Paris welcomes the Olympic Games from July 24 to August 11, 2024, internet hosting occasions in summer time sports activities starting from gymnastics and handball to swimming and fencing. Follow FRANCE 24’s day-by-day information to the occasions and competitions of the thirty third Olympiad.
The eyes of the world might be on Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. From July 24 to August 11, individuals watching from throughout the globe will have the ability to observe competitions in athletics, swimming, tennis, fencing and plenty of different disciplines. To assist you to preserve monitor of the 18-day extravaganza, FRANCE 24 has put collectively a calendar of the occasions that can pit the world’s greatest athletes in opposition to each other within the hopes of successful Olympic gold.
The workforce sports activities begin even earlier than the opening ceremony, with the rugby sevens and soccer matches kicking off on July 24 adopted by handball and archery the following day.
Friday, July 26, 2024
The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will happen alongside the banks of the Seine, with its monuments and bridges offering a historic backdrop to this worldwide celebration of human achievement.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
The competitions themselves start with the primary Olympic weekend, with no fewer than 11 titles to be awarded on the primary Saturday of the video games. Cycling fanatics can benefit from the males’s and girls’s particular person time trials, which might be free for anybody wishing to attend.
Fencing followers can even have the prospect to see sabre and epee fencers on stage underneath the nave of the Grand Palais for the self-discipline’s first medals.
Judo is beginning off with the ladies’s -48kg and males’s -60kg classes. Shirine Boukli and Luka Mkheidze are anticipated to characterize France.
Urban sports activities might be awarding their first medals in Paris with the skateboarding road finals. Aurelien Giraud might be representing France’s hopes of bringing house the gold.
Finally, on the Stade de France, we’ll witness the primary workforce sport remaining, the rugby sevens, doubtlessly that includes the hoped-for look of celebrity Antoine Dupont.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
The weekend continues with 11 extra medals awarded. The mountain biking occasion will begin on the hills of Elancourt, the place skilled rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and prodigy Loana Lecomte will goal for victory on their house turf.
At Place de la Concorde, Parisian Charlotte Hym will compete to win the ladies’s skateboard road title. Not far-off, Romain Cannone will try an Olympic double in particular person epee, whereas Ysaora Thibus will defend her possibilities in girls’s foil.
Amandine Buchard (52kg) might be preventing for France in judo. And in swimming, the eagerly awaited Leon Marchand will compete within the males’s 400-metre particular person medley remaining.
Monday, July 29, 2024
Monday presents audiences a packed day of occasions together with archery, inventive gymnastics, judo, swimming, mountain biking, crusing, browsing and water polo.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
French judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou (63kg) is predicted to be the star of the day, dealing with the prospect of going from double Olympic champion to triple.
Paris can even be within the highlight in the course of the Olympic triathlon: after swimming within the Seine, triathletes may have the chance to run and cycle by iconic landmarks such because the Grand Palais, Petit Palais, National Assembly, Musee d’Orsay, Avenue des Champs-Elysees and Quai d’Orsay.
Over 15,000 km away, the browsing occasions will proceed on the Teahupo’o spot in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Finally, there would be the second workforce sport remaining with girls’s rugby sevens, giving the French workforce the prospect to win gold three years after securing a silver medal in Tokyo.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
In the swimming pools, the 100-metre freestyle finals would be the spotlight of the day, giving audiences the prospect to witness the younger Romanian prodigy David Popovici in motion.
In city sports activities, the Concorde will host the finals of BMX freestyle park. The legendary Logan Martin might be making an attempt to defend his Olympic title as French hopeful Anthony Jeanjean fights for the gold on his house turf.
Not far-off, it will likely be the ladies’s flip to compete within the triathlon, with Cassandre Beaugrand anticipated to steer the French workforce.
Judo can even proceed with the -70kg (girls) and -90kg (males) classes, the place Marie-Ève Gahie and Alexis Mathieu are anticipated to characterize France.
Thursday, August 1, 2024
The monitor and discipline occasions will make a gradual begin today with the 20 km race stroll. The judo competitions will proceed within the short-term Grand Palais, with Audrey Tcheumeo (-78 kg) representing France.
Friday, August 2, 2024
First Laure, now Florent – the youngest of the Manaudou siblings hopes to win the title within the 50-metre freestyle swimming occasion.
In judo, the legendary Teddy Riner might be on the mats to attempt to win his third Olympic gold medal within the +100kg class, whereas Julia Tolofua is predicted to characterize France within the +78kg class.
The first monitor and discipline medals might be awarded in the course of the night session, which is able to conclude with the Men’s 10,000m remaining.
Saturday, August 3, 2024
France can look ahead to a golden weekend, with no fewer than 44 titles being awarded over two days. On Saturday alone, 25 gold medals might be up for grabs.
In the streets of Paris, the street biking race will decide the strongest contender, giving Julian Alaphilippe one other shot on the title after his fall in Rio.
The day can even characteristic the climax of judo with the blended workforce event, and presumably a contemporary showdown between world heavywights Japan and France.
Athletics might be a spotlight with the finals in males’s shot put, girls’s triple soar, blended 4x400m relay, girls’s 100m and the conclusion of the decathlon, which Kevin Mayer hopes to win.
With Roland-Garros nonetheless awaiting the successors to French champions Yannick Noah and Mary Pierce in tennis, this could possibly be the yr for France’s Caroline Garcia to take up their mantle and win gold on the Parisian clay.
Sunday, August 4, 2024
With 19 gold medals ready to be awarded at this time, adrenaline might be significantly excessive for the lads’s 100m remaining, historically the most-watched occasion of the Olympics.
The remaining of males’s tennis will happen on the clay courts of Roland-Garros, bringing with it the opportunity of seeing a remaining showdown between revered champions Djokovic and Nadal.
Monday, August 5, 2024
The “golden weekend” could also be over, however the Olympics proceed in full swing, particularly in athletics with 4 new finals: 5,000 metres, 800 metres, discus throw, and pole vault. In the latter self-discipline, Renaud Lavillenie desires of a victory on house soil. But he’ll be dealing with robust competitors from record-holder Armand Duplantis. Track biking can even kick off on the National Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
An Olympic boxing champion at Rio 2016, Estelle Mossely has set her sights on Paris 2024. The Frenchwoman is undefeated in skilled boxing, however she desires to relive the emotional heights of the Olympic Games and, if doable, triumph on French soil within the iconic venue of Roland-Garros.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Athletics, boxing, velocity climbing, crusing, wrestling, and taekwondo – there might be one thing for everybody on today.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Athletics might be in full swing with the awarding of 5 new gold medals: girls’s lengthy soar, males’s javelin throw, girls’s 400m hurdles and males’s 200m and 110m hurdles.
The hockey remaining will happen on the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, a venue initially constructed for the 1924 Olympics – the final time town hosted the video games.
Friday, August 9, 2024
Football, particularly the lads’s event, might not be the most well-liked occasion on the Olympic Games, however the competitors will nonetheless be fierce this Friday on the Stade de France.
Another spotlight is the ultimate of the brand new self-discipline launched within the 2024 Olympics: breakdance. The b-girls will compete on Friday, with the b-boys taking their activate the mat the following day.
At Le Bourget, the Olympic mixed climbing occasion will see the lads compete, with audiences anticipating a exceptional efficiency from French prodigy Mejdi Schlack.
Saturday, August 10, 2024
The grand climax of the video games begins with a weekend full of finals, particularly in workforce sports activities. On Saturday, the final matches of males’s basketball, girls’s handball, males’s volleyball, and girls’s soccer will happen.
At Le Bourget, the queen of climbing, Janja Garnbret, will defend her Olympic title, and younger French climber Oriane Bertone can even try to shine.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
The final gold medals might be awarded on the ultimate day of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The program contains the finals of males’s handball, girls’s basketball, males’s water polo and girls’s volleyball, with the lads’s marathon bringing the competitions to an in depth.
Finally, Paris will move the Olympic torch to Los Angeles for the 2028 summer time Olympics in the course of the closing ceremony on the Stade de France.
A abstract calendar of the video games:
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Football (Soccer)
Rugby Sevens
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Archery
- Football (Soccer)
- Handball
- Rugby Sevens
Friday, July 26, 2024
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Badminton
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Road Cycling (with medal ceremonies)
- Canoe Slalom
- Diving (with medal ceremonies)
- Football (Soccer)
- Fencing (with medal ceremonies)
- Artistic Gymnastics
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo (with medal ceremonies)
- Rowing
- Rugby Sevens (with medal ceremonies)
- Shooting
- Skateboarding (with medal ceremonies)
- Surfing
- Swimming (with medal ceremonies)
- Tennis
- Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Monday, July 29, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Archery
- Badminton
- 3×3 Basketball
- BMX Freestyle
- Boxing
- Canoe Slalom
- Football (Soccer)
- Fencing (with medal ceremonies)
- Artistic Gymnastics (with medal ceremonies)
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo (with medal ceremonies)
- Rowing (with medal ceremonies)
- Rugby Sevens (with medal ceremonies)
- Sailing (with medal ceremonies)
- Shooting
- Surfing (with medal ceremonies)
- Swimming (with medal ceremonies)
- Tennis
- Table Tennis (with medal ceremonies)
- Triathlon
- Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Archery
- ArtisticGymnastics(with medal ceremonies)
- Badminton
- 3×3 Basketball
- Basketball
- BMX Freestyle (with medal ceremonies)
- Boxing
- Canoe Slalom (with medal ceremonies)
- Diving (with medal ceremonies)
- Fencing(with medal ceremonies)
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo (with medal ceremonies)
- Rowing (with medal ceremonies)
- Sailing (with medal ceremonies)
- Shooting
- Soccer
- Skateboarding (with medal ceremonies)
- Swimming (with medal ceremonies)
- Table Tennis (with medal ceremonies)
- Tennis
- Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Archery
- Athletics (Track and Field) (with medal ceremonies)
- Badminton
- 3×3 Basketball
- Basketball
- BMX Racing
- Boxing
- Canoe slalom
- Cycling Track (with medal ceremonies)
- Gymnastics Artistic (with medal ceremonies)
- Golf
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo (with medal ceremonies)
- Rowing (with medal ceremonies)
- Sailing (with medal ceremonies)
- Shooting
- Swimming (with medal ceremonies)
- Tennis
- Table Tennis
- Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Friday, August 2, 2024
Archery (with medal ceremonies)
Athletics (Track and Field) (with medal ceremonies)
Badminton (with medal ceremonies)
- 3×3 Basketball
- Basketball
- BMX Racing (with medal ceremonies)
- Boxing
- Diving (with medal ceremonies)
- Equestrian (with medal ceremonies)
- Football (Soccer) (with medal ceremonies)
- Fencing (with medal ceremonies)
- Golf
- Trampoline Gymnastics
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo (with medal ceremonies)
- Rowing (with medal ceremonies)
- Sailing (with medal ceremonies)
- Shooting
- Swimming (with medal ceremonies)
- Tennis (with medal ceremonies)
- Table Tennis
- Beach Volleyball
- Volleyball (with medal ceremonies)
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Monday, August 5, 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Sunday, August 11, 2024
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