Paris Olympics 2024 guide: Preview, venues, new events, torch, mascots, and how to watch live

What venues will be used for Paris 2024?

There are three main areas that will host events during Paris 2024: the Paris Area, the Île-de-France Area, and the rest of France.

A mix of temporary venues in iconic locations, existing venues, and three new-build venues will play host to the Games, with only two of those new venues specifically built for the Olympic Games: the Olympic Aquatics Centre and Le Bourget Sport Climbing Centre.

Paris Area

There are 13 venues in the Paris Area. They are:

Bercy Arena (artistic gymnastics, basketball, trampoline gymnastics)

Champ de Mars Arena (judo, wrestling)

Eiffel Tower Stadium (beach volleyball)

Grand Palais (fencing, taekwondo)

Hôtel de Ville (athletics - marathon start)

Invalides (archery, athletics - marathon finish, road cycling - time trial start)

La Concorde Urban Park (3X3 basketball, breaking, BMX freestyle cycling, skateboarding)

Parc des Princes (football)

Pont Alexandre III (road cycling - time trial finish, marathon swimming - finish, triathlon)

Porte de La Chapelle Arena (badminton, rhythmic gymnastics)

Stade Roland-Garros (boxing, tennis)

South Paris Arena (handball, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting)

Trocadéro (athletics - race walk, road cycling - road race start and finish, Opening Ceremony)

Île-de-France Area

The greater Île-de-France Area surrounds the capital city, and there are 12 venues in this zone.

These venues are located in towns from St-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Versailles southwest of Paris, to Nanterre west of the capital, Saint-Denis north of central Paris, and even out to Vaires-sur-Marne to the east.

Additionally, the Yves-du-Manoir Olympic Stadium northwest of Paris – which hosted the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 1924 Games a century ago and will welcome hockey matches this year – is also in this area.

The 12 venues in the Île-de-France Area are:

Olympic Aquatics Centre, Saint-Denis (artistic swimming, diving, water polo)

Château de Versailles (equestrian, modern pentathlon)

Élancourt Hill (mountain bike cycling)

Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue (sport climbing)

Le Golf National, Guyancourt (golf)

North Paris Arena, Villepinte (boxing, modern pentathlon)

Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre (swimming, water polo)

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium (BMX racing cycling)

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome (Track cycling)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis (athletics, rugby sevens, Closing Ceremony)

Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium (canoe sprint, canoe slalom, rowing)

Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, Colombes (hockey)

Rest of France

Throughout the rest of France, six football stadiums and four other venues will hold Olympic events.

Most notably, the famous wave at Teahupo‘o, Tahiti, holds the surfing events in the first week of the schedule.

The 10 venues throughout France are:

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