Olympia 2024 Gender. (ap photo/natacha pisarenko, file) read more For the first time in olympic history, there will be full gender parity on the field of play.

The olympic games tokyo 2020 next year will be the first gender equal olympic games, with an overall 48.8 per cent female participation, which will be further increased at paris 2024, reaching the exact same number of male and female athletes for the first time in olympic history. The olympics movement has made considerable gains in evening the playing field for female athletes.