Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Dates, tickets, new sports & venues - all you need to know two years out

The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad — known as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games — will be the first time in a century and the third time ever that France has hosted the Olympics. The Games were first held in the French capital in 1900 and then again in 1924, with Paris set to become the second city — after London in 1908, 1948 and 2012 — to host the event for a third time. The Games officially open on July 26, 2024 with a tradition-breaking, «bold, original and unique» opening ceremony that will see the parade of athletes take place on a 6km route along the Seine.

From there, «the remaining elements of the Olympic protocol and final shows will take place» in front of the Trocadero. Ad/> The Olympic programme will contain 32 sports, with breaking — break dancing to you and me — making its bow. Sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing return again after their successful showings in Tokyo.

/> Olympics'Target is simple: winning as many titles as possible' — Mane on Bayern dreams18/07/2022 AT 12:55 The action will take place mainly in and around Paris, with handball, football, sailing and surfing taking place further afield. The surfing competition will be hosted in Teahupoʻo, a village on the southwestern coast of the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia. 'We want to go where we are not expected', says Paris 2024 Olympics chief ‘A humanitarian mission’ – Bach says Olympic Movement a powerful symbol of peace What are the dates of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? The Paris 2024 Olympic Games run from July 26 to August 11, 2024.