Paris Olympics Paralympics will be the seventeenth Paralympics and will take place between 28 August 2024 and 8 September 2024 at the Summer Olympics venues in Paris. 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
Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games an NOC occurred as an Olympic Games were underway. Kuwaiti athletes competed as independent, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee due to governmental interference. This was the second suspension in five years; the first suspension resulted in Kuwaiti athletes being forced to compete under the Olympic flag as "Athletes from Kuwait" for the 2010 Asian Games. Fehaid Al-Deehani became the first Independent Olympic Athlete to win a gold medal. Like with gold medalists of the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics, the Olympic Hymn was played in the victory ceremony. Refugees