2024 Olympic Games Trivia
Paris France was the host city for the 2024 Olympic Games, the third time they had hosted the summer Olympics. Here is more trivia about the 2024 Olympics.
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- The mascots for the Paris 2024 Olympics were Olympic Phryge and Paralympic Phryge. They are based on the Phrygian cap, a symbol freedom and of the French Republic. The Paralympic Phryge has a prosthesis and a racing blade.
- Paris is the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times (the other is London).
- Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1924, therefore 2024 will mark 100 years since.
- Paris 2024 became the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three each in summer & winter). The 2030 Winter Olympics will also be hosted in France.
- In a break from tradition, the River Seine served as the venue of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, with athletes traveling in boats along a six-kilometer route during the spectacle.
- Ukraine, at the time being invaded by Russia, considered boycotting Paris 2024 if Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to compete. Russian and Belarus were banned, but some athletes competed as individual athletes.
- The World Friendship Games were organized as an alternative to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (the event was postponed until 2025).
- The oldest competitor at the Paris Olympics was 65-year-old equestrian Juan Antonio Jimenez Cobo. The youngest athlete competing in the Games was 11 year old Chinese skater Zheng Haohao.
- There were over 30 venues used for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including iconic sites such as the Chateau de Versailles and the Eiffel Tower.
- Belgium's Remco Evenepoel in 2024 became the first male cyclist to win the road race and time trial at the same edition of the Olympic Games.
- The sport of breakdancing made its Olympic debut in Paris, and we may never see it on the program again (it is not included in 2028)
- The women's boxing competition was marred by controversy over two athletes competing at the Games despite failing gender eligibility tests previously.
- The tallest Olympic athlete in Paris was French basketballer Victor Wembanyama at 2.22m (7' 3.5"). The shortest athlete was maybe all-around gymnast Simone Biles from the USA at 1.42m (4 ft 8 in). (note: there's no complete height data of all athletes to check this).
- The Paris 2024 Olympic Medals included a six-sided metal medallion set in the center like a precious stone, made from an original piece of the Eiffel Tower.
- Before each event, a person stood before the audience with a long wooden staff in their hand, and striking the ground loudly three times. This is a French theatre tradition.
- The first three place-getters in the triple jump event were representing Spain, Portugal and Italy, though all were originally from Cuba.
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