2024 BRICS Games

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2024 BRICS Games
BRICS Games 2024 logo.svg
Emblem of the 2024 BRICS Games
LocationKazan, Russia
Start date12 June 2024
End date23 June 2024
Competitors2851 athletes from 53 nations

The 2024 BRICS Games, also known as the 2024 BRICS Sports Games, was an international multi-sport competition running from 12 to 23 June 2024 in Kazan, Russia, organized by countries belonging to the economic association BRICS, and was held in Kazan in connection with Russia's chairmanship of BRICS in 2024. [1]

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Schedule

The games officially took place from 12 June to 23 June 2024 (from 11 June to 25 June including related events). [2] The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday the 12 June 2024, while events such as tennis and rowing had preliminary rounds on the 11 June.

Schedule
11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24 Jun25 Jun
AthleticsArrivalTrainingPrelimsFinalsFinalsDeparture
SwimmingArrivalPrelimscFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
DivingPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Synchronized swimmingArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Artistic gymnasticsArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Rhythmic gymnasticsArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Kayaking and canoeingPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Rowing sportPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
JudoArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsDeparture
WushuArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
KarateArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsDeparture
FencingArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
WeightliftingPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
BadmintonArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
TennisPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
KoreshArrivalPrelimsFinalsDeparture
Belt wrestlingArrivalPrelimsFinalsDeparture
SamboPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Freestyle wrestlingPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Greco-Roman wrestlingPrelimsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Table tennisArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
BoxingPrelimsTrainingFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
ChessArrivalFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Phygital basketballArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Phygital footballArrivalPrelimsFinalsFinalsFinalsDeparture
Horseback ridingArrivalPrelimsPrelimsFinalsFinalsDeparture
BreakingArrivalFinalsFinalsDeparture
Acrobatic rock and rollArrivalFinalsDeparture

Participants

More than 60 countries were invited to participate. [3] As of 1 June 2024, representatives from 97 countries confirmed their participation; at the opening ceremony on 12 June, participants from 89 countries were announced. According to the online publication Mediazona, the leaked lists of accommodation of athletes in hotels and dormitories on the campus of the Kazan (Volga region) Federal University indicate that representatives of 37 foreign states were registered, including from partially recognized states, sub-national entities, and occupied regions, as well as foreign students studying at Russian universities. The largest delegations were from Russia, Brazil and China. It was noted that most countries sent weaker teams, with the exception of Russia, Belarus, and Brazil. [4] [5]

Participants by country
Country or territoryNumber of participants
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia 58
BRICS Games 2024 logo.svg Afghanistan [a] 27
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 35
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 98
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 22
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 409
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 110
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 13
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 122
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 8
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 3
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 35
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 8
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 56
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2
Flag of India.svg  India 142
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 4
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 10
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 55
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 118
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 142
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 4
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 12
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 17
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 12
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 17
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 1
Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg  Republika Srpska 63
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 642
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 3
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 33
Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia 25
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syrian Arab Republic 25
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 80
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 27
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE 45
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 270
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 35
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 8
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1

Organization

The BRICS Games were used by Russian athletes as an alternative to participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where the country is not allowed to attend by decision of the International Olympic Committee (with the exception of a small number of individual athletes in non-team disciplines) due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and various doping in Russia controversies. The 2024 BRICS games were several times larger than all previous BRICS games 387 sets of medals were awarded in 27 sports, while the next-largest BRICS games were the 2023 edition in South Africa where only five sports were contested.

A total of 1,276 medals were awarded to the 2,970 participants (0.43 medal per participant) including 509 medals to the 641 participants from the Russian delegation (0.79 medal per participant). This compares to the 1,080 medals awarded to the 11,420 participants in the Tokyo 2020 (0.09 medal per participant).

1.8 billion rubles were allocated for the competitions and 5 billion rubles were allocated to prepare the infrastructure. 358.4 thousand rubles were allocated in prize money for gold medal-winners, 179.2 thousand rubles for silver, and 107.5 thousand rubles for bronze medallists. The games' competitions involve 17 sports facilities and provide 95 thousand tickets for spectators.

The opening ceremony was held on 12 June 2024 in the concert hall of the international exhibition complex Kazan Expo with the participation of the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation M. Degtyarev and the head of the Republic of Tatarstan R. Minnikhanov in the presence of athletes and official guests without ordinary spectators. Instead of the closing ceremony on June 23, 2024, participation of athletes and guests participate in the Sabantuy festival on the closing of the Games.

The mascot of the games is the leopard Bricsic. The logo of the games is a rectangle with the text BRICS (letters in blue, red, orange, green and yellow) at the top, the words GAMES (in red) and a stylized tulip with the Kazan Syuyumbike tower (in green) in the middle and the numbers 2024 (in red) with the text "RUSSIA•KAZAN" (in black) below. The games are presented by ambassadors led by figure skater Alina Zagitova, football player Gökdeniz Karadeniz, saber fencer Sofia Velikaya, and gymnast Yana Batyrshina.

The main broadcasters of the games are the television and radio companies Match TV and TNV. [5]

Sports

There were 27 sports contested at the 2024 BRICS Games. [7]

Medal table

The medal tally is maintained by the BRICS Games website. The table shown is provided as-is from the website. [8]

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)*270142101513
2Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)5585107247
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)20241862
4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)173958114
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)8202351
6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)4122036
7Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)492134
8Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)362029
9Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)2113851
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)2111730
11Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)1337
12Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)111012
13Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia  (ABH)1157
14Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)1078
15Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1012
16Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)1001
17Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan  (TJK)031720
18Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)0369
19Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)0268
20Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)0257
21Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)0213
22Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia  (OSS)0145
23Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)0134
24Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)0112
25Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait  (KUW)0101
28Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg  Republika Srpska  (SRP)0033
29Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)0022
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Syria  (SYR)0022
31Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0011
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso  (BUR)0011
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)0011
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)0011
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0011
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)0011
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)0011
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)0011
Totals (38 entries)3913825071,280

See also

Notes

  1. The delegation used a flag depicting the 2024 BRICS Games logo. [6]

References

  1. "380 sets of awards will be awarded at the BRICS Games in Kazan". Forbes (in Russian). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. "Schedule | Sports games of the BRICS countries". bricskazan2024.games. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  3. "Sports games of the BRICS countries". bricskazan2024.games. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  4. "Dmitry Chernyshenko: 97 countries have already confirmed their participation in the BRICS Games". bricskazan2024.games (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  5. 1 2 Universiade-light or replacement for the Olympics: what to expect from the BRICS Games?
  6. https://results.bricskazan2024.games/participants
  7. Sports games of the BRICS countries
  8. "Medal standings". BRICS Sports Games. Kazan: BRICS. 11 August 2024. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.