The 2032 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXV Olympiad and also known as Brisbane 2032 or Bris2032, is an upcoming international

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scheduled to take place from 23 July to 8 August 2032, with

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, Queensland, Australia, as the main host city. As part of the new Olympic bid process, the Future Host Commission of the

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(IOC) nominated Brisbane as its preferred candidate on 24 February 2021. The Brisbane bid was approved on 21 July 2021 during the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo. It will be the third

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held in Australia, following the

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, Victoria, and the

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, New South Wales.

Bidding process

The new IOC bidding process was approved at the

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on 24 June 2019 in

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. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are: *Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event *Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board *Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions. The IOC also modified the

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to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games and changing the host from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries. The change in the bidding process was criticised by members of the German bid as "incomprehensible" and hard to surpass "in terms of non-transparency". According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into two dialogue stages: * Continuous Dialogue: Non-committal discussions between the IOC and Interested Parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) concerning hosting future Olympic events. * Targeted Dialogue: Targeted discussions with one or more Interested Parties (called Preferred Host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of Continuous Dialogue.

Host selection

On 24 February 2021, the Future Host Commission named Brisbane as its preferred candidate for the 2032 Summer Olympics, and the IOC formally invited the Brisbane bid committee and

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to engage in targeted dialogue. Committee chairwoman

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cited Brisbane's "high level of expertise in hosting major international sports events", the quality of its transport infrastructure (citing its performance during the

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), and a favourable climate. At the 138th

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in Tokyo on 21 July 2021, the IOC's delegates passed a

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to officially award the 2032 Summer Olympics to Brisbane. In the voting, 72 of the delegates voted "Yes", 5 voted "No" and 3 other voters abstained. Having been awarded the hosting rights 11 years and 2 days in advance, this is the most time a host city has had in planning and organizing an Olympic Games.

Organisation

The

Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games The Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (BNEOCOG) was established by the'' Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements Act 2021'' passed by the Queensland Parliament in December 2021. It is a statutory ...

, a statutory corporation, was established by the

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in 2021. It is governed by a board led by Andrew Liveris AO; its role is to plan, organise and deliver the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games in accordance with the 'host contract' struck between Brisbane organisers and the IOC in 2021.

Development and preparations

From the 2021 selection of the city as the host for the 2032 Summer Olympics, Brisbane has 11 years to prepare for the games. A feasibility study commissioned by the Southeast Queensland Council of Mayors in 2019 suggested that the Games could be a catalyst for increased transport and infrastructure investment. Additionally, 68% of the required venues were judged to already exist or could be upgraded to an Olympic standard. It concluded that, excluding government agency costs and contributions by the IOC and the private sector, the Games net cost would be $900 million. This amount also did not include the suggested billions of dollars of greater investment in roads and public transport that would be required for the Games to be successful. In 2023, the federal and state governments reached a funding deal, with the Commonwealth contributing $2.5billion for the Brisbane Live arena and $1billion for other infrastructure. The remaining costs would be borne by the Queensland Government.

Venues

Venues will be located in three zones in

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: Brisbane as the main host city, and the neighbouring city of Gold Coast and the region of

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. Another two cities in Queensland will host football preliminaries:

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, and

Townsville The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of ...

and

— Australia's two previous host cities in

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and

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, respectively — will also host football preliminaries. The Games will use a mix of new, renovated, and expanded venues. A new 63,000-seat stadium will be built at Victoria Park, which will host the ceremonies and athletics events; it will replace Brisbane's main existing stadium,

the Gabba The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gab ...

, following the Games. The

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will be expanded with a new 25,000-seat aquatics centre, while the

Queensland Tennis Centre Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre, is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia. It is an A$82 million tennis facility opened on 2 January 2009 at the site of the demolished Tennyson Po ...

will be expanded with 12 new courts and a 3,000-seat show court.

Venue construction and renovations

The Gabba was originally slated to be reconstructed to host the ceremonies and athletics, expanding it to 50,000 seats and adding a new pedestrian plaza. The costs of the Gabba project were scrutinized by politicians; it was originally announced at a cost of $1 billion, but by February 2023, it had increased to $2.7 billion, which would be paid entirely by the state. Scrutiny over the Gabba project grew after

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withdrew its hosting of the

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due to cost concerns. In December 2023, Lord Mayor

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withdrew his support for the project, stating that Brisbane 2032 had "become more about overpriced stadiums rather than the promise of vital transport solutions", and that a parallel proposal to build a $137 million stadium on the

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(which would have housed the Gabba's tenants during construction) was the "final straw". On 13 December 2023, Premier of Queensland

Steven Miles Steven John Miles (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian politician who was the 40th premier of Queensland, in office for 10 months from 2023 to 2024. He is the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and previously served as deputy ...

announced the establishment of a Brisbane 2032 infrastructure authority, and an independent review of the Games' venue plans. On 18 March 2024, Miles announced that the Gabba reconstruction had been scrapped as a result, and that

Lang Park Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), currently known as Suncorp Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in the suburb of Milton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Nicknamed The Cauldron, it is a three-tiered rectangular sporting st ...

(which is already scheduled to host rugby sevens and football) and

Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC , formerly known as the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre) is a Multi-purpose stadium, multi-purpose sports facility in Nathan, Queensland, located south-east of the Brisbane central busin ...

(QSAC) would host ceremonies and athletics instead. Both venues would be refurbished, while reports that had been commissioned as part of the Gabba project would be used to guide future work on the stadium. A proposed 17,000-seat indoor arena known as Brisbane Live (which was slated to host aquatics events) was also relocated to the

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, rather than above the

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. The review recommended the construction of a new 55,000 seat stadium at Victoria Park, but Miles stated he wanted Brisbane 2032 to be a "low-cost" games, and that he could not justify a $3.4 billion stadium "when Queenslanders are struggling with housing and other costs". On 29 October 2024, after the

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's victory in the state election, incoming Premier

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announced that he would launch a 100-day independent review of the stadium proposals. This included the Gabba rebuild and Victoria Park stadium proposals, as well as new proposals sent in by numerous design firms. The plan to have athletics at QSAC was scrapped. Crisafulli stated that he wanted the review to result in "something that Queenslanders are proud of." In January 2025, former Premier

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told ABC News that the review committee had internally decided to move forward with the Victoria Park stadium as a public-private partnership; she argued that this was "absolutely a ridiculous idea", and that "it's going to cost a lot more — more billions and billions of dollars that Queenslanders don't have at the moment because of the cost-of-living pressures". On 25 March, Crisafulli announced that the state government would go ahead with plans for a 63,000-seat stadium at Victoria Park; the stadium will replace the Gabba, which will be demolished and redeveloped following the Games. He argued that "any other choice would have meant placing the government's interests ahead of the interests of Queensland", and felt that hosting athletics at QSAC would have been "embarrassing". Crisafulli apologized for breaking a campaign promise to not build a new stadium for the Olympics, stating that "I have to own that, and I will. I am sorry, it's my decision, and I accept that decision". According to the review, the stadium will cost an estimated AU$3.8 billion, although this figure is yet to be publicly confirmed. Brisbane Live was also scrapped in favour of building a new 25,000-seat aquatics centre at the

; after the Games, the capacity would be reduced to 8,000. The arena will be relocated to

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across from the Gabba, and will continue as a standalone "market-led" project without federal funding.

Infrastructure

As of 2021, Brisbane has many infrastructure projects under construction or planning on top of the games.

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, scheduled to be completed by 2029, is an underground railway project through central Brisbane, which is under construction. Cross River Rail will see the development of a new rail line underneath Brisbane River, and the redevelopment of several stations in the Brisbane central business district with a cost of over A$17 billion. Another transport infrastructure project is the

Brisbane Metro Brisbane Metro is a high-frequency bus rapid transit system that services the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It consists of two routes that will eventually run through the Brisbane central business district, Brisbane CBD every thr ...

bus rapid transit project, which consists of two routes with a headway of up to five minutes during peak times. The project is scheduled to be completed in late 2024. In May 2024, funding was announced for the proposed

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, expected to be completed by 2032. Brisbane Lord Mayor

proposed in 2021 that a glass factory in West End formerly operated by

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, be redeveloped into a

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along the banks of the

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. The main Athletes' Village will be located at

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, with satellite villages in Royal Pines,

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Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. A common nickname for Rockhampton is "Rocky", and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite. The Scottish- ...

and

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The Games

Sports

Since 2020, the program of the Summer Olympics has consisted of mandatory core sports that persist between Games, and up to six optional sports proposed by the organizing committee in order to improve local interest. The initial sports programme will be determined at an IOC Session in 2026. Various international sports federations and similar sanctioning bodies have announced plans to pursue bids for the addition of sports (optional or non-mandatory core sports) to the 2032 Games: * In February 2021,

Softball Australia Australia's softball history began in 1939 when Gordon Young, Director of Physical Education in NSW, began to promote the game in schools and colleges. In 1942, during World War II, US army sergeant William Duvernet organised softball as a recr ...

, Baseball Australia and the

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announced their intent to pursue baseball and softball for the Brisbane 2032 programs. CEO of Baseball Australia Glenn Williams noted record broadcasting audiences for baseball and softball at the

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, with Softball Australia chair Richard Lindell also supporting the sports' reinstatement into the core Olympic program. Both disciplines have medalled for Australia at the Olympics. Baseball/softball was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. * In July 2021,

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(IRL) chair

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stated that the organisation planned to pursue

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and

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for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics respectively.

Touch rugby Touch rugby refers to games derived from rugby league in which players do not tackle each other but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball. A formal, competitive variety, known as Touch ...

is also being considered for inclusion. * In August 2021, the

International Cricket Council The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global Sports governing body, governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body wa ...

(ICC) announced the establishment of a working group to pursue

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for the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Summer Olympics, including representatives from the

Asian Cricket Council The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is a cricket organization which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of Cricket in Asia. Subordinate to the International Cricket Council, the council is the continent's regional administrati ...

(ACC),

England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board, aka ECB, is the Sports governing body, national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test ...

(ECB),

USA Cricket USA Cricket (USAC) is the governing body of cricket in the United States. USA Cricket operates all of the United States national representative cricket sides, including the men's and women's national teams and youth teams, as well as Majo ...

, and

Zimbabwe Cricket Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), previously known as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) until 2004, is the governing body for the sport of cricket in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Cricket is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and administers th ...

. The bid has also received backing from the

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(BCCI). Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Australia, and

Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company ...

is one of the 12 full members of the ICC. Cricket was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. * In August 2021,

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announced that it would pursue the inclusion of

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, with backing from

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. The country has won the

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eleven times since its inception. The bid faces a potential obstacle from the IOC's current policy of gender parity, as

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is not at parity with women's netball in terms of participation and prominence. *In October 2023, the

World Squash Federation World Squash, formerly World Squash Federation, is the Sport governing body, international federation for the indoor racket sport of Squash (sport), squash. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee. It is also a member of the Glob ...

announced its intent to pursue

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for the 2032 Olympics. Squash was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. *In December 2023, the

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(IFAF) announced that it would pursue

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for Brisbane 2032. Flag football was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. In June 2025, the American

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

's Australia and New Zealand department general manager Charlotte Offord said that the inclusion of flag football for 2028 "was a really big moment for the sport and really uplifted the uptake, and we are very ambitious in our quest to try and get flag football into Brisbane 2032", given the increasing popularity of the sport in Australia. *In January 2024, the

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approved a strategic plan for 2024–2032, which aimed to have

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(which debuted as an optional sport in 2024) admitted as a core Olympic sport. *In April 2024, a delegation from the

World Flying Disc Federation The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is the international governing body for flying disc (Frisbee) sports, with responsibility for sanctioning world championship events, establishing uniform rules, setting of standards for and recording of wo ...

has campaigned to include a flying disc sport in Brisbane 2032. *In April 2024, the Trail Running Association of Queensland (TRAQ) initiated a ten-year plan to pursue

trail running Trail running is a type of running that takes place on outdoor trails, often in mountainous terrain, and often includes significant ascents and descents. It is similar to both mountain running, mountain and fell running (also known as hill r ...

for Brisbane 2032. Around the same time, a campaign by Merrell was launched with a relay from

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host,

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, to

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host,

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. *In April 2024, the

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(ILS) and

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announced their intent to pursue beach lifesaving sports for Brisbane 2032, with a focus on oceanman/woman and mixed relay events. A number of Australian Olympians have had a background in lifesaving sport, including

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and

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. *In May 2024, the Federation of International Touch announced its intent to pursue touch football for Brisbane 2032 as a mixed gender event. *In February 2025, the

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(WKF) held a meeting with the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee to discuss the inclusion of

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. Karate made its debut as an optional sport in

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. *In May 2025, Jason Ferguson, the chairman of the

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, said that after

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won the

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, he believes the result can open more doors globally to the sport, and Zhao's becoming the first snooker world champion from China could increase snooker’s chances of becoming an Olympic sport.

Broadcasting rights

Domestically, the Games will be

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properties (including the

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), which acquired the rights to the Olympics from 2024 through 2032 in a deal announced on 8 February 2023. These Games also mark the final year of the IOC's long-term broadcasting contracts with CMG in China,

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in Europe, and

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in the United States, among others. In March 2025, NBCU signed an extension to air the Olympics through the 2036 games; the IOC is otherwise waiting "for the best market conditions" to sign new broadcasting deals.

References

External links

Brisbane Olympics Official Website
{{Authority control Summer Olympics 2032 Sports competitions in Brisbane Summer Olympics by year

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