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This category contains articles listing chronological summaries of the Olympics. Pages in category "Chronological summaries of the Olympics" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events. The opening ceremony was held two days later on 26 July. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was held on 11 August. [1] The games included 329 events in 32 different sports. Breakdancing made its debut as an Olympic ...
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens , Greece , and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris , France.
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are unfolding amid growing instability around the globe. Here’s a look at other times the Summer Games have taken place against a backdrop of conflict.
The 2020 schedule by session was approved by the IOC Executive Board on 18 July 2018, with the exception of swimming, diving, and artistic swimming. A more detailed schedule by event was released on 16 April 2019, still omitting a detailed schedule for the boxing events. [9] [10] A detailed boxing schedule was released in late 2019. [11]
The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics:
Though pentathlon is still held at the 1980 Summer Olympics, new competitions start replacing it with the seven-event variant. The first championship to feature the new event, which adds the 200 metres and javelin throw to the five pentathlon events, is the 1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. [15]
This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Years not appearing are those when the event was not held. Years in italics mean it was a demonstration sport.