2024 Paris Olympic Games List & Sports Events

Check below 2024 Paris Olympic Games list and recently added 4 new sports activities and games to Paris olympics. Also check background of olympic games and removed sports from olympics

2024 Paris Olympic games list has been released by International Olympic Committee (IOC). The next Olympics will include new sports like breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing. This will make Olympics a grand forum comprising of 32 sporting activities encompassing 329 events. 206 National Olympic Committees are participating in 19 days of competition from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in Paris Olympic.

Breaking will be the only sport making its debut, while there are new events such as kite boarding which will be part of sailing in 2024. Compared to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic sports, Karate, Baseball & Softball have been dropped. Check below olympic games list to be held in Paris France in 2024.

2024 Paris Olympic Games List

Host country of 2024 Olympic Games is France. It is scheduled to take place from 26 July 2024 to 11 August 2024 in Paris, there will be total 329 events in 32 sports (48 disciplines).

  1. 3x3 Basketball
  2. Archery
  3. Artistic Gymnastics
  4. Artistic Swimming
  5. Athletics
  6. Badminton
  7. Basketball
  8. Beach Volleyball
  9. Boxing
  10. Breaking
  11. Canoe Flatwater
  12. Canoe Slalom
  13. Cycling BMX Freestyle
  14. Cycling BMX Racing
  15. Cycling Mountain Bike
  16. Cycling Road
  17. Cycling Track
  18. Diving
  19. Equestrian
  20. Fencing
  21. Football
  22. Golf
  23. Handball
  24. Hockey
  25. Judo
  26. Marathon Swimming
  27. Modern Pentathlon
  28. Rhythmic Gymnastics
  29. Rowing
  30. Rugby Sevens
  31. Sailing
  32. Shooting
  33. Skateboarding
  34. Sport Climbing
  35. Surfing
  36. Swimming
  37. Table Tennis
  38. Taekwondo
  39. Tennis
  40. Trampoline
  41. Triathlon
  42. Volleyball
  43. Water Polo
  44. Weightlifting
  45. Wrestling

Background of Olympics Games

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in 776 BC at Olympia, in south west Greece. The first Modern Olympics Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. At that time there were only nine sports organized by International Olympic Committee (IOC) and 14 nation took part in this event.

  1. Athletics
  2. Cycling
  3. Fencing
  4. Gymnastics
  5. Shooting
  6. Swimming
  7. Tennis
  8. Weightlifting
  9. Wrestling

In 1900 Summer Olympics of Paris total 95 events in 19 Sports were organized and 26 Nation take part in this event. Cricket was also part of sports for the first time in Olympics. Following sports were played at 1900 Paris Olympics.

  1. Aquatics
    • Swimming
    • Water Polo
  2. Archery
  3. Athletics
  4. Basque pelota
  5. Cricket
  6. Croquet
  7. Cycling
  8. Equestrian
  9. Fencing
  10. Football
  11. Golf
  12. Gymnastics
  13. Polo
  14. Rowing
  15. Rugby union
  16. Sailing
  17. Shooting
  18. Tennis
  19. Tug of War

From time to time many sports has been added and removed from the events of Olympics. In 2012 London Olympics there were 26 sports, increasing to 28 in 2016 Rio Olympics and 33 in 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the Summer Olympics of 2024 Paris there will be 32 sports with debut of breaking, while karate, baseball and softball will be dropped from the events.

Newly Added Sports or Events

Here is the list of recently added sports or events in Olympics:-

S.NoSports/Event Year added in
1Golf2016
23x3 Basketball2020
3Climbing2020
4Rugby2020
5Kite boarding2020
6Skateboarding 2020
7Surfing 2020
8Breaking2024
New added Olympic Games List

Removed Sports from Paris Olympics 2024

  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Karate

Future Olympic Games List (Tentative)

  • Squash
  • Wake-board
  • Wushu
  • Parkour
  • Netball
  • Cricket
  • Lacrosse
  • Bowling

For more details visit official website of 2024 Paris Olympic Games

https://www.paris2024.org

Also Read:

Modern Olympic Games List – Summer Olympic Games 2024