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Paris Olympics 2024: Complete Overview

The Paris Olympics 2024 marks a significant milestone in the history of the modern Olympic Games. This edition of the Summer Olympics is expected to bring together athletes from around the world in a celebration of sports, unity, and international cooperation. Here’s a comprehensive look at the details of the Paris Olympics 2024:

Theme and Mascot of Paris Olympics 2024

  • The Phryges: official mascots of the Paris 2024 Games
  • The theme of this year’s Olympic Day is ‘Let’s Move and Celebrate’ to inspire and encourage people to embrace the joy of movement this summer.

Olympic Games in a few figures

  • Billions of television viewers worldwide
  • 350,000 hours of TV broadcast
  • Millions of spectators
  • 35 venues
  • 10,500 athletes
  • 20,000 accredited journalists
  • 45,000 volunteers
  • +600,000 meals served at the Athletes’ Village every day

Paris 2024 Olympic Games key figures

  • The XXXIII (33rd) Olympiad
  • 26 July to 11 August 2024
  • 19 days of competition (handball, football and rugby take place from 24 July)
  • 329 events
  • Athletes from over 200 NOCs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team
  • 32 sports (including the 4 additional sports)
  • 754 sessions (competitions and ceremonies)
  • 10,500 athletes

Paris Olympics Edition

  • Paris Olympics 2024: This edition marks the 33rd Summer Olympic Games and the third time Paris will host the Olympics, with previous editions in 1900 and 1924. The Paris 2024 Olympics is particularly significant as it commemorates the centenary of the last Paris Olympics.

Top 10 Country in Medal Tally

Rank NOCs Gold Medals (G) Silver Medals (S) Bronze Medals (B) Total Medals
1 United States of America 40 44 42 126
2 People’s Republic of China 40 27 24 91
3 Japan 20 12 13 45
4 Australia 18 19 16 53
5 France 16 26 22 64
6 Netherlands 15 7 12 34
7 Great Britain 14 22 29 65
8 Republic of Korea 13 9 10 32
9 Italy 12 13 15 40
10 Germany 12 13 8 33
62 Pakistan 01 0 0 1
71 India 0 1 5 6

Indian Medal Tally

  • Opening Ceremony: Badminton superstar PV Sindhu and table tennis ace Sharath Kamal;
  • Closing Ceremony: Double bronze medal winning shooter Manu Bhaker and bronze winning Indian men’s hockey player PR Sreejesh;
  • Abhinav Bindra selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics;
  • Gagan Narang Appointed as India’s Chef-De-Mission for Paris Olympics 2024;
  • A contingent of 117 Indian athletes has been competing for medals and sporting glory at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024.
Athlete Medal Event
Manu Bhaker Bronze Women’s 10m air pistol shooting
Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh Bronze Mixed team 10m air pistol shooting
Swapnil Kusale Bronze Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting
Indian hockey team Bronze Men’s hockey
Neeraj Chopra Silver Men’s javelin throw
Aman Sehrawat Bronze Men’s 57kg wrestling

List of Olympic records broken at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Sport Athlete/Team Event New Record Previous Record Previous Record Holder Date of Previous Record
Swimming Gretchen Walsh (USA) Women’s 100m butterfly 55.38 55.48 Sarah Sjoestroem (Sweden) Rio de Janeiro, 7 August 2016
Swimming Australia Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay 3:28.92 3:29.69 Australia Tokyo, 25 July 2021
Swimming Leon Marchand (France) Men’s 400m individual medley 4:02.95 4:03.84 Michael Phelps (USA) Beijing, 10 August 2008
Swimming Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) Women’s 200m freestyle 1:53.27 1:53.50 Ariarne Titmus (Australia) Tokyo, 28 July 2021
Swimming Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) 800m freestyle 7:38.19 7:41.28 Mykhailo Romanchuk (Ukraine) Tokyo, 27 July 2021
Swimming Leon Marchand (France) Men’s 200m butterfly 1:51.21 1:51.25 Kristof Milak (Hungary) Tokyo, 28 July 2021
Swimming Katie Ledecky (USA) Women’s 1500m freestyle 15:30.02 15:35.35 Katie Ledecky (USA) Tokyo, 28 July 2021
Swimming Leon Marchand (France) Men’s 200m breaststroke 2:05.85 2:06.38 Zac Stubblety-Cook (Australia) Tokyo, 29 July 2021
Swimming Summer MacIntosh (Canada) Women’s 200m butterfly 2:03.03 2:03.86 Yufei Zhang (China) Tokyo, 29 July 2021
Swimming Australia Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay 7:38.08 7:40.33 China Tokyo, 29 July 2021
Swimming Kaylee McKeown (Australia) Women’s 200m backstroke 2:03.73 2:04.06 Missy Franklin (USA) London, 3 August 2012
Swimming Leon Marchand (France) Men’s 200m individual medley 1:54.06 1:54.23 Michael Phelps (USA) Beijing, 15 August 2008
Swimming Summer McIntosh (Canada) Women’s 200m individual medley 2:06.56 2:06.58 Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) Rio de Janeiro, 9 August 2016
Swimming Sarah Sjoestroem (Sweden) Women’s 50m freestyle 23.66 23.81 Emma McKeon (Australia) Tokyo, 1 August 2021
Swimming Regan Smith (USA) Women’s 100m backstroke 57.28* 57.33 Kaylee McKeown (Australia) Paris, 28 July 2024
Athletics Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) Men’s 10000m 26:43.14 27:01.17 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) Beijing, 17 August 2008
Athletics Niklas Kaul (Germany) Decathlon javelin 77.78m 76.94m Leonel Suarez (Cuba) London, 9 August 2012
Athletics Lindon Victor (Grenada) Men’s decathlon discus throw 53.91m 53.79m Bryan Clay (USA) Beijing, 22 August 2008
Athletics Winfrid Yavi (Bahrain) Women’s 3000m steeplechase 8:52.76 8:58.81 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (Russia) Beijing, 17 August 2008
Athletics Cole Hocker (USA) Men’s 1500m 3:27.65 3:28.32 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) Tokyo, 7 August 2021
Athletics Roje Stona (Jamaica) Men’s discus throw 70.00m 69.89m Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) Athens, 23 August 2004
Athletics Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) Javelin throw 92.97m 90.57m Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) Beijing, 23 August 2008
Athletics Marileidy Paulino (Dominica) Women’s 400m 48.17 48.25 Marie-Jose Perec (France) Atlanta, 29 July 1996
Athletics Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) Men’s marathon 2:06.26 2:06.32 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (Kenya) Beijing, 24 August 2008
Athletics USA Men’s 4x400m relay 2:54.43 2:55.39 USA Beijing, 23 August 2008
Athletics Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) Women’s marathon 2:22.55 2:23.07 Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) London, 5 August 2012
Athletics Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Women’s 1500m 3:51.29 3:53.11 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Tokyo, 6 August 2021
Shooting Oh Ye Jin (South Korea) Women’s 10m air pistol 243.2 240.3 Vitalina Batsarashkina (ROC) Tokyo, 25 July 2021
Shooting Ban Hyojin (Korea) Women’s 10m air rifle (gold medal) 251.8 (equalled record) 251.8 (equalled record) Huang Yutin (China) Tokyo, 25 July 2021
Shooting Sheng Lihao (China) Men’s 10m air rifle (gold medal) 252.2 251.6 William Shaner (USA) Tokyo, 25 July 2021
Shooting Nathan Hales (Great Britain) Men’s trap shooting 48 points 43 points Jiri Liptak and David Kostelecky (Czechia) Tokyo, 29 July 2021
Shooting Adriana Ruano (Guatemala) Women’s trap shooting 45 points 43 points Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova (Slovakia) Tokyo, 29 July 2021
Shooting Chiara Leone (Switzerland) Women’s 50m rifle 3 position 464.4 463.9 Nina Christen (Switzerland) Tokyo, 31 July 2021
Archery Republic of Korea Women’s 216 arrows 70m round 2046 2032 Republic of Korea Tokyo, 23 July 2021
Archery Republic of Korea Mixed 144 arrows 70m round 1380 1368 Republic of Korea Tokyo, 23 July 2021
Weightlifting Li Fabin (China) Men’s 61kg 143kg (snatch) 139kg Eko Yuli Irawan (Indonesia) Tokyo, 25 July 2021
Weightlifting Zhihui Hou (China) Women’s 49kg 117kg (clean and jerk) 116kg Zhihui Hou (China) Tokyo, 24 July 2021
Weightlifting Luo Shifang (China) Women’s 59kg 107kg (snatch) 106kg Maude Charron (Canada) Paris, 8 August 2024
Weightlifting Luo Shifang (China) Women’s 59kg 134kg (clean and jerk) 133kg Hsing-Chun Kuo (Chinese Taipei) Tokyo, 27 July 2021
Weightlifting Luo Shifang (China) Women’s 59kg 241kg (overall) 236kg Hsing-Chun Kuo (Chinese Taipei) Tokyo, 27 July 2021
Weightlifting Rizki Juniansyah (Japan) Men’s 73kg 199kg (clean and jerk) 198kg Zhiyong Shi (China) Tokyo, 28 July 2021
Weightlifting Olivia Reeves (USA) Women’s 71kg 117kg (snatch) 116kg Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes (Ecuador) Paris, 9 August 2024
Weightlifting Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) Women’s 81kg 154kg (clean and jerk) 151kg Sara Ahmed (Egypt) Paris, 10 August 2024
Weightlifting Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) Women’s 81kg 275kg (total) 269kg Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (Norway) Paris, 10 August 2024
Canoe Sprint Hao Lui and Bowen Ji (China) Men’s canoe 500m double 1:37.40 1:19.39 Zakhar Petrov and Alexey Korovashkov (AIN) Paris, 6 August 2024
Canoe Sprint Australia Men’s kayak four 500m 1:19.22 1:19.39 Australia Paris, 6 August 2024
Canoe Sprint Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green (Australia) Men’s kayak double 500m 1:26.85 1:27.04 Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskotter (Germany) Athens, 28 August 2004
Canoe Sprint Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya (China) Women’s canoe 500m double 1:52.81 1:53.73 Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya (China) Paris, 9 August 2024
Canoe Sprint Martin Fuksa (Czechia) Men’s canoe single 1000m 3:43.16 3:44.69 Martin Fuksa (Czechia) Paris, 9 August 2024
Canoe Sprint Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) Women’s kayak single 500m 1:47.36 1:47.65 Rita Koban (Hungary) Atlanta, 4 August 1996
Modern Pentathlon Anna Jurt (Switzerland) Women’s laser run 633 points 630 points Laura Asadauskaite (Lithuania) Paris, 10 August 2024
Rowing Oliver Zeidler (Germany) Men’s single sculls 6:35.77 6:40.45 Stefanos Ntouskos (Greece) Tokyo, 30 July 2021

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