The competition venues of the Paris 2024 Olympics

Paris 2024 was built on a bargain: put the sport inside buildings the city already had, and only build where the city needed something afterwards. This list follows that split, from a 1900 exhibition hall and a royal garden pressed into service for a fortnight to the two new arenas in the north that were designed around their second lives. Each entry says which events the venue took and what is left of the Games there now.

Places in this collection

  • Le Golf National — The Albatros course at Guyancourt, a links-style layout shaped from flat farmland with imported spoil, hosted the Olympic golf six years af…
  • Palace of Versailles — The equestrian events and the modern pentathlon were staged in the gardens rather than the palace, on a temporary arena and stands erected…
  • Centre Aquatique Olympique — Designed by VenhoevenCS with Ateliers 2/3/4 and set opposite the Stade de France across the A1, the hall took diving, artistic swimming and…
  • Adidas Arena — The only permanent arena built for the Games inside Paris, finished in 2024 on the Porte de la Chapelle site to designs by SCAU, with five…
  • Parc des Princes — Paris Saint-Germain's ground in the 16th arrondissement carried the Olympic football tournament in the capital, from group matches through…
  • Accor Arena — Inaugurated in 1984 as the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy, the sloped grass flanks and truncated pyramid form still read as the original…
  • Grand Palais — The 1900 nave, built for the Exposition Universelle, held the fencing pistes under its glass and steel roof, with taekwondo following in th…
  • Stade de France — Built for the 1998 football World Cup and still the largest stadium in France, it took the athletics and para-athletics programme in 2024 a…

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