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Which country will have the most athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris?

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More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries will go for gold – and silver and bronze – this summer at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

The competition consists of 329 events across 32 different sports. The events are underway now and will continue until August 11 in Paris and 16 other cities in metropolitan France (plus one event in Tahiti).

This year, the sixth Olympic Games will be held in France (three Summer Games and three Winter Games). It also marks the 100th anniversary of the first Olympic Games in Paris, held in 1924.

Here are some fun facts about the countries and their athletes:

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How many athletes in total will participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris?

This year, 10,714 athletes from 206 different countries are participating in the Olympic Games.

Which country will have the most athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics?

The United States has the largest national delegation to the Summer Games in Paris, with a total of 593 athletes.

Host country France is in second place with 573, followed by Australia (460), Germany (427), Japan (404), Italy (403), China (388), Spain (382), Great Britain (327) and Canada (318) who complete the top 10.

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How many American athletes will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris?

Team USA will have at least one competitor in 31 of the 32 sports on this year’s Olympic program. (Team handball is the lone exception.)

There are 592 athletes on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team, making it a slightly smaller group than the team at the most recent Summer Games in Tokyo (613).

Track and Field is the largest American contingent, with a total of 120 athletes scheduled to compete in these events.

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