Summer Olympic Games Start Date, Venue Details

The Paris 2024 Olympics will be the largest event ever held in France. The games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024, and will position Paris at the centre of the global sporting community. Billions of people from all over the world are expected to watch the highly-anticipated event. For the first time in Olympic history, the Opening Ceremony on July 26 will not be held in a stadium. The national delegations will parade on boats along the Seine. Talking about the Summer Olympic Games list, the sporting events will commence on Wednesday, July 24, with football, rugby sevens, handball, and archery pool matches. There are 329 medal events across 32 sports. The first medal will be awarded in shooting on July 27, and the final medal event of Paris 2024 will be women's basketball on August 11. Here’s everything you need to know about the Summer Olympic Games 2024.

Paris Olympics 2024: All you need to know about the Summer Olympic Games

1. Opening Ceremony - Start Date

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are set to make history, with the Opening Ceremony taking place outside a stadium for the first time ever. The opening ceremony is scheduled for July 26 and will be held in the heart of Paris along the Seine River. Moving to the latest Olympics news, in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, the athletes' parade will be held on the Seine. Each national delegation will have their own boat that will be equipped with cameras. This will allow television and online viewers to get a closer look at the athletes. The 10,500 athletes will travel from east to west, crossing through the centre of the city. The parade will end its six-kilometre route in front of the Trocadéro, where the remaining events of the Paris Olympics 2024 protocol and final shows will take place. 

Talking about the Summer Olympic Games list, the sporting events will begin on Wednesday, July 24, starting with pool matches in football at the Summer Olympics, rugby sevens, handball, and archery. Traditionally, the Closing Ceremony begins with the Parade of Flags, in which athletes from each nation walk with their flag into the stadium. The upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics will surely be one of the biggest sporting tournaments held in the last few years. Looking at the India Olympic schedule, the Indian contingent will be eyeing to improve their medals tally to set up new world records in the 2024 Olympics.

2. List of venues being used for the 2024 Summer Olympics

Most of the sporting events of the Summer Olympic Games take place in and around the heart of Paris. The athletics and closing ceremony will be held at Stade de France. The Parc des Princes, home to Paris Saint-Germain, will host football matches, while Roland Garros will serve as the venue for tennis and boxing. Surfing competitions will take place in Tahiti, an island in French Polynesia, which is almost 10,000 miles away from Paris. About 95% of the venues are existing or temporary, with only the aquatics centre being newly built for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

3. Athletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games

A total of 10,500 athletes from 206 NOCs and a Refugee Olympic Team will compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. With 74 days left before the start of the much-awaited 2024 Paris Olympics, there couldn't be a better day to look at the Indian contingent. Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra will be one of the torch bearers of the Paris Olympics 2024. The closing ceremony is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 11 at the Stade de France, which is the national stadium of the country. The ceremony will feature stunning performances by celebrities from the host country. However, the details of the performances will not be disclosed until the days leading up to the event.

4. List of Summer Olympic Sports Events

ARCHERY

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

ARTISTIC SWIMMING

ATHLETICS

BADMINTON

BASKETBALL

BASKETBALL 3X3

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

BOXING

BREAKING

CANOE SLALOM

CANOE SPRINT

CYCLING BMX FREESTYLE

CYCLING BMX RACING

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

CYCLING ROAD

CYCLING TRACK

DIVING

EQUESTRIAN

FENCING

FOOTBALL

GOLF

HANDBALL

HOCKEY

JUDO

MARATHON SWIMMING

MODERN PENTATHLON

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

ROWING

RUGBY SEVENS

SAILING

SHOOTING

SKATEBOARDING

SPORT CLIMBING

SURFING

SWIMMING

TABLE TENNIS

TAEKWONDO

TENNIS

TRAMPOLINE

TRIATHLON

VOLLEYBALL

WATER POLO

WEIGHTLIFTING

WRESTLING