The next international multi-sport event, formally known as the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: called Paris 2024), will begin in France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. The host city will be Paris. , with 16 other cities located throughout metropolitan France. A subsite is located on Tahiti, an island within the foreign country of France and community of French Polynesia. This global event will bring together athletes and spectators from around the world, fostering a sense of unity and international connection.
At the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, the IOC awarded the Games to Paris on 13 September 2017. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved a procedure to simultaneously award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympic Games to the two remaining candidate cities, Paris and Los Angeles, after several withdrawals left them in discord. Paris has a rich Olympic history, having hosted the Summer Olympics twice in 1900 and 1924. It will become the second city to do so (after London hosted the Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012).
These will be the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three summer and three winter Games) and the first since the Albertville Winter Games in 1992. Paris 2024 will commemorate the centenary of Paris 1924 and Chamonix 1924, which means the centenary of the Winter Olympic Games. Breakdancing will make its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the last Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The 2024 Games are expected to cost €8.3 billion.
The six potential cities were Paris, Boston, Hamburg, Budapest, Los Angeles, and Rome. Withdrawals, political unpredictability, and prohibitive expense slowed the bidding process. Boston beat out Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., for the official U.S. bid. Due in part to mixed emotions within the city, Boston and the USOC mutually decided to withdraw Boston's bid to host the event on July 27, 2015. Following a referendum, Hamburg withdrew its bid on November 29, 2015. Rome announced its withdrawal on September 21, 2016, citing financial problems. On February 22, 2017, Budapest withdrew after gathering more signatures than needed for a referendum on a petition opposing the bid.
In response to these withdrawals, the IOC Executive Board met in Lausanne, Switzerland on June 9, 2017 to discuss the bid processes for 2024 and 2028. In 2017, the International Olympic Committee proposed simultaneously electing host cities for the Olympic Games in 2024 and 2028. On July 11, 2017, an Extraordinary Session of the IOC approved the proposal in Lausanne. To decide which city would host the Games in 2024 and 2028 and whether it was feasible to choose the venue for both simultaneously, the IOC established a procedure by which the bid committees for LA 2024 and Paris 2024 met with the IOC.
The preparation and development of events
Event Venue
Most of the Olympic Games will take place in Paris and its surrounding areas, including Le Bourget, Saint-Denis, Versailles, Vaires-sur-Marne and Nanterre.
The surfing events are scheduled to take place in the town of Teahupo'o in the French Polynesian overseas territory, which is 15,716 km (9,765 mi) from Paris, the host city. The basketball preliminary events and handball finals will be held in Lille, 225 km (140 mi) from the host city. Marseille, a Mediterranean city 777 km from the host city, will host the sailing events and some football matches. Five other cities (Nantes, Décines-Charpieu (Lyon), Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux and Nice), some of which are home to Ligue 1 clubs, will also host football events.
Security
France, Europol and the UK Home Office agreed to allow operational information sharing and international law enforcement cooperation during the Games. The agreements called for additional drones and maritime barriers to prevent small boats from illegally entering the channel. The British military will also deploy Starstreak surface-to-air missiles for air defence. In connection with its preparations for the 2023 Rugby World Cup at the Stade de France, Paris police carried out inspections and auditions within its tactical response unit ahead of the Games.
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani signed several agreements to improve security during his visit to France. Poland has promised to provide security troops, including sniffer dog handlers. This supports foreign efforts to ensure the security of the Games in the face of high demands for security and anti-terrorism measures. To discuss surveillance operations and revitalize the alliance's leadership structure with Japan, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel met with officials and leaders on April 3, 2024, ahead of the Olympic Games.
Initial plans for the opening ceremony along the Seine faced security concerns. Organizers halved the estimated number of attendees, reducing it from 600,000 to 300,000. They also changed viewing locations from free to invitation-only. Following the Islamic State attack in March on Crocus City Hall and multiple threats against the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, French President Emmanuel Macron hinted in April 2024 that the opening ceremony might require rescheduling or reorganizing.
Volunteers
Public access to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteering platform began in March 2023. It was anticipated that 45,000 volunteers would be found worldwide for the Games. The Paris Organising Committee received more than 300,000 applications after closing registration on 3 May 2023, exceeding the number submitted for the previous two Olympiads. Between September and December 2023, applicants were notified of the status of their application. Due to security concerns, organisers rejected more than 800 applicants, including 15 people marked with Fiche S.
Opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games
The opening ceremony is scheduled for July 26, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. (CEST, GMT+2). Plans for the parade of nations include a boat parade along the Seine, from the Austerlitz Bridge to the Iéna Bridge. Meanwhile, organizers have established the official protocol for it to be held on the Place du Trocadéro in a makeshift “mini-stadium.” They have cautiously scheduled the ceremony to begin outside of a traditional stadium setting for the first time. In addition to views of Parisian landmarks, the 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) parade route would include cultural presentations. Thomas Jolly will be the director of ceremonies for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The president of COJOP2024, Tony Estanguet, announced that entry will be free and expects attendance of up to 600,000 people. The organizers have announced the event as “the most remarkable and accessible opening ceremony in Olympic history.” This shows that the overall goal of Paris 2024 is for it to be a popular Olympic Games. In addition to the public presence, there will be 100,000 spectators on the lower bank and 200,000 on the upper bank free of charge. The French government decreed in March 2024 that entry to the Upper River will be by invitation only due to security concerns. President Macron said in April 2024 that the ceremony could be shortened in a traditional way or held at the Stade de France.
Sports on the 2024 Summer Olympics programme
In 2024, the Summer Olympics will feature 329 events in 32 sports. This includes the 28 “core” Olympic sports of 2016 and 2020, along with 4 optional sports suggested by the Paris Organizing Committee: surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and the debut of breaking. 4 weightlifting events have been removed. In canoeing, 2 slalom tests have replaced the sprint tests, maintaining a total of 16. They divide the previous “combined” sport climbing test into different categories of bouldering and speed climbing for each gender.
USA Boxing announced in February 2023 that it would not participate in the 2023 World Championships. The International Boxing Association would host, allowing unrestricted competition for Russian and Belarusian athletes. USA Boxing accused the IBA of attempting to undermine IOC-approved qualification pathways for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The United States was later joined by Poland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Canada and Sweden.
The Paris Organizing Committee stated that it would hold talks with the IOC and professional esports organizations about the possible introduction of competitive events in 2024 when it submitted its bid for the Games in August 2017. The IOC stated in July 2018 that esports electronics would not be considered for the 2024 Olympic Games. The IOC approved the suggested optional sports of breaking (breakdancing), skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing. The three sports that debuted at the then-upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics, at its 134th Session in June 2019.
Concerns at the 2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics faced many issues, including civil rights, the environment, and security. Another controversial decision was to allow Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, and Turkey to compete despite ongoing conflicts. Russian and Belarusian athletes had to compete as neutrals due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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