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At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, seven swimming events were contested. Only men competed in the swimming competition. There was a total of 76 participants from 12 countries competing. [1] [2] As with the rowing events, swimming took place on the Seine between the Courbevoie Bridge and the Asnières Bridge.
Four years later, the events took place on the River Seine. [2] They were part of events that were on the same venue as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. [3] By the 1908 Games, the first venue for swimming that was not in a lake or a river took place. [4] It was not until 1920 Games that a separate venue was created for the aquatic events ...
The competitors in the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympics went into the water at 8 a.m., the first time an Olympic event has been held in the Seine in 124 years.
The swimming competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 9 August 2024. Pool events (27 July to 4 August) took place at the Paris La Défense Arena, with the two-day marathon swimming (8 to 9 August) staged at Pont Alexandre III through the Seine River.
What Olympic events are in the Seine River? Five swimming events took place in the Seine at the Paris Olympics. Both the men's and women’s swimming portion of the triathlon took place on ...
Paris plans to make the Seine the centerpiece of the 2024 Olympic Games, with long-term efforts to clean up the river allowing swimming events to take place in its waters.
The river was also the site of the men's and women's event for marathon swimming, as well as the swimming portion of the triathlon. [46] Although swimming in the Seine had been banned since 1923, a €1.4 billion cleanup effort by the French government sought to reduce bacterial levels in the river to those safe for swimming. [47]
Officials undertook an ambitious plan, including 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in infrastructure improvements, to clean up the long-polluted Seine. They had been steadfast in their insistence that the swimming portion of the triathlon and the marathon swimming events could safely be held in the river.