Olympics schedule 2024 pairs games: When do the Olympics start and end?
The 2024 Paris Olympics are set to begin soon, featuring a comprehensive schedule of sporting events. Here’s all you need to know about the start and end dates of this summer’s Olympics.
The Olympics will officially open in Paris on the evening of Friday, 26 July, and continue through Sunday, 11 August, although some team events will begin on 24 July. The opening ceremony on 26 July will be held on the Seine river, which flows through Paris. The closing ceremony, featuring a parade of flags and athletes, will take place on 11 August.
When is the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Olympics?
The opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics will be unique. According to organizers, the 26 July event will be the first Olympic opening ceremony held outside of a stadium. Unlike the Tokyo ceremony held in an empty stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes in Paris will parade in boats down the Seine river. The flotilla will commence at 7:30 p.m. local time on Friday, 26 July, which is 1:30 p.m. Eastern in the US and 10:30 a.m. on the West Coast.
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An estimated 94 boats will travel along the nearly four-mile route as part of the ceremony, with delegations and performers joining athletes on the Seine, according to organizers. Approximately 10,500 athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committees will participate in the Games. Around 120 heads of state, royals, and other leaders will also attend the opening ceremony.
When is the Closing Ceremony for the Paris Olympics?
The closing ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics will take place on Sunday, 11 August, beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern, at the Stade de France. It will feature a parade of flags, a parade of athletes, and victory ceremonies, among other events. The closing ceremony in Tokyo lasted about three hours.
When is Gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Games?
Artistic gymnastics events are scheduled from 27 July to 1 August, and again from 3-5 August. Rhythmic gymnastics events, which are exclusively female, are scheduled from 8-10 August. Artistic and rhythmic gymnastics test different skills and use different equipment.
All trampoline gymnastics events are scheduled for 2 August, starting with the women’s qualifications, followed by the women’s final. Then, the men’s qualifications and the men’s final will take place later on 2 August.
Women’s artistic gymnastics, featuring athletes like US star Simone Biles, involves four core events: beam, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. Men’s artistic gymnastics features eight events across six pieces of equipment: rings, vault, pommel horse, horizontal bar, parallel bars, and floor exercise. There are two additional events to test the overall skill of male gymnasts.
In Olympic rhythmic gymnastics, there are two categories of competition: individual all-around women and group all-around women. It showcases skill, flexibility, and musicality using balls, hoops, clubs, and ribbons.
When is Football at the 2024 Paris Games?
For those checking the Olympic schedule for football, the sport is listed under “football,” as it is known in most of the world.
The events start before the official opening ceremony on 26 July due to the number of matches in the tournament. Matches are scheduled for most days during the Games, with the full listings and results available online.
Overview of the Olympics Schedule for 2024
Competition actually begins two days before the opening ceremony, on 24 July, with preliminary rounds in archery, football, handball, and rugby. The swimming events will run during the first week of the Games from 27 July through 4 August, with track and field events taking place from 1 to 11 August. The marathon is traditionally the last athletic event.
While a full schedule is available online, Paris Games organizers note that it is subject to change.
Wednesday, 24 July
- Football (soccer)
- Rugby Sevens
Thursday, 25 July
- Archery
- Football (soccer)
- Handball
- Rugby Sevens
Friday, 26 July
- Opening Ceremony
Saturday, 27 July to Saturday, 10 August time table
- Artistic Swimming
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Boxing
- Breaking
- Canoe Sprint
- Cycling Track
- Diving
- Football (soccer)
- Golf
- Handball
- Hockey
- Marathon Swimming
- Modern Pentathlon
- Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Sport Climbing
- Table Tennis
- Wonderland
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- 3×3 Basketball
Sunday, 11 August
- Basketball
- Handball
- Modern Pentathlon
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Will the Olympics TV schedule be live
There will be both live and tape-delayed coverage of the Olympics airing on TV. At least nine hours of coverage will be broadcast each day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET on NBC and Telemundo. Some events will air on the USA Network, Golf Channel, CNBC And in India, the telecast will start at 7:30 pm on Jio Cinema.
