Paris Olympics Part 1: Background and Timeline

• Monday 29th July 2024

For the second time in its history, Sport Climbing hits the spotlight at the Olympic Games in Paris with a packed six-day programme starting a week from today on Monday August 5^th.

Unlike Tokyo 2021 Games when the sport climbing was held over a four-day periods and medals were award for the Combined event which featured Boulder, Lead and Speed, two sets of medals will be awarded to Olympians at the Paris Games; one set for the Boulder and Lead Combined and a second set for Speed Climbing. Also, all the Boulder & Lead and Speed climbing at the Paris Games are scheduled over a six day period – August 5^th to the 10^th.

In total 68 athletes – 40 in the Combined and 28 in Speed will contest the medals. The split between men and women is equal, 20 and 14 men and women will contest the Combined and Speed events.

Schedule

The six-day schedule will allow athletes to climb on alternative days allowing them to be better rested between the individual rounds.

The Boulder and Lead Combined will start with separate boulder and lead semi-finals in which all the Combined athletes will compete. The top ranked eight climbers will then go forward in the finals to be held on the 5^th and 6^th day for the men and women respectively.

The Speed event will be held over the first four days starting with qualification, seeding and elimination rounds on the 1^st and 2^nd days whilst the quarter finals, semi finals and then the small and big finals will be held on the 3^rd and 4^th day of competition.

The full schedule with times is outlined below.

Venue and Walls

The Sport Climbing events will take place at Le Bourget Climbing venue, one of only two sports facilities - along with the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis - to be built specifically for Paris 2024. Looking well beyond the Paris 2024 Games.

Five climbing walls will be used during the Games: an indoor wall for warming up and four outdoor walls, with three for competition events (speed, bouldering and lead combined) and the last one set aside for competitors to warm up on.

How to Watch

There are a number of options to watch the various events from the Paris Games including:

BBC: The BBC will be screening two events during their TV coverage on either BBC One/BBC Two as well as Olympics Extra on iPlayer.

Discovery+ and Eurosport: Discovery Plus is the righters holder for the Paris Games and will be showing every event in the UK between 7:00 and 23:00 BST each day during the Games. Both Discovery + and Eurosport require a subscription.

Officials

Finally, the following is a list of the officials – including the route setters - for the Paris Games:

IF Delegate: Piero Rebaudengo (ITA)

IF Delegate: Hazel Han (KOR)

IFSC Event Delegate: Stanley Yeo (SGP)

IFSC Jury President: Tim Hatch (GBR)

IFSC Judge: Karalyn Aronow (USA)

IFSC Judge: Nelson Lam (NZL)

IFSC Judge: François Leonardon (FRA)

IFSC Head Routesetter – Boulder: Garrett Gregor (USA)

IFSC Routesetter – Boulder: Tsukasa Mizuguchi (JPN)

IFSC Routesetter – Boulder: Olga Niemiec (POL)

IFSC Routesetter – Boulder: Tomasz Olesky (POL)

IFSC Routesetter – Boulder: Remi Samyn (FRA)

IFSC Head Routesetter – Lead: Martin Hammerer (AUT)

IFSC Routesetter – Lead: Akito Matsushima (JPN)

IFSC Routesetter – Lead: Adam Pustelnik (POL)

IFSC Routesetter – Lead: Brad Weaver (USA)

IFSC Routesetter – Lead: Jan Zbranek (GER)