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Paris, France
2024 marks the year of Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the official competition schedule has been released. Find out exactly when the world’s greatest athletes will be competing in events such as the 100 m freestyle, the 400 m hurdles, the Olympic marathon, Equestrian, team fencing, as well as the women’s and men’s football, handball and rugby sevens finals.
The Scale
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the biggest event ever organised in France. The Olympic Games will take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The spectacle taking place during those weeks will go down in history and Paris will be the centre of the world. The Games are a popular, multicultural festival, a celebration to share with the rest of the world. They represent a new adventure that will embark France on an experience unlike anything it has seen before.
PARIS 2024
The XXXIII Olympiad
26 July to 11 August 2024
19 days of competition (handball, football and rugby take place from July 24th)
329 events
206 National Olympic Committees
28 sports + (including 4 additional sports)
758 sessions
10 500 athletes
The Figures
Billions of television viewers worldwide
350,000 hours of TV broadcast
Millions of spectators
41 venues
10,500 athletes
20,000 accredited journalists
31,500 volunteers
+600,000 meals served at the Athletes’ Village every day
The History
Equestrian sports featured in the Paris 1900 Games before making their official debut at Stockholm 1912. At the Helsinki Games in 1952, women started taking part in the dressage event for the first time, which became mixed. Women were able to take part in all equestrian events in 1964, making the sport the only entirely mixed discipline at the Olympic Games. Medals are awarded to individual competitors and teams alike.
The Events
The Equestrian events will take place between the 27th of July and the 6th of August 2024.
Eventing
Team (open)
Individual (open)
Dressage
Team (open)
Individual (open)
Jumping
Team (open)
Individual (open)
The Venue
Most of the equestrian action will be held at the The Palace of Versailles.
The Palace of Versailles is a universal iconic symbol of the history of France.
In 2024, it is opening up its magnificent grounds for the Paris Games, offering spectators and TV audiences an exceptional and groundbreaking spectacle.
The Village
The Village will span parts of three cities: Saint Denis, Saint Ouen and Île Saint Denis. It will accommodate 14 250 athletes during the Olympic Games, and 8 000 during the Paralympics Games. Up to 60 000 meals will be served each day, and a medical clinic will be available at any time by the athletes. After the Games, the Village will become a neighbourhood with:
2,500 new homes
1 student residence
1 hotel
A 3-hectare landscaped park
About 7 hectares of gardens and parks
120,000 sqm of offices and city services
3,200 sqm of neighbourhood shops
