Paris Olympics Paris Olympics Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900 and 1924 and will host again in 2024. The 2024 Summer Olympics made Paris the second city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. Paris is the only city in France to have ever hosted the Olympics. French participation in Olympic events, both as a competitor and as a host, is the responsibility of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. The 1900 Summer Olympics (the Games of the II Olympiad) were the third modern Olympic Games and the first to be hosted outside of Athens, Greece. The International
Winter Olympic Games medal in a second medal ceremony held later in the Games. Australian Steven Bradbury became the first gold medallist from the southern hemisphere when he won the 1,000 metre short-track speed skating event. The Italian city of Turin hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Olympic Games. South Korean athletes won 10 medals, including 6 gold in the short-track speed skating events. Sun-Yu Jin won three gold medals while her teammate Hyun-Soo Ahn won three gold medals and a bronze. In the women's Cross-Country team pursuit Canadian Sara Renner broke one