Paris 2024 Unveils Posters for Olympic and Paralympic Games

Posters have been unveiled for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games in Paris, which can be combined into one image of Paris as a sports city.

The unveiling was made Monday at the Musée d’Orsay, where visitors for the rest of the week can see them on display. The posters will be available for sale on the Paris 2024 online shop, at Paris 2024 shops throughout France and in the shop at the Musée d’Orsay.

The posters, presented as an Olympic poster and a Paralympic poster, can be seen independently but also grouped together. The posters are the dream representation of a stadium city, echoing the Paris 2024 slogan “Games wide open” and referring to the concept of the Paris Games.

“We are very proud to unveil these Iconic Posters celebrating the Olympic and Paralympic spirit of Paris 2024,” said Tony Estanguet, president of Paris 2024. “These works of art are powerful reminders of the values upheld by the Games and project us into the festive and sporting summer atmosphere that awaits us in a few months’ time. We’re opening the Games wide, so open your eyes wide.”

The posters represent symbols of Paris and France including the Eiffel Tower, Marianne, the French air force display team, the Seine, the Arc de Triomphe and Haussmann-era buildings along with over 40 Olympic and Paralympic sports, including the four new sports added by Paris 2024 (breaking, climbing, skateboarding and surfing) plus  Olympic and Paralympic symbols.

For the first time, the Paris 2024 Iconic Posters will also be available in augmented reality starting July 19 both on the official IOC app and on the Snapchat @olympics account.

No Tourists Allowed at Opening Ceremony Along Seine

Tourists won’t be allowed to watch the July 26. Opening Ceremony as initially promised, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Tuesday, as it grapples with security concerns about the open-air event along the Seine River.

“To manage crowd movement, we can’t tell everyone to come,” Darmanin said. “For security reasons that everyone understands, notably the terrorist threat of recent weeks, we are obliged to make it free but contained.”

Access to the ceremony will be allocated via quotas to select residents of towns hosting Olympic events, local sports federations and others chosen by organizers or their partners. The officials weren’t authorized to be publicly named according to ministry policy, reported The Associated Press.

About 10,500 athletes will parade through on boats on the Seine along a 3.7-mile route. About 160 heads of state are expected to attend, and the government will close all airports and airspace within a 150-kilometer (90-mile) radius around Paris before, during and after the 3½-hour ceremony.

Darmanin told French TV Channel France 2 in January that some 300,000 spectators will be able to attend, about half the size of what was originally planned.