The Olympic flame arrives in France and more particularly in Marseille this Wednesday, May 8 before beginning its long journey to Paris.
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- Celebration day in Marseille this Wednesday, May 8 with the arrival of the Olympic flame in France.
- Lit in Olympia on Tuesday April 16, the flame begins a long journey until July 26, the date of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games.
- This Olympic flame arrives in France on Belem. A large parade in Marseille harbor will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. before the Olympic flame truly lands on Marseille soil at 7 p.m. with Florent Manaudou as the very first bearer.
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07:45 – The flame on Marseille soil at 7 p.m.
It is only from 5 p.m. that the Belem will be able to enter the Old Port of Marseille guided by Marseille navigators. Tifos from OM supporters and fireworks will also be there during the disembarkation at 7 p.m.
07:30 – Several giant screens to follow the parade
If you don’t want to miss anything of the Belem parade, several giant screens will be installed. This will be the case in the Old Port itself, but also in the Pharo garden, open for the occasion from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
07:15 – A nautical parade from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you think that the Olympic flame will land in a few minutes on Marseille soil, the answer is no! You will have to be patient because the first part of the festivities is a Belem nautical parade from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The north harbor will be in the spotlight until 1:15 p.m., the south harbor until 3:30 p.m. For the occasion, the ship will be surrounded by hundreds of ships coming specially to welcome the three-masted wooden ship.
07:00 – The flame arrives in France
Hello everyone ! The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are fast approaching with the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille this Wednesday, May 8. Follow this festive day with us.
Discover the latest news on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has been at the heart of discussions since the project was presented. It will be held on Friday July 26, for the first time outside a stadium. Along a six-kilometer route on the Seine, the 10,500 Olympic athletes will parade on more than 150 boats. The ceremony is expected to last approximately 3.5 hours. The script for the ceremony, created by choreographer Thomas Jolly, wants to be kept secret until the last moment by the Organizing Committee (Cojo). In detail, the departure should be given around 8:30 p.m. at the Pont d’Austerlitz, with the departure of the Greek delegation, for the arrival of the French boat, the last of the procession, around midnight, at the Pont d’Iéna. But this opening ceremony promised by the Paris candidacy could not see the light of day, in the event of too great a security risk. In any case, this is what Emmanuel Macron said a few days ago, during an interview with BFM. The president notably spoke of a plan B at the Trocadéro, or even a plan C at the Stade de France.
For security and organizational reasons, the spectator gauge was also reviewed by the State. If 600,000 people, including 500,000 free places, had been announced at the start of the application, the gauge was greatly reduced. The Minister of the Interior recently announced that 326,000 people could attend the opening ceremony, including 100,000 paying tickets. The price for this Games event ranges from €90 to €2700. The public will be distributed in around twenty fixed zones, with it impossible to move along the platforms. 80 giant screens are planned throughout the route, complete with animations and artistic performances.
The organizing committee unveiled the first visuals of the opening ceremony at the end of 2021 with a spectacle that promises to be historic on the Seine. Here are the images:
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games will take place at the Stade de France at the end of the competitions. For the opening ceremony of Paralympic Gamesaround 65,000 people are expected to depart from the Champs-Elysées and Concorde where the athletes will parade on August 28, 2024.
When do the Paris 2024 Olympic Games start?
The Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (COJo) indicated in February 2019 that these 2024 Paris Olympics, which were initially scheduled to begin on August 2, will ultimately take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. It is obviously a little early to know the dates of the events, the daily calendar and the TV program for this sporting fortnight. These subjects will be studied once the list of sports and the selected sites are official.
Download the schedule for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Download our Paris 2024 Olympic Games calendar in PDF with all disciplines and dates.