2024 Summer Olympics
Worthy of gold: 2024 Olympics from July 26 to August 11, 2024 in Paris
The 2024 Olympic Games live on free TV on Eurosport 1, ARD and ZDF
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2024 Olympics - All information about the Summer Olympics
The 2024 Olympic Games will be hosted in Paris for the third time in Olympic history. The Summer Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11, 2024 and will be framed by the opening and closing ceremonies. The opening ceremony in Paris 2024 will not take place in a stadium as usual, but on the Seine, which flows through the middle of Paris. Athletes from all over the world will gather around and the Olympic flame will be inflamed. Look forward to the spectacle of the 2024 Olympics on Eurosport 1, ARD and ZDF.
Olympics 2024: Live on ARD, ZDF and Eurosport 1
ARD, ZDF and Eurosport 1 are offering a comprehensive program including live broadcasts of the 2024 Summer Olympics. ZDF will begin on July 25 with the first day of coverage of the women's Olympic soccer tournament. ARD will broadcast the opening ceremony on Friday, July 26 from 18:00, during which the Olympians will be transported to the Trocadero on boats across the Seine. ARD will also broadcast the first day of competition on Saturday. After that, the broadcasters will alternate and show up to 17 hours of live coverage every day. The competitions usually take place between 8:30 am and 11:30 pm. The channels generally start around an hour earlier and broadcast until midnight.
Eurosport 1 will devote 24 hours to the Summer Olympics in its program. Live coverage starts every day at 7 a.m. with the breakfast show "Bonjour Paris".
Olympics 2024: Hosts and Experts
ARD and ZDF are relying on the same presenter duos for the Summer Olympics as for the European Football Championships: Esther Sedlaczek and Alexander Bommes will lead through the Olympic program on ARD, Katrin Müller-Hohenstein and Jochen Breyer on ZDF. On Eurosport 1, Birgit Nössing will start in the morning and presenter Thomas Wagner will lead through the evening.
ARD and ZDF will have more experts in Paris than last time in Tokyo. Among others, Erste is relying on former winter sportsman Felix Neureuther, Frank Busemann (athletics) and Dorothea Brandt (swimming). The ZDF team of experts includes Kristina Vogel (track cycling) and Jonas Reckermann.
Team Eurosport 1 comprises around 30 experts for Paris 2024. Among them is former tennis pro Boris Becker and seven Olympic champions, including Ole Bischof (2008 Olympic champion) in judo, Fabian Hambüchen (2016 Olympic champion) in gymnastics and Fanny Rinne (2004 Olympic champion) in field hockey.
🇩🇪 Favourites to win a medal
These selected top German athletes have a chance of winning a medal:
Swimming: Lukas Märtens, Leonie Märtens, Melvin Imoudu, Lucas Mazerath
Rowing: Max Appel, Anton Finger, Tim Ole Naske, Julius Rommelmann, Moritz Wolff
Judo: Renée Lucht, Erik Abramov, Anna-Maria Wagner, Miriam Butkereit
Tennis: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Angelique Kerber, Tatjana Maria, Tamara Korpatsch
Gymnastics: Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, Andreas Toba, Pauline Schäfer-Betz, Sarah Voss, Helen Kevric
Athletics: Joshua Hartmann, Carolina Krafzik, Malaika Mihambo, Mikaelle Assani, Emil Agyekum, Constantin Preis
Table tennis: Han Ying, Nina Mittelham, Shan Xiaona
2024 Olympics schedule and sports
The first competitions of the Summer Olympics will start even before the opening ceremony: Three team sports will kick off on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The first preliminary round matches will take place in handball, 7-a-side rugby and soccer. The first medals in eight sports will then be awarded on July 27, 2024. The competition calendar at the 2024 Olympics is long, with competitions starting early in the morning and ending shortly before midnight. 32 sports and 48 disciplines are a part of Olympia in 2024. In addition to the classics such as Athletics, Swimming and Cycling, Breakdance will be part of the Olympic Games for the first time in Paris 2024. So there is something for every sports fan.
2024 Olympics venues
The main competition for Olympic gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics will take place in Paris and the north of the city. A large number of the venues already exist so that only a few sports facilities have been built especially for the Games. Competitions will be held at many of Paris' famous landmarks: Place de la Concorde, Roland-Garros Stadium, Grand Palais or the Eiffel Tower Stadium (pictured), for example. However some sports will also take place in other French cities such as Marseille, Lille or Nice. Soccer will be played in 7 cities at the 2024 Olympics. The equestrian athletes will be competing for a medal at the Palace of Versailles, while the surfers will be competing in the French overseas territory of Tahiti in the South Pacific. The number of participants at the 2024 Summer Olympics is estimated at 10,500 in total.
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2024 Summer Olympics - FAQ 🥇
Where will the 2024 Olympic Games take place?
The Olympic Games in summer 2024 will be held in the heart of Europe, in the middle of Paris.
When are the next Olympic Games?
The 2024 Summer Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.
When is the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony?
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will take place on July 26. This year's athletes will be on display on more than 160 boats in the middle of the Seine.
How much do tickets for the 2024 Olympics cost?
Tickets for the 2024 Olympics in Paris cost between 24 euros and 950 euros, depending on the most coveted competitions. The best seats in the opening ceremony cost up to 2700 euros.