| 2024 Summer Olympics Cauldron | |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Artist: | Mathieu Lehanneur |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Paris, France |
| Coordinates: | 48.8629°N 2.3293°W |
The 2024 Summer Olympics cauldron (French: La vasque olympique de Paris 2024) was made for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was designed by Mathieu Lehanneur and was lit by Guadeloupean judoka and sprinter Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec in the opening ceremony.
In a tribute to the Montgolfier brothers, it has a hot air balloon-inspired design topped by a 30-metre-tall helium sphere, and is allowed to float into the air above the Tuileries Garden at night.[1] The cauldron is attached to a wire-like conduit anchored in the middle of the Grand Bassin Rond ("Large Round Basin") to avoid flying off and is the first Olympic cauldron to light up without the use of fossil fuels.[2] Instead of the cauldron being illuminated via combustion, the flames are simulated via a ring of 40 computerised LEDs and 200 high-pressure water aerosol spray dispensers.[3] [4] During the games, the cauldron has become a popular landmark and petitions have been launched to make it a permanent fixture.[5] [6]