skateboarding - Saturday, July 27 - Sunday, July 28
· Park
Skateboarding - Tuesday, August 6 - Wednesday, August 7
· Sport
climbing:Monday, August 5 - Friday, August 9
· Surfing:Saturday,
July 27 - Tuesday, July 30
· Table
tennis:Saturday, July 27 - Saturday, August 10
· Taekwondo:Wednesday,
August 7 - Saturday, August 10
· Tennis:Saturday,
July 27 - Sunday, August 4
· Triathlon:Tuesday,
July 30 - Monday, August 5
· Volleyball:Saturday,
July 27 - Sunday, August 11
· Beach
volleyball:Saturday, July 27 - Saturday, August 10
· Weightlifting:Wednesday,
August 7 - Sunday, August 11
· Wrestling
(Freestyle and Greco-Roman): Monday, August 5 - Sunday, August 11
How to get tickets
Tickets for the Paris 2024 were made available
on the official site to purchase in the first round by simply making a
registration account there. But if you didn't get to register in the first
phase, you can register until April 20, 2023, and try to participate, as 7
million tickets will be available this time for the general public.
If you're lucky enough to get drawn, amazing. However,
if not, you'll have to wait until the end of the year for the final ticket
sales.
