Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Athletics
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France (track and field events)
Pont d'Iéna (race walk)
Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides (Marathon)
Dates1–11 August 2024
No. of events48
Competitors1,810
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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run on 1 to 11 August 2024, featuring a total of 48 medal events across three distinct sets: track and field, road running, and racewalking.[1] Four venues are to be used: Pont d'Iéna for race walking, Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and end points of the marathon races, and Stade de France for the track and field events.

The competition will feature an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay through a Marathon course will contest for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality.[2]

Another significant change to the athletics program is the repechage-round format in all individual track events from 200 to 1500 m and the hurdles events (110 m for men, 100 m for women, and 400 m for both), a vast opportunity for the runners to have a second chance of entering the semifinal phase. This format will replace the former system of athletes advancing through the fastest overall times (q) apart from those qualifying directly in the first-round heats (Q).[3]

Venues[edit]

Track and field events will be staged at the Stade de France, with the race walks contested at Pont d'Iena.[1] The marathon races begin at the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) and will end in Les Invalides, witnessing the runners traverse many of the city's most iconic sites and Olympic venues throughout the route.[4]

This traditional marathon course also sets a particularly tough profile with an overall elevation gain or loss of 438 m. The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, is unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveils the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running.[5]

Schedule[edit]

Road events (marathons and racewalks) will hold the races in the morning session of the athletics program schedule, with all track, field, and combined events staging their finals in the evening session for the first time since London 2012.[6]

In its four-decade-long Olympic history, the women's marathon will occur on the last day of the athletics program for the first time, with the men's race scheduled a day before. According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and the president of Paris 2024 organizing committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program."[4]

Legend
P Preliminary round Q Qualification H Heats R Repechage ½ Semifinals F Final
Schedule[6][7]
Men's
Date Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
100 m P H ½ F
200 m H R ½ F
400 m H R ½ F
800 m H R ½ F
1500 m H R ½ F
5000 m H F
10,000 m F
110 m hurdles H R ½ F
400 m hurdles H R ½ F
3000 m steeplechase H F
4 × 100 m relay H F
4 × 400 m relay H F
Marathon F
20 km walk F
High jump Q F
Pole vault Q F
Long jump Q F
Triple jump Q F
Shot put Q F
Discus throw Q F
Hammer throw Q F
Javelin throw Q F
Decathlon F
Women's
Date Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
100 m P H ½ F
200 m H R ½ F
400 m H R ½ F
800 m H R ½ F
1500 m H R ½ F
5000 m H F
10,000 m F
100 m hurdles H R ½ F
400 m hurdles H R ½ F
3000 m steeplechase H F
4 × 100 m relay H F
4 × 400 m relay H F
Marathon F
20 km walk F
High jump Q F
Pole vault Q F
Long jump Q F
Triple jump Q F
Shot put Q F
Discus throw Q F
Hammer throw Q F
Javelin throw Q F
Heptathlon F
Mixed
Date Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 7
Event M E M E M E
4 × 400 m relay H F
Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay F


Event schedule[8]
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Road Events
7:30 AM M 20 km Race Walk Final
9:20 AM W 20 km Race Walk Final
Friday, August 2, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:35 AM W 100 m Prelim
11:05 AM M 1500 m Prelim
11:50 AM W 100 m Round 1
6:10 PM W 5000 m Round 1
7:10 PM Mixed 4 × 400 m Relay Round 1
7:45 PM W 800 m Round 1
9:20 PM M 10,000 m Final
Decathlon
10:05 AM M 100 m Decathlon
10:55 AM M Long Jump Decathlon
12:10 PM M Shot Put Decathlon
6:05 PM M High Jump Decathlon
8:45 PM M 400 m Decathlon
CET Time Field Events
10:10 AM
11:35 AM
M Hammer Throw Round 1
10:15 AM W High Jump Round 1
6:15 PM W Triple Jump Round 1
6:55 PM
8:20 PM
W Discus Throw Round 1
7:50 PM M Shot Put Round 1
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:35 AM M 100 m Prelim
11:10 AM M 800 m Rep
11:45 AM M 100 m Round 1
7:55 PM W 100 m Semi-Final
8:25 PM M 1500 m Rep
9:00 PM Mixed 4 × 400 m Relay Final
9:20 PM W 100 m Final
Decathlon
10:05 AM M 110 m Hurdles Decathlon
10:55 AM
12:00 PM
M Discus Throw Decathlon
1:40 PM M Pole Vault Decathlon
7:10 PM
8:10 PM
M Javelin Throw Decathlon
9:43 PM M 1500 m Decathlon
CET Time Field Events
10:10 AM M Pole Vault Round 1
7:45 PM M Shot Put Final
8:20 PM W Triple Jump Final
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:05 AM W 3000 m Steeplechase Round 1
10:55 AM W 200 m Round 1
11:50 AM M 110 m Hurdles Round 1
12:35 PM W 400 m Hurdles Round 1
7:05 PM M 400 m Round 1
8:00 PM M 100 m Semi-Final
8:35 PM W 800 m Semi-Final
9:10 PM M 1500 m Semi-Final
9:50 PM M 100 m Final
CET Time Field Events
10:20 AM
11:45 AM
W Hammer Throw Round 1
11:00 AM M Long Jump Round 1
7:50 PM W High Jump Final
8:30 PM M Hammer Throw Final
Monday, August 5, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:05 AM M 400 m Hurdles Round 1
10:50 AM W 400 m Hurdles Rep
11:20 AM M 400 m Rep
11:55 AM W 400 m Round 1
12:50 PM W 200 m Rep
7:10 PM M 3000 m Steeplechase Round 1
8:05 PM M 200 m Round 1
8:55 PM W 200 m Semi-Final
9:20 PM W 5000 m Final
9:50 PM W 800 m Final
CET Time Field Events
10:10 AM
11:35 AM
M Discus Throw Round 1
10:40 AM W Pole Vault Round 1
7:05 PM M Pole Vault Final
8:35 PM W Discus Throw Final
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:05 AM W 1500 m Round 1
10:50 AM M 110 m Hurdles Rep
11:20 AM W 400 m Rep
12:00 PM M 400 m Hurdles Rep
12:30 PM W 200 m Rep
7:45 PM W 400 m Hurdles Semi-Final
8:30 PM M 400 m Semi-Final
9:00 PM M 1500 m Final
9:20 PM W 3000 m Steeplechase Final
9:50 PM W 200 m Final
CET Time Field Events
10:20 AM
11:50 AM
M Javelin Throw Round 1
11:15 AM W Long Jump Round 1
8:02 PM W Hammer Throw Final
8:20 PM M Long Jump Final
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Road Events
7:30 AM Mixed 35 km Final
CET Time Track Events
10:15 AM W 100 m Hurdles Round 1
11:00 AM M 5000 m Round 1
11:45 AM M 800 m Round 1
12:35 PM W 1500 m Rep
7:10 PM M 110 m Hurdles Semi-Final
7:40 PM M 400 m Hurdles Semi-Final
8:07 PM M 200 m Semi-Final
8:45 PM W 400 m Semi-Final
9:20 PM M 400 m Final
9:45 PM M 3000 m Steeplechase Final
CET Time Field Events
10:10 AM M High Jump Round 1
10:25 AM
11:50 AM
W Javelin Throw Round 1
7:05 PM W Pole Vault Final
7:25 PM M Triple Jump Round 1
8:30 PM M Discus Throw Final
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:35 AM W 100 m Hurdles Rep
11:10 AM W 4 × 100 m Relay Round 1
11:35 AM M 4 × 100 m Relay Round 1
12:00 PM M 800 m Rep
8:05 PM W 1500 m Semi-Final
9:05 PM W 400 m Hurdles Final
9:25 PM M 200 m Final
9:50 PM M 110 m Hurdles Final
CET Time Heptathlon
10:05 AM W 100 m Hurdles Heptathlon
11:05 AM W High Jump Heptathlon
7:05 PM W Shot Put Heptathlon
8:35 PM W 200 m Heptathlon
CET Time Field Events
10:25 AM W Shot Put Round 1
8:00 PM W Long Jump Final
8:30 PM M Javelin Throw Final
Friday, August 9, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Track Events
10:40 AM W 4 × 400 m Relay Round 1
11:05 AM M 4 × 400 m Relay Round 1
11:30 AM M 800 m Semi-Final
12:05 PM W 100 m Hurdles Semi-Final
7:15 PM W 4 × 100 m Relay Final
7:30 PM M 4 × 100 m Relay Final
8:00 PM W 400 m Final
8:55 PM W 10,000 m Final
9:50 PM M 400 m Hurdles Final
CET Time Heptathlon
10:05 AM W Long Jump Heptathlon
11:20 AM
12:30 PM
W Javelin Throw Heptathlon
8:15 PM W 800 m Heptathlon
CET Time Field Events
7:40 PM W Shot Put Final
8:10 PM M Triple Jump Final
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Road Events
8:00 AM M Marathon Final
CET Time Track Events
7:30 PM M 800 m Final
7:45 PM W 100 m Hurdles Final
8:00 PM M 5000 m Final
8:25 PM W 1500 m Final
9:10 PM M 4 × 400 m Relay Final
9:20 PM W 4 × 400 m Relay Final
CET Time Field Events
7:05 PM M High Jump Final
7:40 PM W Javelin Throw Final
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Time (CET) Gender Event Division Round
CET Time Road Events
8:00 AM W Marathon Final

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Qualification[edit]

Athletics – individual events[edit]

At the end of the 2022 season, World Athletics established a qualification system for athletics competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Similar to the previous edition, the qualification system is set on a dual pathway, where the initial half of the total quota (about fifty percent) will likely be distributed to the athletes through entry standards approved by the World Athletics council, with the remainder relying on the world ranking list within the qualifying period.[12] Each country can enter a maximum of three athletes for each individual event on the Paris 2024 athletics program. The qualification period for all track and field events (except the 10,000 metres, heptathlon, and decathlon) runs from 1 July 2023, to 30 June 2024.[13]

Athletics – relay teams[edit]

Each relay event features sixteen teams from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:[12]

  • 14: top fourteen teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas[14]
  • 2: top two teams outside the key qualifier according to the World Athletics performance list for relays within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024)[15]

Athletics – Marathon race walking mixed teams[edit]

The Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay event, covering a distance of marathon (42.195 km), features twenty-five pairs from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:[12]

  • 22: top twenty-two teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships[16]
  • 3: top three teams outside the key qualifier through the World Athletics Race Walk rankings based on the aggregate scores of both a male and a female athlete within the qualification period (31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024)[15]

Athletics – 10,000 metres, road, and combined events[edit]

The qualification period for the marathon runs from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024 and for the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024.[12]

In the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024, will be deemed eligible for immediate selection to his or her respective national team at the Games. Beyond the deadline, the remaining twenty percent of the total quota will be determined by the same dual pathway qualification criteria outlined above without displacing any qualified athletes on the set date.[12][17]

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Totals (0 entries)0000

Men's events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
200 metres
details
400 metres
details
800 metres
details
1500 metres
details
5000 metres
details
10,000 metres
details
110 metres hurdles
details
400 metres hurdles
details
3000 metres steeplechase
details
4 × 100 metres relay
details

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
4 × 400 metres relay
details

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Marathon
details
20 kilometres walk
details
High jump
details
Pole vault
details
Long jump
details
Triple jump
details
Shot put
details
Discus throw
details
Hammer throw
details
Javelin throw
details
Decathlon
details

* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Women's events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
200 metres
details
400 metres
details
800 metres
details
1500 metres
details
5000 metres
details
10,000 metres
details
100 metres hurdles
details
400 metres hurdles
details
3000 metres steeplechase
details
4 × 100 metres relay
details

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
4 × 400 metres relay
details

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Marathon
details
20 kilometres walk
details
High jump
details
Pole vault
details
Long jump
details
Triple jump
details
Shot put
details
Discus throw
details
Hammer throw
details
Javelin throw
details
Heptathlon
details

* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Mixed events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay
details

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Marathon walk relay
details

 
 

 
 

 
 

* Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Athletics". Paris 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Houston, Michael (June 11, 2021). "Mixed team race walking to debut at Paris 2024 Olympics". Inside the Games. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "World Athletics to introduce repechage round at Paris 2024 Olympic Games". World Athletics. July 25, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Paris 2024 marathon route revealed: A challenging race through history and incredible monuments". International Olympic Committee. October 5, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Paris 2024 reveals routes for Olympic marathon and mass event run". World Athletics. October 5, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Olympic Games Paris 2024 sports calendar released". International Olympic Committee. August 1, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule – Athletics" (PDF). Paris 2024. pp. 6–9. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  8. ^ "Athletics timetable for Paris 2024 Olympic Games published". World Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  9. ^ GAMES OF THE XXXIII. OLYMPIAD – PARIS 2024 – ATHLETICS 1-11 AUGUST 2024 TIME TABLE
  10. ^ Athletics timetable for Paris 2024 Olympic Games published - PRESS RELEASE World Athletics
  11. ^ 2024 Olympics Paris World Athletics
  12. ^ a b c d e "Qualification system published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". World Athletics. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  13. ^ McAlister, Sean (December 20, 2022). "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  14. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (November 30, 2022). "World Relays return to Nassau in 2024 to serve as Paris Olympic qualifying event". Inside the Games. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). World Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  16. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (November 30, 2022). "World Relays return to Nassau in 2024 to serve as Paris Olympic qualifying event". Inside the Games. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  17. ^ "Competition decisions on qualification for future championship events". World Athletics. June 21, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.