PARIS : Paris 2024 will rely on a 30,000-strong team of volunteers for the Olympics, with 15,000 mobilised for the Paralympic Games, the organising committee said on Friday.Some 20 per cent of the volunteers come from foreign countries after being selected from 300,000 applicants.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Test for the Olympics Torch Relay - Troyes, Aube, France - March 22, 2024 An acting torch bearer performs breaking during the Olympics torch relay test REUTERS/Stephanie LecocqPARIS : Paris 2024 will rely on a 30,000-strong team of volunteers for the Olympics, with 15,000 mobilised for the Paralympic Games, the organising committee said on Friday.
There were 70,000 volunteers at the London Olympics in 2012 while Tokyo had planned on having 110,000 before the COVID-19 pandemic. "The size of the volunteers programmes depends on the number of competition venues operated and the number of sports on the Games programme - which can change from one edition to the next."