During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, athletes take their first plunge into the pool in Paris on Saturday, July 27 with competition concluding on Saturday, August 4. Prelims get underway at 5 a.m. ET each day, however if the live medal races are what you want to see, be sure to start watching at 2:30 p.m. ET.  The one exception will be on Saturday, August 4, when the final day in the pool begins at 12:30 p.m. ET.

The two remaining open water events will be held on Thursday, August 8 and Friday, August 9. These will be must-see events as swimmers will race in the Seine River in the first point-to-point open water races at an Olympics since the first time the Games were held in Paris in 1900.

La Défense Arena will be transformed for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The home of the French rugby union club, Racing 92, will make room for roughly 660,000 gallons of water in the form of an Olympic-size swimming pool thanks to its modular, multipurpose design.

The Paris La Defense Arena will host swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Thousands of fans are expected to line the banks of the Seine River to see the fastest distance swimmers in the world cut through the water for 10km starting at the famed Beaux-Arts-style bridge crossing, Pont Alexandre III.

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