The IOC Executive Board Meeting was the first since the IOC Presidential election last month. [Photo: IOC /Greg Martin]
More gold medals than ever before at LA28
by Philip Barker
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are set to include more female competitors than men in a move the International Olympic Committee have insisted is a sign of “a strong commitment towards innovation and gender equality.”
The IOC Executive Board confirmed that the overall number of participants is set to remain at 10,500, but 5,333 women are set to take part. 5,167 places have been set aside for men.
351 gold medals are set to be contested, an increase of 22 on Paris 2024.
“Today marks a monumental step forward in LA28’s pursuit to welcome the greatest collection of athletes ever assembled on the world’s biggest stage in sport,” LA28 Chief Athlete Officer, Janet Evans insisted.
The United States women’s team is set to defend their football title in a competition of 16 teams.
The men’s competition will only feature 12 sides and the other significant difference between the two competitions is that the men will retain the Under-23 age limits for the majority of players.
Boxing, confirmed on the programme under the jurisdiction of a new International Federation by the IOC Session at Costa Navarino, will include an additional women’s weight category.
Water Polo will include two additional teams in the women’s category.
Athletics is to include an 4x100m mixed relay and there are also to be mixed teams in golf and artistic gymnastics.
Rowing will include coastal events for the first time. Men’s and women’s solo and mixed double sculls beach sprint events will take place.
The 3×3 basketball tournaments are to be expanded with four additional teams in each gender.
In swimming 50m events in backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly are to be introduced for both men and women.
Sport climbing is to include separate gold medals in bouldering, lead and speed.
The EB meeting was the first since the IOC Presidential election last month at Costa Navarino.
Earlier, President-Elect Kirsty Coventry had been welcomed to Olympic House by Thomas Bach and the entire IOC staff.
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