Grand Palais

The 1900 nave, built for the Exposition Universelle, held the fencing pistes under its glass and steel roof, with taekwondo following in the same hall. The venue was one of the few in the Games where the building itself, rather than the seating bowl, defined the field of play.

Primary Sport

Fencing

Street Address

3 avenue du Général Eisenhower

Category: Sports & Recreation

Tags: fencing, taekwondo, 1900, glass-roof

Coordinates: 48.8649716, 2.3130222

Part of The competition venues of the Paris 2024 Olympics

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