32 world records were broken - Paris Olympics in numbers
2024-08-12
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Paris, August 11 (Xinhua) -- The 2024 Paris Olympics came to an end on August 11. According to data provided by the International Olympic Committee, 32 world records were broken at this Olympics, and the first mass marathon attracted more than 40,000 runners from more than 120 countries and regions around the world... As the first Olympics to fully implement the Olympic reform roadmap "Olympic Agenda 2020" from beginning to end, some figures have witnessed a new chapter in the history of the Olympic movement.
On August 5, in the men's pole vault final of the Paris Olympics held at the Stade de France, Swedish athlete Duplantis won the gold medal with a score of 6.25 meters and improved his own world record by 1 centimeter. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yanhua
Inspired by the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - More Together", 32 world records were broken and 125 Olympic records were rewritten at this Olympics. The Paris Olympic Committee produced a total of 5,084 medals, of which 18 grams of iron in each medal came from the Eiffel Tower.
At this Olympics, four sports delegations, namely Saint Lucia, Botswana, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, won Olympic gold medals for the first time, and athletes from 91 national and regional delegations and the refugee team won medals.
Spectators take photos at the Eiffel Tower Stadium on July 27. The Paris Olympic Beach Volleyball Competition was held at the Eiffel Tower Stadium on the same day. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi
In terms of popularity, more than 9.5 million tickets were sold for the Paris Olympic Games. During the men's and women's road cycling events on August 3 and 4, nearly 1 million people took to the streets to cheer for the athletes. Handball, rugby sevens and beach volleyball attracted the largest number of live spectators in the history of the Olympic Games. On August 10, the Paris Olympic Games held a mass marathon, which attracted more than 40,000 runners.
The Paris Olympics achieved an equal number of male and female athletes. In 28 of the 32 major events, the number of male and female athletes was exactly the same. Among the 45,000 volunteers, half were male and half were female.
