From August 5 to 9, 2024, the international climbing elite will compete in Paris for Olympic medals in the disciplines of lead & bouldering and speed. We'll show you when the Summer Olympics competitions will take place and how you can watch them for free in the live stream.
The news about the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is presented by Mammut and Unparallel
The world's best climbers will compete over a total of five days at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Selected competitions will be broadcast live by TV stations in numerous countries. These broadcasts by national TV stations are usually free of charge.
For persons outside Switzerland and Germany it is possible to use the following Live streams via VPN watch.
Live streams
All competitions are broadcast via the paid services of Eurosport and Discovery. In this article, we will show you when which lead climbing/bouldering and speed climbing competitions are taking place and how you can follow the competitions live for free.
How can you watch the 2024 Olympic climbing competitions live?
The competitions in the sport climbing disciplines Lead/Bouldering and Speed โโcan be followed free of charge on national TV stations or on the paid channels Discovery+ and Eurosport.
1. Free live stream from SRF, ARD/ZDF and ORF
The public TV channels in Switzerland (SRF), Germany (ARD/ZDF) and Austria (ORF) broadcast selected competitions live. On the morning of each competition day, we publish an article with the day's detailed program and show you the available free live stream options including a link. This saves you the trouble of searching for the free live streams.
We save you the trouble of searching for free live streams during the Olympics.
For people outside Switzerland, Germany and Austria there is the possibility to use VPN-Client to watch the live streams we list daily. Alternatively, you can this list Check which TV stations in your country are broadcasting the games.
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2. Paid live stream on Discovery+ or Eurosport Player
Anyone who has a subscription to Eurosport or Discovery+ or who purchases one can watch all the competitions live. You can find details on the websites of both providers.
On which days do the sport climbing competitions (lead/bouldering and speed) take place?
This is the program of the bouldering, lead and speed climbing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Monday, 5th August 2024
10.00 a.m.: Men's Boulder & Lead, semi-final Boulder
13.00:XNUMX: Womenโs Speed, Qualification Seeding heats
13.45:XNUMX: Womenโs Speed, Qualification Elimination heats
Tuesday, 6th August 2024
10.00 am: Women's Boulder & Lead, semi-final Boulder
13.00:XNUMX: Men's Speed, Qualification Seeding
13.35:XNUMX: Menโs Speed, Qualification Elimination heats
Wednesday, 7th August 2024
10.00 a.m.: Men's Boulder & Lead, semi-final Lead
12.35pm: Womenโs Speed, quarter-final
12.46: Womenโs Speed, semi-final
12.54: Womenโs Speed, Final
Thursday, 8th August 2024
10.00 am: Women's Boulder & Lead, Semi-Final Lead
12.35 p.m.: Men's Speed, quarter-final
12.46: Menโs Speed, semi-final
12.54: Menโs Speed, Final
Friday, 9th August 2024
10.15 a.m.: Men's Boulder & Lead, Final Boulder
12.35 p.m.: Men's Boulder & Lead, Final Lead
Saturday, 10th August 2024
10.15 am: Women's Boulder & Lead, Final Boulder
12.35 p.m.: Women's Boulder & Lead, Final Lead
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The coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is presented by Mammut and Unparallel:
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