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In 2022, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake ...
Great Britain at the2024 Summer Olympics. Great Britain, (known as Team GB or the ' Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team' [3]) the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The delegation of 327 athletes included 172 ...
POCOG. v. t. e. This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and other venues in Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti in the overseas country of French Polynesia. Competition began on 24 July with the first matches in the group stages of football and rugby sevens events.
London hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. Athletes from the United Kingdom compete as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, [1] currently branded "Team GB". The team is organised by the British Olympic Association, the National Olympic Committee for the UK.
v. t. e. The 2024 Summer Olympics, [ a ] officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad[ b ] and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with several events started from 24 July.
2008. 2012. 2016. 2020. 2024. Great Britain are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This is Great Britain's seventeenth consecutive time competing at the Summer Paralympic Games since the first Games in 1960. UK Sport has set the team a target of winning between 100 and 140 medals at ...
London Olympics or London Games may refer to: 1908 Summer Olympics, Games of the IV Olympiad. 1944 Summer Olympics, Games of the XIII Olympiad, cancelled due to World War II. 1948 Summer Olympics, Games of the XIV Olympiad. 2012 Summer Olympics, Games of the XXX Olympiad.
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. It was the first Olympic Games held in the modern era. About 100,000 people attended for the opening of the games.