The Paris 2024 Games in numbers

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Updated on 09/10/2024

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The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were a success ! Breaking lots of records: participation, medals for French athletes, ticket sales… We've crunched some numbers for you.

Athletes and medals

Le nageur Léon Marchand lors du 200 m brasse, hommes, demi-finale à l'Aréna le Défense.
French Olympic champion Léon Marchand in the 200-meter breaststroke final
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10,500 Olympic athletes, with as many women as men
4,400 Paralympic athletes
808 French athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games
64 French medals won during the Olympic Games, including 16 gold. France finished fifth in the medal table
75 French medals won during the Paralympic Games, including 19 gold. France finished eighth in the medal table.
42 records were broken during the Olympic Games, including 32 Olympic records

Unparalleled popularity

Des fumigènes tricolores sur un pont de la Seine.
Launch of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony on the Seine on July 26.
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24.4 million TV viewers in France watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, a record.
5.3 million French viewers watched the blind soccer final.
300 hours of live coverage of Paralympic events.
66,000 spectators at the Stade de France, a world record attendance for a women's 7-a-side rugby match
95%, the average attendance rate for sports venues
More than 6,000 journalists were accredited at the city's media center

Record crowds at competition venues

La foule acclame le Français Antoine Praud, médaille de bronze du 1 500 m T46.
In front of his home crowd, France's Antoine Praud celebrates his bronze medal in the 1,500 metres (category T46), won at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis).
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9.5 million tickets sold for the Olympic Games by spectators coming from 222 different countries, a record number of tickets sold for a single Games.
62% of Olympic Games tickets were purchased by French people
2.6 million tickets sold for the Paralympic Games, a record number of tickets sold
100% of sites were accessible using public transport
50,000 Parisians benefited from free tickets to sporting events

Party all summer long

Foule dans les rues pour le Marathon pour tous
Rue Saint-Honoré during the Marathon pour Tous
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
26 festival sites in Paris
2.5 million visitors to the city's 26 festival sites
42 days of programming at festival sites, with 2,320 sporting events and 400 cultural performances
750,000 spectators for the torch relay in Paris
3,600 people took part in the Arrondissements Olympics
2.6 million spectators attended one of the fifteen road races in Paris
211 kilometers of road races in the streets of Paris
40,048 runners took part in the Marathon pour Tous and 10 km pour Tous free of charge
5,300 volunteers in the City of Paris program

Spectators and tourists

Vue du Parc des champions au Trocadéro
Parc des Champions at Trocadero (8th)
Credit Clément Dorval / Ville de Paris
11.2 million visitors during the Olympic Games
2 million visitors during the Paralympic Games
More than 1,000 free artistic performances as part of the Cultural Olympiad since 2021
1 million visitors to Club France during the Olympic Games
213,000 spectators at the Parc des Champions
84% occupancy rate in Paris hotels from July 23 to August 6, up 10% on 2023
7 marriage proposals by athletes during the Olympic Games