How to watch triathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Never miss a second of the action with our guide to how to watch the 2024 Paris Olympic Games triathlon events
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games, aka the XXXIII Olympiad, are just getting started. But when is the main event? The triathlons? Well, luckily we don’t have to wait long to see who will be crowned Olympic medallists.
To find out when the events will take place, who will be lining up under the Pont Alexandre III, what the course will look like and how you can watch all of the action, simply read on…
When will the triathlon events take place at Paris 2024*?
*All times are local, which is 1hr ahead of the UK.
Tuesday 30 July
8am – Elite men’s Olympic triathlon race
Wednesday 31 July
8am – Elite women’s Olympic triathlon race
Monday 5 August
8am – Mixed team relay event
Where will the Paris Olympic triathlon events take place?
All three events start from under the Pont Alexandre III bridge, and end on top of the Pont Alexandre III bridge.
What distances do the triathletes race in Paris 2024?
The individual races include the Olympic distances of 1.5km swim, 40km bike and a 10km run.
The mixed team relay is a super-sprint distance whereby four athletes (man, woman, man, woman) each complete a 300m swim, a 5.8km bike and a 1.8km before handing over to their next team member.
What’s the triathlon course at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
Athletes will first complete a 1.5km swim in the Seine before emerging from the river and making their way to transition. To get there, they’ll have to tackle 32 steps from the base of the bridge up to the road.
Once they’re safely onto their bikes, the athletes will have a seven-loop bike course to complete, totalling 40km. As we saw in the Test Event in 2023, the bike leg offers little opportunity to break away, which could result in a final run-leg showdown in both individual events.
Athletes will then complete a four-loop run course for the final 10km.
What’s the triathlon mixed relay course at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
In the mixed team relay event on Monday 5 August, each athlete will have to complete a 300m swim in the Seine followed by two 2.9km laps on the bike totalling 5.8km.
The course isn’t exactly the same as in the individual events, but it does take in some of the same roads.
To finish, competitors will have to complete two 900m run loops (totalling 1.8km), which’ll take them over the bridges of Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides before finishing on the magnificent Pont Alexandre III.
Which triathletes have qualified for the Paris Olympic Games?
All 42 nations have made their selection, with 110 athletes poised to make history in Paris. Check out our athlete guide for who’s in and who’s out.
How to watch triathlon at the Olympics in Paris?
The BBC and Eurosport will be providing extensive coverage of the Olympic Games in the UK, including all three triathlon events. BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button will also stream some of the action alongside their coverage on BBC One and Two.
Don’t live in the UK? Those watching in the United States will find exclusive coverage on NBC, and in a Summer Games first for Peacock, the service will stream every sport and event, including all 329 medal events, for over 5,000 hours of live coverage.
Liz Barrett
220 Deputy Editor 
