The Summer time Olympics begin July 26. Right here’s Al Jazeera’s concise viewer information to the world’s largest multisport occasion.
Paris is gearing as much as host the Summer Olympics this 12 months.
The Olympics happen each 4 years, and the final games in Tokyo have been delayed by a 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic and held largely with out spectators.
From venues to sporting occasions, right here is all to know concerning the much-anticipated Paris Olympics 2024:
When are the Paris Olympics?
- The Olympic video games this 12 months will run from July 26 to August 11.
- Some sports activities will start earlier than the official opening ceremony, together with football and rugby sevens which begin on July 24, and archery and handball, which start on July 25.
- Total, the multisport occasion will happen over a 19-day interval.
What time is the Olympics opening ceremony?
The opening ceremony is on Friday, July 26 at 7:30pm native time (17:30 GMT).
What number of athletes are competing within the Olympics?
A complete of 10,500 athletes representing 206 nations are competing on this 12 months’s Olympics.
What sports activities are within the Olympics 2024?
Athletes shall be competing for 329 gold medals throughout 32 sports activities.
The place to search out the schedule and outcomes for the Olympics 2024?
An outline of the Paris Olympics schedule and outcomes could be discovered on a devoted web page on the official Olympics website.
What are the Olympic venues?
- The video games will open on July 26 on the Seine, the place dozens of boats will carry athletes throughout a 6km (3.7-mile) route within the river.
- The Olympic Video games will happen in 35 venues general.
- Whereas most of those venues are in or round Paris, a handful of video games will happen in venues in different cities together with Lyon Stadium, the place some soccer video games will happen, and the Marseille Marina, the place crusing occasions shall be staged.
- Browsing will happen in French Polynesia’s Tahiti, in a French abroad territory practically 16,000km (10,000 miles) from the remainder of the venues.
- Here are extra particulars concerning the totally different Olympic venues this 12 months.
What do French politics must do with the elections?
Legislative elections in France concluded earlier this month, with no celebration profitable a transparent majority. Quickly after the election outcomes, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal of President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance celebration introduced that he would resign.
Whereas Macron accepted Attal’s resignation, Attal’s authorities will keep in a caretaker capacity to make sure the Olympic Games run easily.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated on July 22: “We’re prepared and we shall be prepared all through the Video games [to host the event].”
Find out how to watch the Olympics 2024?
- The Paris Olympics 2024 shall be broadcast globally.
- You’ll be able to observe the summer time video games on Al Jazeera’s devoted Paris 2024 Olympics tournament page with all of the information and options, in addition to occasion build-up and dwell textual content commentary on chosen soccer, basketball, tennis and boxing fixtures.
Olympic competitors dates – sport by sport:
Opening ceremony: July 26, River Seine
- Archery: July 25 to August 4, Invalides
- Inventive gymnastics: July 25 to August 4, Bercy Enviornment
- Inventive swimming: August 5-10, Bercy Enviornment
- Athletics: August 1-11, Stade de France (observe and subject), Trocadero (race walks), Invalides (marathons)
- Badminton: July 27 to August 5, La Chapelle Enviornment
- 3×3 Basketball: July 30 to August 5, La Concorde
- Basketball: July 27 to August 11, Pierre Mauroy Stadium (group part) and Bercy Enviornment (finals)
- Seaside volleyball: July 27 to August 10, Eiffel Tower Stadium
- Boxing: July 27 to August 10, North Paris Enviornment and Roland-Garros Stadium
- Breaking: August 9-10, La Concorde
- Canoe slalom: July 27 to August 5, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium – Whitewater
- Canoe dash: August 6-10, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium – Flatwater
- Biking BMX: July 30 to August 2, La Concorde (freestyle), BMX Stadium (racing)
- Biking mountain bike: July 28-29, Elancourt Hill
- Biking street: July 27 to August 4, Pont Alexandre III (time trials), Trocadero (street races)
- Biking observe: August 5-11, Nationwide Velodrome
- Diving: July 27 to August 10, Aquatics Centre
- Equestrian: July 27 to August 6, Chateau de Versailles
- Fencing: July 27 to August 4, Grand Palais
- Soccer: July 24 to August 10, Bordeaux Stadium, Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium, La Beaujoire Stadium, Lyon Stadium, Marseille Stadium, Good Stadium and Parc de Princes (finals)
- Golf: August 1-10, Le Golf Nationwide
- Handball: July 25 to August 11, South Paris Enviornment (group stage), Pierre Mauroy Stadium (knockout part)
- Hockey: July 27 to August 9, Yves-du-Manoir Stadium
- Judo: July 27 to August 3, Champ-de-Mars Enviornment
- Marathon swimming: August 8-9, Pont Alexandre III
- Trendy pentathlon: August 8-11, North Paris Enviornment (rating spherical), Chateau de Versailles
- Rhythmic gymnastics: August 8-10, La Chapelle Enviornment
- Rowing: July 27 to August 3, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium – Flatwater
- Rugby sevens: July 24-30, Stade de France
- Crusing: July 28 to August 8, Marseille Marina
- Capturing: July 27 to August 5, Chateauroux Capturing Centre
- Skateboarding: July 27 to August 7, La Concorde
- Sport climbing: August 5-10, Le Bourget Climbing Venue
- Browsing: July 27 to August 4, Teahupo’o, Tahiti
- Swimming: July 27 to August 4, Paris La Protection Enviornment
- Desk tennis: July 27 to August 10, South Paris Enviornment
- Taekwondo: August 7-10, Grand Palais
- Tennis: July 27 to August 4, Roland Garros
- Trampoline gymnastics: August 2, Bercy Enviornment
- Triathlon: July 30 to August 5, Pont Alexandre III
- Volleyball: July 27 to August 11, South Paris Enviornment
- Water polo: July 27 to August 11, Aquatics Centre, Paris La Protection Enviornment
- Weightlifting: August 7-11, South Paris Enviornment
- Wrestling: August 5-11, Champ-de-Mars Enviornment
- Closing ceremony: August 11, Stade de France