Paris 2024 Olympics organizers are preparing for an unofficial 33rd sport when the Summer Games kick off in just over a week.
French organizers in charge of first aid said in March that about 200,000 condoms for men, 20,000 for women, and 10,000 dental dams will be made available to the 10,500 Paris Olympians — 5,250 men and 5,250 women, the first Olympics to achieve gender equity. That equates to just over two condoms per day for each male Olympic athlete across the 17-day event.
There are slightly conflicting reports over the exact number of condoms as the director of the Olympic Village said that 300,000 would be distributed. Either way, the figure is more than the 160,000 condoms at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, where athletes were told to take them home as souvenirs instead of use them due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions dubbed an “intimacy ban.”
Rio 2016 owns the record for most condoms at 450,000 total, about 42 for each Olympian in Brazil. Since condom distribution debuted at the Seoul 1988 Olympics amid the HIV-Aids epidemic, the number offered by organizers has skyrocketed from 90,000 at Barcelona 1992 to 130,000 at Athens 2004 to 150,000 at London 2012.
Condom Distribution at Summer Olympics
| Olympics | Estimated Number of Condoms Distributed |
| 1988 Seoul | 8,500 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 50,000 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 15,000 |
| 2000 Sydney | 90,000 |
| 2004 Athens | 130,000 |
| 2008 Beijing | 100,000 |
| 2012 London | 150,000 |
| 2016 Rio | 450,000 |
| 2021 Tokyo | 160,000 |
| 2024 Paris | 220,000-300,000 |
Paris 2024 organizers are aiming to create an environment where athletes can feel comfortable socializing, even adding a club with a lounge and a non-alcoholic bar in the Olympic Village. Most rooms include two beds, with frames made of cardboard that can support 550 pounds. The village will also have sexual health testing centers and an educational campaign to raise awareness about safe practices.
Four-time Olympic medalist Summer Sanders once told ESPN that “what happens in the village stays in the village.” Before the London 2012 Olympics, Ryan Lochte said, “My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend — big mistake. Now I’m single, so London should be really good. I’m excited.”
Sacre Bleu!
The Americans have landed on the beaches of Normandy!
Meanwhile, Michael Andrew is currently combing the beaches of Costa Rica. It’s God’s will.
But doesn’t Paris organizers enforce athletes to leave Olympics village maximum two days after they finish their events?
Nevermind. It’s rules enforced by Australia only.
Did Dick Pound help get this lifted?
The real reason why everyone wants to be an Olympian ^^^
Always found this intimacy in Olympics intriguing personally If I was an athlete training hours a week for years you will be most disciplined and focused on event you trained years for.
They ain’t training 24 hours a day
Taper gives you tons of pent up energy. Need to let loose sometimes
A few thoughts on this:
1) A vast majority of athletes at the Olympics are aware that they are not contending for medals, so the calculus may be different for them.
2) Being too tight can be counterproductive
3) If you’ve spent the last four years being the most disciplined and focused athlete you can be…what’s the first thing you’re going to do after your portion of the competition is over?
Isn’t the rule different in Paris Olympics?
I remember you reported the new rules that athletes must leave the villages 1 or 2 days (can’t remember) after their events completed?
As far as I can recall, that’s just a special rule for Australia: https://swimswam.com/australian-athletes-to-be-removed-from-paris-olympic-village-once-done-competing/
Also…you can do a lot of damage in 48 hours if you’re young and fit lol.
I can only imagine the sexual tension and bubbles in athletes village. All those young sexy bods.
Tinder must be pinging like crazy.
I know most athletes wont medal but surely will want to give it your all as you may never be in Olympics again. Each to their own I guess , it is like going 90% up a mountain and not reaching the summit. Also if your events have finished it may be bit distracting to other athletes still competing. There a many ways to cure you being to “tight” .
Don’t imagine NFL players are fornicating at extreme days before SuperBowl.
Think about it Dressel was a married man in the Tokyo Olympics 😅
Homie was a true warrior to his wife 🫡
imagine the self restraint he had to go through 😭
“Wow a guy didn’t cheat on his wife. What a hero”. The bar is on the floor lol
There are still plenty of people who trip over that bar.
Noah Nichols better watch his gurl 🙏😈 if you know what im sayin dawg 🐶🍆 this wouldn’t be an issue if he made the team 😭😅
intimacy ban?