2024 Summer Olympics - statistics & facts

Since the 18th century, Paris has been known as the “city of light”. On July 24, 2024, the French capital is set to welcome another source of illumination when the Olympic torch relay culminates at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Breaking with tradition, the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony will be the first to be held outside of a stadium, with the 206 delegations set to compete in the Games travelling by boat along the Seine, with spectators able to watch proceedings from the river’s banks. Two days later, the Paralympic opening ceremony will take place, which is the first of its kind and will see the 4,400 Paralympians scheduled to compete in their respective disciplines taken through the Champs-Elysees to the Place de la Concorde.

Are there any new sports at the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Continuing with the spirit of adventure embodied by the Tokyo 2021 Games, Paris 2024 will again feature sports introduced at the previous edition of the Games, such as skateboarding, climbing, and surfing, with the latter being held in Tahiti during the 2024 Games. One new sport has also been added to Paris 2024, with breaking (a style of dance) set to make its Olympic debut, bringing the total number of sports at Paris 2024 to 32. Demographically, the 2024 Olympics will also break new ground, with there being an equal share of male and female athletes for the first time in the competition’s history. Furthermore, competitors in the athletics events stand to earn a 50 thousand U.S. dollar bonus from World Athletics for each gold medal won, which goes against the convention of Olympic medal bonuses being paid National Olympic Committees.

How much will the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics cost?

Hosting an Olympic Games is a task of exceeding bureaucratic and organizational magnitude, requiring multiple projects coming together at the right time. Accordingly, there were over 150 thousand jobs created for the Paris 2024 Olympics, with nearly 80 thousand jobs in organizational roles alone. Nevertheless, at the heart of the Paris 2024 Olympics is the desire to host a competition that stays within a modest budget; the Paris 2024 Olympics are expected to cost 9.1 billion U.S. dollars, which would be around three times less than the Tokyo 2021 Games and would also be the smallest budget for an Olympics since Sydney 2000. One reason why this tight budget is deemed possible is that most of the infrastructure needed for hosting the 2024 Games already existed before the bid for Paris Olympics was accepted, requiring only a handful of new venues being built, as well as six temporary venues.

What will Paris 2024’s legacy be?

Part and parcel of Paris 2024’s small budget is an effort to be a carbon-neutral competition, with projected carbon emissions for the 2024 Olympics totaling 1.75 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, less than half of Rio 2016’s carbon footprint. However, there is also a desire for the 2024 Games to leave a lasting legacy in Saint-Denis, the area of Paris where the Olympic and Paralympic Village has been built, and where various events of the competition will be held. One key part of this policy has been the Olympic Village itself, which will become 2,800 permanent apartments after the conclusion of the Games, with one third being social housing. Still, as a major global sporting event, the main hope will be that future generations of athletes and sportspeople will be inspired to try out new sports and perhaps grace sport’s most comprehensive stage.
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Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 21, 2024

Key insights

Number of sports at Paris 2024
32 (Olympics), 22 (Paralympics)
Venue with the highest capacity at Paris 2024
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles (80,000)
Sports with the most expensive tickets
Athletics, basketball, & swimming (980 EUR)
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