Kurang dari 100 hari Sukan Olimpik

maklukpenggoda · Post time 20-4-2024 10:39 AM

Edited by maklukpenggoda at 20-4-2024 10:49 AM

In 100 days, more than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will float down the Seine on boats bearing their delegation's colors to announce the start of the 30th edition of the Summer Olympics. The largest sporting event ever organized in France, the 2024 Paris Games feature the first opening ceremonies planned to take place outside of a stadium, the first surf contest to take place 10,000 miles from the host city -- and the return of crowds.

But why wait until July to get into the five-ring spirit? There's plenty of action to dive into over the next three months as the U.S. teams come into focus -- starting with wrestling trials two days from now. Prepare for a spectacular summer of Olympic sports with our top-100 Paris primer. Allons-y! -- Alyssa Roenigk.

The essentials

1. Who: 206 countries will be represented, and 10,500 athletes

2. What: There will be 32 sports and 45 total disciplines within them

3. When: July 26-Aug. 11, 2024

4. Where: Paris, in 15 different Olympic venues

5. Why: Citrus, Altius, Fortius -- Communiter*

*The Olympics motto: "Faster, Higher, Strong -- Together"

6. Estimated cost of the 2024 Summer Games: $10 billion. This is $3 billion less than the estimated $13 billion the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee reported was spent in 2021, after those Games were delayed for a year due to the pandemic.

7. Medal events contested this year: 329. This is the second most in a single Olympics, down 10 from the 2020 Tokyo Games, which had 339.

8. Medals the United States has won in the Summer and Winter Games: 2,985. This is the most of any country.

9. Consecutive Summer Games that Team USA has won the most medals of any country: 7. The last time the U.S. team did not earn the most medals was in the 1992 Summer Olympics, when the Unified Team of former Soviet Union republics won the most.

10. Miles the surfing venue of the 2024 Summer Games will be from Paris: 9,765. The sport will be contested in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, at the famous surf break Teahupo'o. This is the farthest distance from a host city that an Olympic medal event has ever been contested.

11. Estimated number of in-person spectators who will watch the opening ceremonies: 300,000. For the first time in Summer Olympic history, barring any security threats, the opening ceremonies will not take place inside a stadium. Instead, they will be held on a 6-kilometer route on the Seine River.

12. Percentage of athletes participating who are women: 50. According to the IOC, the 2024 Games will be the first to have an equal number of men and women participants. In 1900, the first Games to include women, 2.2% of the athletes were women.

13. The percentage increase in athletes since the last time Paris hosted: 340. At the 1924 Olympics, 3,089 athletes competed. This year, 10,500 are estimated.

14. The number of times that Paris will have hosted the Summer Games: 3. This ties London for the most of any city. (Los Angeles will also have hosted three times when it hosts the 2028 Olympics.) Paris notably hosted the first Olympic Games held outside of Greece in 1900, and the last time the city hosted was exactly 100 years ago, in 1924.

15. The number of times France will have hosted either the Summer or Winter Games: 6. This is second most of any country, behind the United States with eight. -- ESPN Stats & Information.

Dates to know

16. Opening ceremonies: July 26

17. Closing ceremonies: Aug. 11

18. Artistic gymnastics: July 27-Aug. 5

19. Swimming: July 27-Aug. 4

20. Athletics (track & field): Aug. 1-Aug. 11

21. Basketball, men's gold medal game: Aug. 10

22. Basketball, women's gold medal game: Aug. 11

23. Soccer, men's gold medal match: Aug. 9

24. Soccer, women's gold medal match: Aug. 10

25. Golf, men's final round: Aug. 4

26. Golf, women's final round: Aug. 10