When does Paris 2024 Olympics start and finish? Key dates for this summer's Games in French capital
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Updated 09/08/2024 at 19:37 GMT+1
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are here, with the world's finest athletes having descended upon the French capital. But when do the Olympics start and finish? We take you through the key dates to remember for the biggest spectacle in sport. discovery+ is the streaming home of the Olympic Games, and the only place you can watch every moment of Paris 2024 this summer.
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Excitement has ramped up across the world of sport with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris now underway.
The finest athletes in the world have congregated in the French capital to fight for gold, silver and bronze.
In total, there will be 329 medal events played out across 32 sports.
Those include the 28 core Olympic sports, plus four that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.
Here are the key dates to keep in mind to make sure you don't miss a moment.
When did the Paris 2024 Olympic Games start?
The opening ceremony was held on Friday, July 26, 2024.
However, the action got underway two days earlier with the preliminary stages of the football and rugby sevens events commencing on Wednesday, July 24.
The first medals were handed out on Saturday, July 27.
When does the Paris 2024 Olympic Games finish?
The Olympics will reach its conclusion on August 11.
There will be several medals still up for grabs that day, before a closing ceremony at the Stade de France officially draws the curtain on the event.
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DATES AND SCHEDULE OF PARIS 2024 SPORTS
- 3x3 basketball (Jul 30 - Aug 5)
- Archery (Jul 25, Jul 28 - Aug 4)
- Athletics (Aug 1-11)
- Artistic gymnastics (Jul 27 - Aug 1, Aug 3-5)
- Artistic swimming (Aug 5-7, Aug 9-10)
- Badminton (Jul 27 - Aug 5)
- Basketball (Jul 27 - Aug 4, Aug 6-11)
- Beach volleyball (Jul 27 - Aug 10)
- BMX freestyle (Jul 30-31)
- BMX racing (Aug 1-2)
- Boxing (Jul 27- Aug 4, Aug 6-10)
- Breaking (Aug 9-10)
- Canoe slalom (Jul 27 - Aug 1, Aug 3-5)
- Canoe sprint (Aug 6-10)
- Cycling road (Jul 27, Aug 3-4)
- Cycling track (Aug 5-11)
- Diving (Jul 27, Jul 29, Jul 31, Aug 2, Aug 5-10)
- Equestrian (Jul 27 - Aug 6)
- Fencing (Jul 27 - Aug 4)
- Football (Jul 24-25, Jul 27-28, Jul 30-31, Aug 2-3, Aug 5-6, Aug 8-10)
- Golf (Aug 1-4, Aug 7-10)
- Handball (Jul 25, Jul 27 - Aug 4, Aug 6-11)
- Hockey (Jul 27 - Aug 9)
- Judo (Jul 27 - Aug 3)
- Marathon swimming (Aug 8-9)
- Modern pentathlon (Aug 8-11)
- Mountain bike (Jul 28-29)
- Rhythmic gymnastics (Aug 8-10)
- Rowing (Jul 27 - Aug 3)
- Rugby 7s (Jul 24-25, Jul 27-30)
- Sailing (Jul 28 - Aug 8)
- Shooting (Jul 27 - Aug 5)
- Skateboarding (Jul 27-28, Aug 6-7)
- Sport climbing (Aug 5-10)
- Surfing (Jul 27-30)
- Swimming (Jul 27 - Aug 4)
- Table tennis (July 27 - Aug 10)
- Taekwondo (Jul 7-10)
- Tennis (Jul 27 - Aug 4)
- Trampoline gymnastics (Aug 2)
- Triathlon (Jul 30-31, Aug 5)
- Volleyball (Jul 27 - Aug 11)
- Water polo (Jul 27 - Aug 11)
- Weightlifting (Aug 7-11)
- Wrestling (Aug 5-11)
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