Paris 2024 sport climbing athletes & Olympic Games schedule

After making its Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020, on Monday 5 August sport climbing will make its second-ever appearance at the Games as it takes part in Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The biggest change of all compared to 4 years ago is that the much-criticized, original Combined format - thanks to which sport climbing managed to get a foot in the Olympic door - has been ditched as a result of the International Olympic Committee deciding to award four medals in two different disciplines per gender: Speed climbing and Combined Boulder & Lead. This split, welcomed pretty much unanimously by all athletes, means that the number of climbers taking part in the 2024 Summer Olympics has risen significantly, from 40 to 68.

All athletes gained their quota spot thanks to a complex pathway of Olympic Qualification rounds and both defending champions, Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Alberto Ginés López of Spain, have qualified and are aiming for a second Olympic gold medal.

Speed will obviously be awarding its first-ever set of medals; the only Speed climbers with previous Olympic experience are Poland's Aleksandra Mirosław, who finished fourth at Tokyo 2020, and Bassa Mawem, who had to pull out midway through the competition after tearing his bicep. Both set the Olympic record at 6.84 and 5.45, but these records are bound to be broken since times on the 15m route have tumbled, with male specialists now regularly going under the five-second barrier. The current world records stand at 6.24 for women and 4.798 for men, set by Mirosław and Samuel Watson of the USA.

Action starts on Monday at the stunning Le Bourget Climbing venue, specifically constructed for these competitions, and runs straight through until Saturday. For those not in the French capital, here's the complete list of how to watch the Olympic Games. Just like in 2020, planetmountain will follow the events live as they unfold. Stay tuned.

SCHEDULE
Monday, 5 August (UTC+2:00):
10:00 – Men's Boulder & Lead semi-final, Boulder
13:00 – Women's Speed qualification, seeding
13:35 – Women's Speed qualification, elimination

Tuesday, 6 August:
10:00 – Women's Boulder & Lead semi-final, Boulder
13:00 – Men's Speed qualification, seeding
13:35 – Men's Speed qualification, elimination

Wednesday, 7 August:
10:00 – Men's Boulder & Lead semi-final, Lead
12:35 – Women's Speed quarter-finals
12:46 – Women's Speed semi-finals
12:54 – Women's Speed finals

Thursday, 8 August:
10:00 – Women's Boulder & Lead semi-final, Lead
12:35 – Men's Speed quarter-finals
12:46 – Men's Speed semi-finals
12:55 – Men's Speed finals

Friday, 9 August:
10:15 – Men's Boulder & Lead final, Boulder
12:35 – Men's Boulder & Lead final, Lead

Saturday, 10 August:
10:15 – Women's Boulder & Lead final, Boulder
12:35 – Women's Boulder & Lead final, Lead

ATHLETES
WOMEN'S BOULDER & LEAD
Janja Garnbret (SLO) - 1. World Championships Bern 2023
Jessica Pilz (AUT) - 2. World Championships Bern 2023
Ai Mori (JPN) - 3. World Championships Bern 2023
Oriane Bertone (FRA) - 1. European Qualifier Laval 2023
Natalia Grossman (USA) - 1. Pan American Games Santiago 2023
Yuetong Zhang (CHN) - 1. Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023
Oceania Mackenzie (AUS) - 1. Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023
Lauren Mukheibir (RSA) - 1. African Qualifier Pretoria 2023
Brooke Raboutou (USA) - 1. Olympic Qualifier Series
Miho Nonaka (JPN) - 2. Olympic Qualifier Series
Erin McNeice (GBR) - 3. Olympic Qualifier Series
Chaehyun Seo (KOR) - 4. Olympic Qualifier Series
Zhilu Luo (CHN) - 5. Olympic Qualifier Series
Ievgeniia Kazbekova (UKR) - 6. Olympic Qualifier Series
Mia Krampl (SLO) - 8. Olympic Qualifier Series
Lucia Dörffel (GER) - 9. Olympic Qualifier Series
Zélia Avezou (FRA) - 10. Olympic Qualifier Series
Camilla Moroni (ITA) - 11. Olympic Qualifier Series
Laura Rogora (ITA) - 12. Olympic Qualifier Series
Molly Thompson-Smith (GBR) - 13. Olympic Qualifier Series

MEN'S BOULDER & LEAD
Jakob Schubert (AUT) - 1. World Championships Bern 2023
Colin Duffy (USA) - 2. World Championships Bern 2023
Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) - 3. World Championships Bern 2023
Toby Roberts (GBR) - 1. European Qualifier Laval 2023
Jesse Grupper (USA) - 1. Pan American Games Santiago 2023
Sorato Anraku (JPN) - 1. Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023
Campbell Harrison (AUS) - 1. Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023
Mel Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) - 1. African Qualifier Pretoria 2023
Dohyun Lee (KOR) - 1. Olympic Qualifier Series
Sam Avezou (FRA) - 2. Olympic Qualifier Series
Adam Ondra (CZE) - 3. Olympic Qualifier Series
Alberto Ginés López (ESP) - 4. Olympic Qualifier Series
Hannes Van Duysen (BEL) - 5. Olympic Qualifier Series
Paul Jenft (FRA) - 6. Olympic Qualifier Series
Yannick Flohé (GER) - 8. Olympic Qualifier Series
Hamish Mcarthur (GBR) - 9. Olympic Qualifier Series
Sascha Lehmann (SUI) - 10. Olympic Qualifier Series
Alexander Megos (GER) - 11. Olympic Qualifier Series
Luka Potocar (SLO) - 12. Olympic Qualifier Series
Pan Yufei (CHN) - 13. Olympic Qualifier Series

WOMEN'S SPEED
Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (INA) - 1. World Championships Bern 2023
Emma Hunt (USA) - 2. World Championships Bern 2023
Aleksandra Miroslaw (POL) - 1. European Qualifier Rome 2023
Piper Kelly (USA) - 1. Pan American Games Santiago 2023
Lijuan Deng (CHN) - 1. Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023
Sarah Tetzlaff (NZL) - 1. Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023
Aniya Holder (RSA) - African Qualifier Pretoria 2023
Yafei Zhou (CHN) - 1. Olympic Qualifier Series
Aleksandra Kalucka (POL) - 2. Olympic Qualifier Series
Rajiah Sallsabillah (INA) - 3. Olympic Qualifier Series
Capucine Viglione (FRA) - 7. Olympic Qualifier Series
Manon Lebon (FRA) - 10. Olympic Qualifier Series
Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez (ESP) - 12. Olympic Qualifier Series
Beatrice Colli (ITA) - 13. Olympic Qualifier Series

MEN'S SPEED
Matteo Zurloni (ITA) - 1. World Championships Bern 2023
Jinbao Long (CHN) - 2. World Championships Bern 2023
Bassa Mawem (FRA) - 1. European Qualifier Rome 2023
Samuel Watson (USA) - 1. Pan American Games Santiago 2023
Rahmad Adi Mulyono (INA) - 1. Asian Qualifier Jakarta 2023
Julian David (NZL) - 1. Oceania Qualifier Melbourne 2023
Joshua Bruyns (RSA) - African Qualifier Pretoria 2023
Peng Wu (CHN) - 1. Olympic Qualifier Series
Veddriq Leonardo (INA) - 2. Olympic Qualifier Series
Amir Maimuratov (KAZ) - 3. Olympic Qualifier Series
Zachary Hammer (USA) - 6. Olympic Qualifier Series
Reza Alipour Shenazandifard (IRI) - 7. Olympic Qualifier Series
Yaroslav Tkach (UKR) - 8. Olympic Qualifier Series
Euncheol Shin (KOR) - 11. Olympic Qualifier Series