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Which country has the largest delegation in Paris for the 2024 Olympics?
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Date:2025-04-16 11:26:52
More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 nations will go for the gold – and silver and bronze – this summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The competition will consist of 329 events spread among 32 different sports, which are now underway and run through Aug. 11 in Paris and 16 other cities in metropolitan France (plus one event in Tahiti).
This year will mark the sixth Olympics to be held in France (three Summer and three Winter Games), and will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Paris Olympics, held in 1924.
Here are some fun facts about the countries and their athletes:
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How many total athletes will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
There are 10,714 athletes from 206 different countries scheduled to take part in this year's Olympic Games.
Which country has the most athletes in 2024 Paris Olympics?
The United States will have the largest national delegation at the Summer Games in Paris with 592 total athletes.
Host nation France is second with 573, followed by Australia (460), Germany (427), Japan (404), Italy (403), China (388), Spain (382), Great Britain (327) and Canada (318) rounding out the top 10.
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How many US athletes are competing at 2024 Paris Olympics?
Team USA will have at least one competitor in 31 of the 32 sports on this year's Olympic program. (Team handball is the only exception.)
There are 592 athletes on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team, which makes it a slightly smaller group than the team at the most recent Summer Games in Tokyo (613).
Track and field is the largest U.S. contingent with a total of 120 athletes set to take part in those events.
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