#SportyPeachy #FrancePeachy #ParisPeachy @Paris2024 Key figures from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Countless emotions, images and numerous records that will go down in history.
On the day of the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, take a look back at some of the key figures which highlight 2 exceptional weeks.
Sports…
The Games are the equivalent of forty world championships held at the same time!
From 24 July : 760 sessions organised in 32 Olympic sports
Nearly 850 medals won
85 medal-winning countries
42 records broken, including 10 world records and 32 Olympic records
... spectators, TV viewers and social media followers
Record crowds and an unrivalled atmosphere: More than 9.5 million tickets sold for the Olympic Games, with spectators from 222 different countries 62% French buyers, 38% international buyers
Top 5 : United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands
Nearly 450,000 spectators for the Beach Volleyball at the foot of the Eiffel Tower
743,000 spectators on July 30 alone
66,000 spectators for a women's rugby 7s match, a new attendance world record
Nearly 1 million people took to the streets of Paris for the men's and women's road cycling events
145,000 spectators in the Carrés des Supporters (French Supporter blocks at the different venues)
400,000 hot dogs sold at competition venues, including 100,000 vegetarian dogs
2.4 billion views on Paris 2024 social platforms
24.4 million viewers watched the opening ceremony on France Télévisions
The Games celebrated all over Paris and France6 million visitors to celebration sites
More than 3.8 million visitors to ‘Clubs 2024’ across France (as of 09/08)
A total of 213,000 visitors at the Champions Park (as of 09/08), a new concept which was a first in the history of the Summer Olympic Games
200,000 reservations to visit the Olympic Cauldron in the Tuileries Gardens
A total of 1 million visitors to the Nations Park in La Vilette (as at 09/08)
More than 6,000 activities listed on the Carte des Jeux
Life in the Olympic Village 11,804 athletes at peak occupancy on August 3
150 hairdresser and manicure appointments every day
4,000 pastries, 600 baguettes and 3,000 muffins served every day
90 people working at peak hours in the Village laundry service
Lovers of the Games
To our knowledge ... 7 wedding proposals were made during the Games, including a double proposal in Marseille following the sailing events.
Other Paris 2024 facts and figures ...
Paris 2024 - A series of ‘firsts’: the 1st Paralympic Games in France, the 1st Games to reach gender parity, the 1st Champions Park at the Trocadéro, the 1st Opening Ceremony outside of a stadium, the 1st Marathon for All, etc.
A budget of €4.4 billion, 95% private funding, 84 domestic partners, more than 180,000 people working directly for the Games between 2017 and 2024, more than 2,000 contracted companies
10,500 Olympic athletes, 4,400 Paralympic athletes, 206 Olympic delegations, 182 Paralympic delegations, 32 Olympic sports including 4 additional sports, 22 Paralympic sports
4,200 Paris 2024 employees, 45,000 volunteers
95% existing or temporary infrastructures, 39 Olympic competition venues, 17 Paralympic competition venues, 4,000 housing units created in Seine-Saint-Denis
More than 4,600 local authorities awarded the "Terre de Jeux 2024" label, 2,500 projects and events awarded the Cultural Olympiad label, more than 40,000 race bibs distributed for the Marathon for All, more than 200 ‘Clubs 2024’ throughout France, 10,000 Olympic Torchbearers, 1,000 Paralympic Torchbearers, 8 million spectators along the Torch Relay route.
An ambition to halve the carbon footprint of the Games compared to previous editions
About Paris 2024
The mission of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 Organising Committee, in accordance with the host city contract signed between the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (CNOSF – French National Olympic and Sporting Committee) and the Ville de Paris municipal authorities, is to plan, organise, fund and deliver the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world, with unparalleled media impact. They bring together 10,500 Olympic athletes and 4,400 Paralympic athletes, respectively from 206 and 182 delegations, across five continents. They are watched by over 13 million spectators and 4 billion television viewers across the world, across a total of over 100,000 hours of TV broadcasting. They are without equal in sporting, economic and cultural events throughout the world, and this power helps to further their impact.
Set up in January 2018, Paris 2024 is headed by Tony Estanguet, three-time Olympic champion. It is run by a Board of Directors, on which sit all the founding members of the project: the CNOSF, Ville de Paris, the French Government, the Île-de-France regional authority, the CPSF, the Métropole du Grand Paris, the Conseil départemental de Seine Saint-Denis, representatives of the local authorities involved in the Games, civil society and corporate partners.
