The 2024 Paris Olympics will mark a significant milestone in international sports history. For the first time, all 32 Olympic sports will achieve full gender parity, with 5,250 slots allocated to each sex. This development represents the culmination of a century-long progression in women’s participation in the Games.
The path to this point has been steady but gradual. When Paris first hosted the Olympics in 1900, only 22 women competed. By the 1996 Atlanta Games, women participated in 26 sports, making up 34% of competitors. Tokyo 2020 saw women in 33 sports, and Paris 2024 now completes this trajectory with an equal gender split across all Olympic disciplines.