Overview

• Cour des Comptes’ preliminary findings estimate public spending at just under €6 billion for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
• Of that total, €2.77 billion covered event organization, including €1.4 billion for security, while €3.19 billion funded infrastructure projects.
• The report does not assess the Games’ economic or tax revenue impacts due to data gaps and indicates a comprehensive review will be released in October 2025.
• The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee argues the audit wrongly attributes pre-existing and post-Games projects to Olympic costs and maintains public expenditure stayed below €2 billion.
• Despite the cost dispute, the audit body affirmed the Games’ success with the public and media and flagged implications for France’s planned 2030 Winter Olympics in the Alps.