Paris Olympics 2024 torch relay map route, bearers list schedule, dates and cities

Paris Olympics 2024 torch relay map route, bearers list schedule, dates and cities

With the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris officially set to take place very soon, check out all the details of the Olympic torch relay, including the full schedule, locations, list of torchbearers, and route

Lighting the Olympic torch is one of the longest standing traditions of the Olympic games, dating back to 1936.

Paris Olympics 2024 torch relay map route, bearers full list schedule, dates and cities

After the Olympic torch was first lit and carried from Olympia, Greece, to Berlin, Germany, the organizers will continue the tradition in 2024.

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This year, it will be carried from Greece and France, visiting all the French territories along the way. Which means that it will touch several countries in South America.

2024 Olympic torch relay schedule

Given below is the full schedule for the Olympic torch relay:

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Stage Event Dates
April
Lighting Ceremony 15-16
Relay in Greece 16-26
Handover Ceremony 25-26
Crossing the Mediterranean April 26-May 7
May
Prologue 7
1 Marseille 8-9
2 Var 9-10
3 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 10-11
4 Bouches-du-Rhone 11-12
5 Millau-Sete-Montpellier 12-13
6 Corsica 13-14
7 Pyrenees-Orientales 14-15
8 Aude 15-16
9 Haute-Garonne 16-17
10 Gers 17-18
11 Hautes-Pyrenees 18-19
12 Pyrenees-Atlantiques 19-20
13 Dordogne 21-22
14 Bordeaux and the Libournais 22-23
15 Charente 23-24
16 Vienne 24-25
17 Indre 26-27
18 Maine-et-Loire 27-28
19 Mayenne 28-29
20 Calvados 29-30
21 Manche 30-31
22 Ille-et-Vilaine 31-June 1
June
23 Deux-Sevres 1-2
24 Vendee 3-4
25 Between Loire and Atlantique 4-5
26 Morbihan 5-6
27 Finistere 6-7
28 French Guiana 8-9
29 New Caledonia 10-11
30 Reunion 11-12
31 French Polynesia 12-13
32 Guadeloupe 14-15
33 Martinique 16-17
34 Alpes-Maritimes 17-18
35 Vaucluse 18-19
36 Drome 19-20
37 Vichy 20-21
38 Loire 21-22
39 Haute-Savoie 22-23
40 Doubs 24-25
41 The European Collectivity of Alsace 25-26
42 Moselle 26-27
43 Haute-Marne 27-28
44 Meuse 28-29
45 Marne 29-30
July
46 Nord 1-2
47 Pas-de-Calais 2-3
48 Somme 3-4
49 Seine-Maritime 4-5
50 Eure 5-6
51 C-Chartres 6-7
52 Loir-et-Cher 7-8
53 Loiret 9-10
54 Yonne 10-11
55 Cote-d’Or 11-12
56 Aube 12-13
57 Paris, Day 1 13-14
58 Paris, Day 2 14-15
59 Aisne 16-17
60 Oise 17-18
61 Val-d’Oise 18-19
62 Seine-et-Marne 19-20
63 Val-de-Marne 20-21
64 Essonne 21-22
65 Yvelines 22-23
66 Hauts-de-Seine 23-24
67 Seine-Saint-Denis 24-25
68 Epilogue 25-26

Paris Summer Olympics 2024

The Paris Summer Olympics will start off on July 24, just two days before the opening ceremony July 26. This year, the tournament will start off with the menโ€™s soccer matches at 9 a.m. ET on July 24. Two days later, the opening ceremony will take place starting from 1:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. CET on July 26.

Olympic 2024 list of torchbearers

While the official person to light the Olympic torch or the final torchbearer remains unknown, this year, there will be about 11,000 torchbearers. Notably, the organizers selected these torchbearers from an initial pool of over 100,000 people. The list features public figures as well as other less well-known people.

The organizers narrowed down the pool of torchbearers based on commitment, dedication, and their embodiment of at least one of three core tenets of Paris 2024. The first tenet includes people who are athletes, volunteers, or working professionals from various sports associations. Meanwhile, the second involves people who run businesses, or are standout innovators and creators across French communities. Lastly, the third tenant includes people who work each day to improve society. Given below are five of the torchbearers listed by the Olympics:

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  • Michela Rubegni
  • Nicolas Wallon
  • Genevieve Petey
  • Margot Boucher
  • Christian Cabantous

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