Get a Gold Medal in the Giggles With the Best Olympics Memes From the Paris Games
The Olympics can create some of the most meme-able moments, so for anyone looking to enjoy the lighter side of the world's greatest Games, we've got all the Olympics memes you could ever want, right here!
While the 2024 Summer Olympics just starting, we already have reactions for the opening ceremony and all the hectic things that have happened before the athletes even stepped foot in Paris.
From opening ceremony memes about how French the French are, to athlete and coach reactions, here are the best Olympic memes so far. Stay tuned as we update it with more as the Olympics go on.
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2024 Summer Olympics Memes
1. Easy to say that things started off with a BANG (no cake in sight though).
headless marie antoinette opening ceremony is metal af
https://t.co/oLZI76DID8— Kimmi Kill Zombie (@kimmikillzombie) July 26, 2024
2. The masked torchbearer doing parkour was truly a spectacle.
obsessed with the nbc commentators calling the masked genderless torch carrier "the individual." nonbinary legend
— Jill Gutowitz (@jillboard) July 26, 2024
3. What a surprise this would have been.
If this masked torchbearer isn't revealed to be Celine Dion then what are we even doing #OpeningCeremony
— James Marshall (@jamesmarshall42) July 26, 2024
4. The French are gonna French.
A picture of contrasting attitudes to the monarchy. #Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/XnVOWYFwFY
— Jack Yeo (@jackryeo) July 26, 2024
5. This one performer at the opening ceremonies really took their moment to shine seriously...
me trying to get a sports bra off #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/IHQLmXKwir
— Rach (@RachaelvsWorld) July 26, 2024
6. And became a relatable meme.
“Don’t panic but there’s a wasp on you.”
Me:#OlympicGamespic.twitter.com/fAFGqiwt1i— Grace (@graceyldn) July 26, 2024
7. But other performers fell a little flat.
i know the dancers almost went on strike and i am of course union strong but it's clear they could have used a lot more rehearsal because honey what is this
— Chris Murphy (@christress) July 26, 2024
8. I, for one, respect the rat overlords.
In Paris, the first supporters are already in place. #openingceremony #ceremoniedouverture pic.twitter.com/So26nMnPUq
— Zilvex (@zilovex) July 26, 2024
9. Hopefully there's a 'What To Expect When You're Expecting a Country' book.
omg gender reveal, it’s french!!! #OlympicGames #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/3mZs2HFYvx
— faith?? (@EurovisionFaith) July 26, 2024
10. The Olympics are already teaching us so many things.
things I did not expect to Google today #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/HUuKp4XyRv
— taylor (@_eggnonymous) July 26, 2024
11. Maybe the Minions were just speaking a weird form of French this whole time.
you’re laughing…the minions have come out as french and you’re laughing
— abby monteil (@abbyemonteil) July 26, 2024
12. America, are you taking notes? Should someone call up Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone now or later?
sneak peek at LA 2028 Olympics opening ceremony pic.twitter.com/ihiW6jIofk
— Fletcher Peters (@fIetcherpeters) July 26, 2024
13. The Los Angeles Olympics have some major competition, though.
the tone of the NBC commentary on the French opening ceremony is very "the American mind cannot comprehend this"
— Jackson McHenry (@McHenryJD) July 26, 2024
14. Team Great Britain has the right idea, though.
Near, far, wherever you are... ??#OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/xFbbCCk1y1
— Team GB (@TeamGB) July 26, 2024
15. But still holding our breath to see how the swimmers deal with the Seine.
The Olympic swimmers before having to swim in the Seine pic.twitter.com/wGCvPGf1rH
— SNARKYMARKY (@snarkeigh) July 23, 2024
16. Seriously, is this a good idea?
the fish in the seine currently: pic.twitter.com/4iuA4FUnh6
— lauren quigley (@laurenlquigley) July 26, 2024
17. Can anyone speak fish? I wanna check something real quick.
18. brat summer meat boat summer.
19. Seriously, though, hopefully none of the athletes get seasick.
It’s gotta suck to make it to the Olympics from a small country only to have the French say, “no no, you will be in ze tiny boat.”
— Andrew Johnstone, MD (@pallbro) July 26, 2024
20. Oui.
One thing you can say about the French: Everything they do is *extremely* French.
— Barry Petchesky (@barry) July 26, 2024
21. If only.
All of us during the Olympics: pic.twitter.com/PDSZuIArwz
— Jane Austen First Drafts (@Austen1stDrafts) July 30, 2024
22. So obsessed.
obsessed with this one guy on the US men's gymnastics team who looks like he's getting his phd in anthropology and his only job is pommel horse
— marie ? (@hanyuchopin) July 29, 2024
23. He's so Clark Kent.
Obsessed with this guy on the US men's gymnastics team who's only job is pommel horse, so he just sits there until he's activated like a sleeper agent, whips off his glasses like Clark Kent and does a pommel horse routine that helps deliver the team its first medal in 16 years. pic.twitter.com/0D1ZqJjFa1
— Megan ?? (@MegWritesBooks) July 29, 2024
24. The best.
me liking every tweet about Steve the pommel horse hero and his glasses pic.twitter.com/kQhyRDMVKV
— Jamie Han (@jamiehan) July 29, 2024
25. LOTR fans get it.
GANDALF: do NOT touch the palantír
PIPPIN: pic.twitter.com/ROYmZQsWvs— JRR Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) July 29, 2024
26. We're all fans now.
I love the Olympics because I literally knew almost nothing about rugby a day ago and now I’m screaming at my phone watching Ilona Maher stiff arm defenders like she’s the running back for my favorite college football team
— Michael Wester II (@mikewazowski_13) July 28, 2024
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