More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 nations will go for gold – and silver and bronze – this summer at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The competition will consist of 329 events spread over 32 different sports, which are now underway and will run until August 11 in Paris and 16 other cities in metropolitan France (plus an event in Tahiti).
This year will mark the sixth Olympic Games to be held in France (three Summer and three Winter Games) and will mark the 100th anniversary of the first Olympic Games in Paris, held in 1924.
Here are some fun facts about the countries and their athletes:
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The host country is France with 573, followed by Australia (460), Germany (427), Japan (404), Italy (403), China (388), Spain (382), Great Britain (327) and Canada (318) rounding out the top 10.
How many US athletes are competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Team USA will have at least one competitor in 31 of the 32 sports on this year’s Olympic schedule. (Team handball is the only exception.)
There are 592 athletes on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team, making it slightly smaller than the team at the most recent Summer Games in Tokyo (613).
Track and field is the largest US body with a total of 120 athletes set to take part in these events.
