The Olympic flag is in Paris!

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Updated on 27/08/2024

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The Olympic flag is waved over a crowd at the Trocadero.
Crédit photo : Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris

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The Olympic flag, a powerful emblem of Paris 2024, has been in Paris since Monday, August 9. This marks the beginning of a new approach to reinventing the Games: one that is local, enjoyable, inclusive, and significant.
On Monday August 9, the French Olympic delegation returned from the Tokyo Olympic Games at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport at 2.40pm. Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, waved the Olympic flag as she stepped off the plane, accompanied by Brigitte Henriques, President of the CNOSF, Roxana Maracineanu, Sports Minister, and the last medalists from the French delegation. They were welcomed by Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024.

Olympic flag raised in front of City Hall

Under a clear Parisian sky, the Olympic flag and its delegation made their first stopover at Hôtel de Ville. At 5 p.m., Anne Hidalgo, joined by Tony Estanguet, the two French basketball teams and a number of Secours Populaire children, hoisted the flag onto a mast to celebrate the new Olympiad. Before heading off to Live des Jeux at the Trocadéro, a number of players, including Rudy Gobert, Nicolas Batum and Sandrine Gruda, had a few words to say about the Paris Games in three years' time. "It's becoming more and more real. We're leaving a competition, we saw the torch being passed from Tokyo to Paris, and I think that's beautiful. It's materialized by this flag, and we know it's going to be a great party. We're going to set Paris on fire!" enthused the captain of the French women's basketball team, a few minutes before joining the hundreds of fans under the Eiffel Tower.
Arrivée du drapeau olympique sur le sol français
The flag brought to City Hall.
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
On the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville and in front of the Olympic rings, Anne Hidalgo hoists the flag, symbol of the new Olympiad to come.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
The Olympic flag hoisted on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville.
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
Arrivée du drapeau olympique sur le sol français
The Olympic rings and 5 colors represent the 5 continents and all the countries of the world.
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
France's bronze medal basketball team in contact with Secours Populaire children.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
The French basketball team in contact with Secours Populaire children.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
The French basketball teams, silver medallists (men) and bronze medallists (women) in Tokyo.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris

Celebrations at Live des Jeux du Trocadéro

Arrival of the Olympic flag at the Trocadero.
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
Arrival of the Olympic flag at the Trocadero.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
The French men's volleyball team, Olympic champions.
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
Young and old gathered at the Trocadéro for the return of the champions.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
Under the Eiffel Tower, the champions and their supporters celebrated in style.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
Nikola Karabatic, Luc Abalo and Mickaël Guigou, three-time Olympic handball champions.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
Marine Fauthoux, Gabby Williams and Iliana Rupert, the new faces of the French women's basketball team.
Credit Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris
Earvin Ngapeth (volleyball) with all the team sports medallists.
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris