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The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXXIIIe olympiade de l'ère moderne) 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.
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2024 across Paris, beginning at 19:30 CEST (17:30 UTC).As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings included an artistic program showcasing the culture of the host country and city, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
At the meeting, two world records were broken in the women's high jump (by Yaroslava Mahuchikh) and women's 1500 m (by Faith Kipyegon). [1] [2]Other notable performances occurred in the men's 800 meters, where three athletes ran under the 1:42 barrier; France's Gabriel Tual (1:41.61), Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:41.58), who previously broke the 1:42 barrier at the 2024 Kenyan Olympic Trials ...
This past year was filled with champions galore as Team USA showed up in Paris for the 2024 Games prepared for total domination. Nearly 600 U.S. athletes competed to bring home 126 medals.
An aerial view of Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024. Credit - Lionel Bonaventure—Reuters
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
The French Olympic Committee commissioned Mathieu Lehanneur (born 1974), [1] [2] to design the cauldron, torch, and ceremonial cauldrons along the torch relay route: Lehanneur developed a concept of having these three items symbolise France's national motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" ("Liberty, equality, fraternity"), and gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively. [3]