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2024 Summer Olympic Fun Facts #1

Steve Artressia

With the Summer Olympics underway (the opening ceremony happening later today), I thought it would be a good idea to look at some stats and fun facts about the 2024 Games to help kick things off . . .

  1. Over 10,000 athletes from 206 different nations and territories will compete in the Games this year. It’s actually more than 206 because of the Refugee Olympic Team, which has athletes from lots of places.
  2. Team USA has over 500 athletes.
  3. There are 329 events across 32 sports, including 4 sports they’re testing out this year: surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, and breakdancing.
  4. Since the first modern Games in 1896, 10 sports have been dropped. They include croquet . . . polo, lacrosse, motorboating, and tug-of-war.