Paris Summer Games Sports Competition Schedules

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Swimming is a long-standing discipline at the Olympic Games of the modern era.

Women’s swimming joined the Olympic program in 1912, participating in just two events. 

Olympic swimming is largely dominated by the US with over 200 gold medals while Australia comes in second with 56.

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In the 1960s and 70s, Japan dominated the Olympic podium, before being surpassed by the Soviet Union and East Germany. Nowadays, centre stage in artistic gymnastics is primarily occupied by Japan, USA, Russia and China.

Check the Artistic Gymnastics Schedule now. 

Contested in the first ancient Olympic Games, athletics is the oldest sport on record, with the names of champions documented from as far back as 776 BC. 

As in the past, modern athletics is composed of a variety of running, jumping, throwing, walking and combined events. Due to its many categories and disciplines, athletics involves the most participants in a single sport at the Olympic Games.

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, athletes from 62 countries competed in the finals.

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Tennis has been contested at the Olympic Games on and off throughout history. It was one of the sports played at the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896. 

In recent years, the gold medal has been taken home by a number of superstars, such as Rafael Nadal, Olympic champion in the singles event in 2008 and doubles in 2016, Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer, Olympic doubles champions in 2008, as well as Serena and Venus Williams, who between them have won eight Olympic titles.

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Although football can trace its roots back to ancient China, it was in England that the modern game was born, before going on to become the most popular sport in the world. 

For the football tournaments of Paris Summer Games, the fixtures take place in seven of the most beautiful and iconic venues of the country :

Parc des Princes

Nantes Stadium

Lyon Stadium

Saint-Etienne Stadium

Marseille Stadium

Nice Stadium

Bordeaux Stadium

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Gymnastic is a very old sport whose roots date back to ancient times. 

Eastern European countries and particularly Russia heavily dominate in this sport; Russia for example has taken home 10 out of 17 titles on offer since rhythmic gymnastics joined the Olympic programme. Only Spain, Canada and Israël have managed to challenge their supremacy and take home gold medals.

Check the rhythmic gymnastics schedule.

Initially when diving became an Olympic sport in 1904, the USA dominated. Nowadays, China has overtaken the western powerhouse, winning seven of the eight golds at the 2008 Beijing Games.

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The sport was dominated by the Soviet Union and Cuba in the 1980s, Italy and China in the 1990s, followed by Brazil in the 2000s. The former Soviet Union, Brazil and the United States top the medal board and are the only three countries with at least ten medals apiece.

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There are two types of lifts performed for Olympic weightlifting events:

• Snatch
• Clean and Jerk

While both movements require lifting a weighted barbell from the floor to an overhead position, the manner in which it is done varies. 

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Beach Volleyball made its Olympic debut at the Atlanta 1996 Games. It is dominated by Brazil, who have won three gold medals, and the United States, who have won six gold medals, out of the 12 awarded.

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Breaking is a style of dance that originated in the United States in the 1970s. 

Breaking made its Olympic debut at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018. Following its outstanding success, breaking has been chosen to feature on the Paris Summer Games sports programme as a new sport, along with surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing. 

Basketball has been part of the Summer Games since 1936. The United States won seven men's gold medals from 1936 to 1968, four men's gold medals from 2008 to 2021, and seven women's gold medals from 1996 to 2021.

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We'll update the schedules soon.