All you need to know about the Paris 2024 Olympics
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will showcase 3,800 hours of live sport and award 329 gold medals in 32 sports over 18 days of competition across the capital and in other parts of France.
Here is all you need to know about the 34th summer Olympics.
When do the Olympics start?
The opening ceremony to signal the official start of the Paris 2024 Olympics will be held on Friday, 26 July.
But the sporting action actually begins on Wednesday, 24 July with pool matches in football, rugby sevens, handball and archery.
The ambitious opening ceremony will take place along the River Seine instead of in a stadium.
The first medals will be awarded a day later and competition will conclude on 11 August, with the closing ceremony later that evening.
When are the 100m finals?
The women’s 100m final will be held at 20:20 BST on Saturday, 3 August, and a little over 24 hours later, at 20:50 BST on 4 August, it will be the men’s 100m final. Both will take place at the Stade de France, where all the track and field events are being held.
How many gold medals will be won?
There are 329 gold medal events at Paris 2024 with a whopping 39 medals being won on the penultimate day of competition, Saturday, 10 August.
The first medal of the Games will be in shooting – mixed team air rifle – and that is expected to be won at 10:30 BST on Saturday, 27 July.
The final medal will be awarded in women’s basketball at 16:30 BST on Sunday, 11 August.
What sports are new for Paris 2024?
The only new sport for the 2024 Olympics is breaking. It is a style of dance that originated in the Bronx in New York during the 1970s but has evolved to become a competitive sport.
In Paris, breaking will not be seen until the latter part of the Games, with the women’s event taking place on 9 August and the men’s on 10 August. A total of 32 entrants, 16 men and 16 women will compete for the medals.
Baseball/softball and karate both featured in Tokyo three years ago but have been dropped for these Olympics.
Other tweaks to sports include a change in format for sport climbing. In Tokyo, there was only one medal on offer for both the men and women but in Paris there will be a combined medal for lead and bouldering and a separate medal event for speed climbing.
Kayak cross will also make its debut. It is a form of canoe slalom but four athletes in each heat race against each other, not just the clock.
In sailing two kite events have been added to the programme, windsurfer – iQFoil and kiteboarding.
And in artistic swimming, men are included for the first time in Olympic history and there will also be a team acrobatic routine round making its debut.
Who is competing for Team GB and how many medals could they win?
Team GB have finalised their squad for the Games with 327 athletes set to take part, external across 24 different sports.
They won 64 medals in Tokyo and data experts Nielsen Gracenote currently predict a total of 62 in Paris.
Who is the Olympics mascot for Paris 2024?
Meet Olympic Phryge.
The name is based on the traditional small Phrygian hats the Olympic and Paralympic mascots are shaped after.
It is a symbol of freedom through French history and represents allegorical figures of the French republic.
The motto of the mascots is “Alone we go faster, but together we go further.”
Will there be prize money at the Olympics?
World Athletics has announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Olympic Games.
The global governing body said a total prize pot of $2.4m (£1.9m) has been made available for this summer’s Olympics in Paris, with gold medallists receiving $50,000 (£39,400).
Is Russia banned from competing in the Olympics?
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete as neutral athletes, known as AIN (Individual Neutral Athletes).
They will not take part in the opening ceremony at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, says the International Olympic Committee.
Competition schedule and venues
Events are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that are made. Some sports have rest days not listed below.
Opening ceremony: 26 July, River Seine
Archery: 25 July to 4 August, Invalides
Artistic gymnastics: 25 July to 4 August, Bercy Arena
Artistic swimming: 5-10 August, Bercy Arena
Athletics: 1-11 August, Stade de France (track & field), Trocadero (race walks), Invalides (marathons)
Badminton: 27 July to 5 August, La Chapelle Arena
3×3 Basketball: 30 July to 5 August, La Concorde
Basketball: 27 July to 11 August, Pierre Mauroy Stadium (group phase) & Bercy Arena (finals)
Beach volleyball: 27 July to 10 August, Eiffel Tower Stadium
Boxing: 27 July to 10 August, North Paris Arena & Roland-Garros Stadium
Breaking: 9-10 August, La Concorde
Canoe slalom: 27 July to 5 August, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium – White water
Canoe sprint: 6-10 August, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium – Flat water
Cycling BMX: 30 July to 2 August, La Concorde (freestyle), BMX Stadium (racing)
Cycling mountain bike: 28-29 July, Elancourt Hill
Cycling road: 27 July to 4 August, Pont Alexandre III (time trials), Trocadero (road races)
Cycling track: 5-11 August, National Velodrome
Diving: 27 July to 10 August, Aquatics Centre
Equestrian: 27 July to 6 August, Chateau de Versailles
Fencing: 27 July to 4 August, Grand Palais
Football: 24 July to 10 August, Bordeaux Stadium, Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium, La Beaujoire Stadium, Lyon Stadium, Marseille Stadium, Nice Stadium & Parc de Princes (finals)
Golf: 1-10 August, Le Golf National
Handball: 25 July to 11 August, South Paris Arena (group stage), Pierre Mauroy Stadium (knockout phase)
Hockey: 27 July to 9 August, Yves-du-Manoir Stadium
Judo: 27 July to 3 August, Champ-de-Mars Arena
Marathon swimming: 8-9 August, Pont Alexandre III
Modern pentathlon: 8-11 August, North Paris Arena (ranking round), Chateau de Versailles
Rhythmic gymnastics: 8-10 August, La Chapelle Arena
Rowing: 27 July to 3 August, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium – Flat water
Rugby sevens: 24-30 July, Stade de France
Sailing: 28 July to 8 August, Marseille Marina
Shooting: 27 July to 5 August, Chateauroux Shooting Centre
Skateboarding: 27 July to 7 August, La Concorde
Sport climbing: 5-10 August, Le Bourget Climbing Venue
Surfing: 27 July to 4 August, Teahupo’o, Tahiti
Swimming: 27 July to 4 August, Paris La Defense Arena
Table tennis: 27 July to 10 August, South Paris Arena
Taekwondo: 7-10 August, Grand Palais
Tennis: 27 July to 4 August, Roland Garros
Trampoline gymnastics: 2 August, Bercy Arena
Triathlon: 30 July to 5 August, Pont Alexandre III
Volleyball: 27 July to 11 August, South Paris Arena
Water polo: 27 July to 11 August, Aquatics Centre, Paris La Defense Arena
Weightlifting: 7-11 August, South Paris Arena
Wrestling: 5-11 August, Champ-de-Mars Arena
Closing ceremony: 11 August, Stade de France
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