The hero of France, Leon Marchand, extinguished the Olympic flame in Paris, Tom Cruise carried the Olympic flag to Los Angeles in a spectacular way, and thus the curtain came down on the Games in the capital of France.
Maybe Paris had its flaws, but once again it showed the world its charm - thanks to the Olympic Games, it introduced it to all its beauties, but it also left the Olympic movement a legacy of many things to remember.
Figures sometimes best describe a major competition, and these are the ones left behind in Paris 2024...
Athletes
- 19 days the competitions in Paris lasted, although the official number is 16 from the moment of the official opening. Certain sports, such as football, started a little earlier.
- 206 national Olympic committees and a team of refugees participated in the Games in Paris.
- 32 the number of sports included in the program of the Paris Olympics.
- 329 events in which medals were awarded took place at these Olympics.
- 35 the arena welcomed athletes from all over the world
- 5.084 medals were produced for these Games - all of them had 18 grams of steel from the Eiffel Tower.
- 32 world records in eight disciplines were broken during the Games in Paris.
- 125 is the number of broken Olympic records.
- 91 the national Olympic committee and the refugee team won medals in Paris.
- 4 National Olympic Committees in Paris reached the first gold in history: Botswana (Lecile Tebogo, athletics), Dominica (Tea Lafon, athletics), Guatemala (Adriana Ruano Oliva, shooting) and Santa Lucia (Julien Alfred, athletics).
- 4 countries won the first medal in history: In addition to Dominica and Santa Lucia, Albania (Chermen Valiev, bronze in wrestling) and Cape Verde (David de Pina, bronze in boxing) also won.
- 126 the medals were won by the athletes of the United States of America (40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze) and they are the overall most successful nation of the Games in Paris - ahead of China with 91 (40-27-24).
Fans
- 9,5 million (and slightly more) out of a total of 10 million tickets were sold for the Olympic Games in Paris.
- 145.000 people visited the fan zone in Paris.
- 2.250 they were on the banks of the Seine during the Opening Ceremony of the Games.
- Close to a million people watched two bicycle races on the streets of Paris on August 3 and 4.
- 280.000 people visited the "Champions Park" next to the Eiffel Tower, where they could greet many medal winners.
- 530.000 7 spectators watched rugby competitions, which is a new record for that sport.
- 530.000 of spectators watched handball competitions, which is also an Olympic record for this sport.
- 450.000 people watched beach volleyball competitions, and of course that was a record.
Equality
- 5.250 women and the same number of men received the right to perform at the Paris Games from the IOC, which is the first time in history that gender equality has been achieved.
- 50 percent of the 45.000 volunteers were women.
- 50 percent of the members of the Organizing Committee were women.
- 10.000 people carried the Olympic torch - and there the ratio was 50-50.
- 66.000 of fans watched a women's rugby match at the Stade de France, a record for this sport.
- 27.000 fans were in the stands of one of the basketball matches at the women's tournament, which is also a record.
- 26.000 of spectators attended the handball match between France and Germany in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in Lille, which is also a new record for a women's handball match.
Mediji
- The organizers expect confirmation that half the population of the country watched the Games in Paris via TV transmission.
- 11.000 hours of transmission was achieved during the OI.
- 4.155 accredited journalists could cover the Games in the capital of France and Lille.
- 904 from the mentioned number were domestic journalists
- 2.113 news agencies had their representatives in Paris.
- 1.578 photojournalist sent photos from Paris all over the world.
- 300 million the official site and application of the Olympic Games had the most visits in history.
Heritage
- 2.800 apartments were "born" in the place where the Olympic village was and they will soon be moved in by the citizens of Paris - 25 percent of the new residents will be social cases.
- It is expected that the Games will bring from 6,9 to 11,1 billion euros to the economic activity of France.
- 181.100 people found work related to the Olympic Games.
- The suburb of Saint Denis got its first facility for water sports - "Aquatic Center". In that part of Paris, every second 11-year-old does not know how to swim.
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