Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Athletics
Games:	2024 Summer
Venue:	Stade de France (track and field events) Pont d'Iéna (race walk) Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides (Marathon)
Dates:	1–11 August 2024
Competitors:	1,810
Num Events:	48 (23 men, 23 women, 2 mixed)
Prev:	2020
Next:	2028

Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held between 1 and 11 August 2024, featuring a total of 48 medal events across three distinct sets: track and field, road running, and racewalking.^[1] Four venues were 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 featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course was contested 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 was 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 replaced 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

Track and field events were staged at the Stade de France, with the race walks having been contested at Pont d'Iena.^[1] The marathon races began at the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) and ended in Les Invalides. Along the course, runners traversed many of the city's most iconic sites and Olympic venues throughout the route.^[4]

This traditional marathon course also set 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, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled 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

Road events (marathons and racewalks) were held 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]

For the first time in its four-decade-long Olympic history since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the women's marathon occurred on the last day of the athletics program on 11 August, with the men's race having taken place the day prior on 10 August. According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising 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]

Schedule^[7]

Men's
Date	1 Aug		2 Aug		3 Aug			4 Aug			5 Aug		6 Aug		7 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug		10 Aug
Event	M	E	M	E	M		E	M	E		M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
					P	H			½	F
												H	R			½		F
									H	R			½		F
															H		R		½			F
			H				R		½				F
															H							F
				F
								H					R			½		F
											H		R			½				F
												H				F
																	H			F
																			H			F
																					F
	F
															Q							F
							Q					F
								Q						F
																Q				F
				Q			F
											Q					F
			Q						F
													Q					F
			F
Women's
Date	1 Aug		2 Aug			3 Aug			4 Aug		5 Aug		6 Aug		7 Aug		8 Aug		9 Aug		10 Aug		11 Aug
Event	M	E	M		E	M	E		M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M
			P	H			½	F
									H		R	½		F
											H		R			½				F
					H	R				½		F
													H		R			½				F
					H							F
																				F
															H		R		½			F
									H		R			½				F
									H					F
																	H			F
																			H			F
																							F
	F
			Q						F
											Q					F
													Q					F
					Q		F
																	Q			F
					Q							F
									Q					F
															Q							F
																	F
Mixed
Date			2 Aug			3 Aug									7 Aug
Event			M		E	M	E								M	E
					H		F
															F

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Athletics – individual events

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 was set on a dual pathway, where the initial half of the total quota (about fifty percent) was 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.^[8] Each country was able to 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) ran from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.^[9]

Athletics – relay teams

Each relay event featured sixteen teams from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:^[8]

• 14: top fourteen teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas^[10]
• 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)^[11]

Athletics – marathon race walking mixed teams

The marathon race walking mixed relay event, covering a distance of marathon (42.195 km), featured twenty-five pairs from their respective NOCs, composed of the following:^[8]

• 22: top twenty-two teams based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships^[12]
• 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)^[11]

Athletics – 10,000 metres, road, and combined events

The qualification period for the marathon ran from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024. For the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking, the qualification period ran from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024.^[8]

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, was 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 was determined by the same dual pathway qualification criteria outlined above without displacing any qualified athletes on the set date.^{[8] [13]}

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres		9.79 (.784)		9.79 (.789)		9.81
200 metres		19.46		19.62		19.70
400 metres		43.40		43.44		43.74
800 metres		1:41.19		1:41.20		1:41.50
1500 metres		3:27.65 ,		3:27.79		3:27.80
5000 metres		13:13.66		13:15.04		13:15.13
10,000 metres		26:43.14		26:43.44		26:43.46
110 metres hurdles		12.99		13.09 (.085)		13.09 (.088)
400 metres hurdles		46.46 =		47.06		47.26
		8:06.05		8:06.41		8:06.47
4 × 100 metres relay		37.50		37.57		37.61
4 × 400 metres relay		2:54.43		2:54.53		2:55.83
Marathon		2:06:26		2:06:47		2:07:00
20 kilometres walk		1:18:55		1:19:09		1:19:11
High jump		2.36 m =		2.36 m		2.34 m
Pole vault		6.25 m		5.95 m =		5.90 m
Long jump		8.48 m		8.36 m		8.34 m
Triple jump		17.86 m		17.84 m		17.64 m
Shot put		22.90 m		22.15 m		22.15 m
Discus throw		70.00 m /		69.97 m		69.31 m
Hammer throw		84.12 m		79.97 m		79.39 m
Javelin throw		92.97 m		89.45 m		88.54 m
Decathlon		8796 pts		8748 pts		8711 pts

Women's events

100 metres		10.72		10.87		10.92
200 metres		21.83		22.08		22.20
400 metres		48.17 ,		48.53		48.98
800 metres		1:56.72		1:57.15		1:57.42
1500 metres		3:51.29		3:52.56		3:52.61
5000 metres		14:28.56		14:29.60		14:30.61
10,000 metres		30:43.25		30:43.35		30:44.12
100 metres hurdles		12.33		12.34		12.36
400 metres hurdles		50.37		51.87		52.15
		8:52.76		8:53.34		8:55.15
4 × 100 metres relay		41.78		41.85		41.97
4 × 400 metres relay		3:15.27		3:19.50		3:19.72
Marathon		2:22:55		2:22:58		2:23:10
20 kilometres walk		1:25:54		1:26:19		1:26:25 AR
High jump		2.00 m		2.00 m		1.95 m =
						1.95 m =
Pole vault		4.90 m		4.85 m =		4.85 m
Long jump		7.10 m		6.98 m		6.96 m
Triple jump		15.02 m		14.87 m		14.67 m
Shot put		20.00 m		19.86 m		19.32 m
Discus throw		69.50 m		67.51 m		67.51 m
Hammer throw		76.97 m		75.48 m		74.27 m
Javelin throw		65.80 m		63.93 m		63.68 m
Heptathlon		6880 pts		6844 pts		6707 pts

Mixed events

4 × 400 metres relay		3:07.43		3:07.74		3:08.01
Marathon walk relay		2:50:31		2:51:22		2:51:38

Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Multiple medalists

Multiple medalists

Name				Total
Gabrielle Thomas	3	0	0	3
Rai Benjamin	2	0	0	2
Beatrice Chebet	2	0	0	2
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	2	0	0	2
Femke Bol	1	1	1	3
Julien Alfred	1	1	0	2
Kaylyn Brown	1	1	0	2
Bryce Deadmon	1	1	0	2
Faith Kipyegon	1	1	0	2
Lieke Klaver	1	1	0	2
Shamier Little	1	1	0	2
Vernon Norwood	1	1	0	2
Cathelijn Peeters	1	1	0	2
María Pérez	1	1	0	2
Brian Pintado	1	1	0	2
Sha'Carri Richardson	1	1	0	2
Letsile Tebogo	1	1	0	2
Sifan Hassan	1	0	2	3
Melissa Jefferson	1	0	1	2
Noah Lyles	1	0	1	2
Álvaro Martín	1	0	1	2
Matthew Hudson-Smith	0	1	1	2
Amber Anning	0	0	2	2
Grant Fisher	0	0	2	2
Alex Haydock-Wilson	0	0	2	2
Jemima Montag	0	0	2	2
Laviai Nielsen	0	0	2	2
Samuel Reardon	0	0	2	2
Nicole Yeargin	0	0	2	2

See also

• Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games
• Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Athletics at the 2023 African Games
• Athletics at the 2023 European Games
• Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games
• Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

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7. Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule – Athletics. Paris 2024. PDF. 6–9. 27 December 2022. 1 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220801104514/https://press.paris2024.org/download-pdf/62e3925939e99f571a09435c. live.
8. Web site: Qualification system published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. World Athletics. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022. 20 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221220151215/https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/qualification-system-paris-2024-olympic-games. live.
9. News: Sean. McAlister. How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained.. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022. 22 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222042637/https://olympics.com/en/news/how-to-qualify-paris-2024-athletics-qualification-system-explained. live.
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11. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Athletics. World Athletics. 27 December 2022. 8 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231108135219/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/63a1742ced7e871d1a269206.pdf. live.
12. News: Mike. Rowbottom. World Relays return to Nassau in 2024 to serve as Paris Olympic qualifying event. Inside the Games. 30 November 2022. 27 December 2022. 3 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231203140758/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131087/world-relays-2024-nassau-paris-qualifier. live.
13. News: Competition decisions on qualification for future championship events. World Athletics. 21 June 2022. 27 December 2022. 22 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220622040917/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/competition-decisions-qualification-championship-events. live.