Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
JULY 26 - AUGUST 11

Paris prepares to rekindle its Olympic love affair, becoming only the second city – after London – to host the Summer Games three times. The showpiece also marks the centenary of the first ever Winter Olympiad at Chamonix, in 1924. Now, 16 adrenaline-filled days will see some of the world’s finest athletes compete in 329 events across 32 sports disciplines


Emblem inspired by Art Deco artistic movement and is representation of Marianne – national personification of France

Paris 2024 mascot – based on Phrygian caps


Olympic History
France hosts sixth Olympic Games overall, and first since 1992 Winter Games in Albertville – only United States has staged more (8)

1 1900
Paris
May 14-Oct 28
Held as part of World Fair – events included tug-of-war

2 1924
Chamonix
Jan 25-Feb 5
First ever Winter Olympics (above)

3 1924
Paris
May 4-Jul 27
Mass appeal with closing ceremony introduced

4 1968
Grenoble
Feb 6-18
First games broadcast on colour television

5 1992
Albertville
Feb 8-23
Final time summer and winter games in same year

1 2 3 4 5 FRANCE


Discus thrower Melina Robert-Michon will carry flag for France in opening ceremony, alongside swimmer Florent Manaudou


Swimming
Leon Marchand
Toulouse-born podium contender – set to be one of stars of Games for host nation. Celebrated triple gold at World Aquatics Championships in 2023, breaking Michael Phelps’ last remaining world record in 400m individual medley


Economic Legacy
Ballooning budgets have marred recent Olympic Games, with hosts incurring mounting costs from providing world-class infrastructure, enhanced security and modern sports facilities

Estimated cost of hosting Olympics (US$ 2022 rate)
Paris 2024 set to stage cheapest Summer Games in decades, due to relying on existing venues and spreading events across France

Data includes operational and construction costs – excludes wider capital costs

Winter Olympics 
Summer Olympics

Albertville (1992)	$2.1bn (Overrun: 137%) 
Barcelona (1992)	$11.6bn (266%)
Lillehammer (1994) 	$3.4bn (277%)
Atlanta (1996)		$4.7bn (151%)
Nagano (1998) 		$2.2bn (56%)
Sydney (2000)		$5.2bn (90%)
Salt Lake City (2002) 	$2.7bn (24%)
Athens (2004)		$3.1bn (49%)
Turin (2006) 		$4.7bn (80%)
Beijing (2008)		$8.3bn (2%)
Vancouver (2010) 	$3.2bn (13%)
London (2012)		$16.8bn (76%)
Sochi (2014) 		$28.9bn (289%)
Rio de Janeiro (2016)	$23.6bn (352%)
Pyeongchang (2018) 	$3.4bn (2%)
Tokyo (2020)		$13.7bn (128%)
Beijing (2022) 		$8.7bn (149%)
Paris (2024)		$8.7bn (115%)


Medal Count

ALL-TIME SUMMER OLYMPIC MEDAL TABLE
United States leads all-time ranking with haul of over 2,500 medals, winning 1,061 golds. Topped medal table for six out of last seven Olympics including Tokyo 2020, ahead of China and Japan

Table sorted by number of gold medals
1,061 830 738	United States	Total medals: 2,629 
395 319 296 	Soviet Union*	1,010
284 318 314 	Great Britain	916
263 199 174 	China 		636 
223 251 277 	France 		751
217 188 213 	Italy		618
201 207 247 	Germany†	655
181 154 176 	Hungary		511
169 150 178 	Japan 		497
164 173 210	Australia	547
	
* 1952-88, †1896-52, 1992-


Paris Olympic medals, designed by jeweller Chaumet, contain ironwork from Eiffel Tower – first time any host city has incorporated pieces of national monument


Total medal events:
329

Medals awarded: 987 (minimum amount)

Medal events by day
Jul-Aug
27 14 
28 13 
29 18 
30 14 
31 17
1 18 
2 23 
3 28 
4 20 
5 17 
6 15 
7 21 
8 26 
9 33
10 39 
11 13


Athletes to watch

Surfing
Gabriel Medina BRA 
Brazilian surfers are set to dominate event in Tahiti

Breaking
Dominika Banevic LTU
World Champion aged 16, aiming for gold as breaking makes Olympic debut

Athletics
Sha’Carri Richardson USA
Could become first American woman to win 100m gold at Olympics since 1996

Gymnastics
Simone Biles USA 
All-around queen

Tennis
Rafael Nadal ESP 
Set for final appearance at Roland Garros, playing doubles with Carlos Alcaraz


Sources: IOC, NBC, Council on Foreign Relations
Pictures: Getty Images 
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