Olympic Games 2024 Summer Olympics Wikipedia. The paris 2024 opening ceremony will be the first in summer olympics history to be staged outside a stadium, with athletes floating down barges on the seine river rather than. Paris kicked off its first summer olympics in a century on with a rain.

The ancient olympic games included several sports that are now part of the summer games. Here are some surprising stats and facts about the participating countries of the past and present ahead of the 2024 olympics in paris.