Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Olympic Games Paris 2024 took place in the French capital from 26 July to 11 August.

With separate Speed and Boulder & Lead medal events in Paris, the number of Climbing medal events doubled from two at Tokyo 2020 to four at Paris 2024. The Games also saw a significant increase in the number of Climbing athletes, rising from 40 in Tokyo to 68 in Paris.

THE VENUE

Alongside the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, the Le Bourget Climbing Venue was one of only two sports facilities built specifically for the Games, addressing the shortage of sports infrastructure in the Seine-Saint-Denis area.

The venue featured five climbing walls: one indoor wall for warming up, and four outdoor walls, three for the competition and one for the athletes to warm-up.

OLYMPIC LEGACY: GROWING THE SPORT WORLDWIDE

Following Climbing’s second appearance at the Olympic Games, a dedicated legacy initiative was launched to support the sport's long-term development worldwide.

After the Games, the holds, macros, and volumes used at Paris 2024 were distributed across all five continents, supporting World Climbing member federations, and helping grow the sport locally.

Highlights of the legacy programme include:

• Africa: South Africa has receive holds for use in continental events, coaching clinics, and workshops, with additional equipment redistributed to other African National Federations.
• Asia: Equipment provided to Jordan has supported regional and continental clinics, educational courses, and development activities for athletes, coaches, and officials.
• Europe: The Le Bourget venue's warm-up and isolation areas were converted into a public Climbing gym names Marie Paradis, honouring the first woman to summit Mont Blanc.
• Oceania: Australia received legacy equipment for competitions and sport development activities.
• Pan America: El Salvador was selected as a key beneficiary, with further legacy and support programmes planned across the region.

WOMEN'S SPEED

IFSC World Championships Bern 2023:

• 1st – Desak MADE RITA KUSUMA DEWI (INA)
• 2nd – Emma HUNT (USA)

IFSC European Qualifier Rome 2023:

• 1st – Aleksandra MIROSLAW (POL)

Pan American Games Santiago 2023:

• 1st – Piper KELLY (USA)

IFSC Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023:

• 1st – DENG Lijuan (CHN)

IFSC Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023:

• 1st – Sarah TETZLAFF (NZL)

IFS African Qualifier Pretoria 2023:

• 1st – Aniya HOLDER (RSA)

Olympic Qualifier Series:

• 1st – ZHOU Yafei (CHN)
• 2nd – Aleksandra KALUCKA (POL)
• 3rd – Rajiah SALLSABILLAH (INA)
• 7th – Capucine VIGLIONE (FRA)
• 10th – Manon LEBON (FRA)
• 12th – Leslie Adriana ROMERO PÉREZ (ESP)
• 13rd – Beatrice COLLI (ITA)

WOMEN'S BOULDER & LEAD

IFSC World Championships Bern 2023:

• 1st – Janja GARNBRET (SLO)
• 2nd – Jessica PILZ (AUT)
• 3rd – MORI Ai (JPN)

IFSC European Qualifier Laval 2023:

• 1st – Oriane BERTONE (FRA)

Pan American Games Santiago 2023:

• 1st – Natalia GROSSMAN (USA)

IFSC Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023:

• 1st – ZHANG Yuetong (CHN)

IFSC Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023:

• 1st – Oceania MACKENZIE (AUS)

IFSC African Qualifier Pretoria 2023:

• 1st – Lauren MUKHEIBIR (RSA)

Olympic Qualifier Series:

• 1st – Brooke RABOUTOU (USA)
• 2nd – NONAKA Miho (JPN)
• 3rd – Erin MCNEICE (GBR)
• 4th – SEO Chaehyun (KOR)
• 5th – LUO Zhilu (CHN)
• 6th – Ievgeniia KAZBEKOVA (UKR)
• 8th – Mia KRAMPL (SLO)
• 9th – Lucia DÖRFFEL (GER)
• 10th – Zélia AVEZOU (FRA)
• 11th – Camilla MORONI (ITA)
• 12th – Laura ROGORA (ITA)
• 13th – Molly THOMPSON-SMITH (GBR)

MEN'S SPEED

IFSC World Championships Bern 2023:

• 1st – Matteo ZURLONI (ITA)
• 2nd – LONG Jinbao (CHN)

IFSC European Qualifier Rome 2023:

• 1st – Bassa MAWEM (FRA)

Pan American Games Santiago 2023:

• 1st – Samuel WATSON (USA)

IFSC Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023:

• 1st – Rahmad ADI MULYONO (INA)

IFSC Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023:

• 1st – Julian DAVID (NZL)

IFSC African Qualifier Pretoria 2023:

• 1st – Joshua BRUYNS (RSA)

Olympic Qualifier Series:

• 1st – WU Peng (CHN)
• 2nd – Veddriq LEONARDO (INA)
• 3rd – Amir MAIMURATOV (KAZ)
• 6th – Zachary HAMMER (USA)
• 7th – Reza ALIPOUR SHENAZANDIFARD (IRI)
• 8th –Yaroslav TKACH (UKR)
• 11th – SHIN Euncheol (KOR)

MEN'S BOULDER & LEAD

IFSC World Championships Bern 2023:

• 1st – Jakob SCHUBERT (AUT)
• 2nd – Colin DUFFY (USA)
• 3rd – NARASAKI Tomoa (JPN)

IFSC European Qualifier Laval 2023:

• 1st – Toby ROBERTS (GBR)

Pan American Games Santiago 2023:

• 1st – Jesse GRUPPER (USA)

IFSC Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023:

• 1st – ANRAKU Sorato (JPN)

IFSC Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023:

• 1st – Campbell HARRISON (AUS)

IFSC African Qualifier Pretoria 2023:

• 1st – Mel JANSE VAN RENSBURG (RSA)

Olympic Qualifier Series:

• 1st – LEE Dohyun (KOR)
• 2nd – Sam AVEZOU (FRA)
• 3rd – Adam ONDRA (CZE)
• 4th – Alberto GINÉS LÓPEZ (ESP)
• 5th – Hannes VAN DUYSEN (BEL)
• 6th – Paul JENFT (FRA)
• 8th – Yannick FLOHÉ (GER)
• 9th – Hamish MCARTHUR (GBR)
• 10th – Sascha LEHMANN (SUI)
• 11th – Alexander MEGOS (GER)
• 12th – Luka POTOCAR (SLO)
• 13th – PAN Yufei (CHN)

Useful Links

• ATHLETE 365 RESOURCES

• PRE-GAMES TRAINING CAMPS

• RULE 40 GUIDELINES FOR ATHLETES

• RULE 50 GUIDELINES FOR SPORT CLIMBING