200,000 Condoms And Lubricants Distributed At The Paris Olympics Village

All athletes need protection.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris officially kicks off on Friday, July 26, and the athletes in the Olympic Village will be provided with a place to sleep, food and, of course, condoms.

As the 14,500 athletes and staff begin to arrive in the City of Love, room tours are popping up on social media, showing off the infamous anti-sex beds and a huge supply of Olympic-branded condoms in every room.

The bright and colorful condoms given to the athletes have images of the official mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, the Phryges, and have little messages on each packet.

Messages on the condoms include: “On the field of love, play fair. Ask for consent,” “Don’t share more than victory, protect yourself against STDs,” “Score a win: Yes to consent, no to STDs,” and “No need to be a gold medalist to wear it!”

200,000 male condoms, 20,000 female condoms and 10,000 oral dams will be available in the Olympic Village. Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Condoms are usually provided to athletes — even during the unofficial “intimacy ban” of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where organizers ordered 160,000 condoms to be handed out, according to NPR.

This year, Laurent Dalard, who will coordinate first aid and health services for the Paris Games, previously said in a news conference that 200,000 male condoms, 20,000 female condoms and 10,000 oral dams will be available in the Olympic Village.

That’s about 230,000 protection options, and if you do the math, that’s about 20 condoms per person for each of the 10,500 athletes. However Olympic organizers don’t actually expect those in the Village to use their entire supply of condoms.

In fact, it appears that they might even try to deter athletes from getting busy outside of the Games — thanks to the “anti-sex beds.”

According to Inside the Games, sustainability is cited as the primary reason why Olympic officials opted for the beds this year — not preventing wild sex from occurring among Olympic athletes.

The twin-size beds discourage people from snuggling up with another competitor, and though the polyethylene mattresses and cardboard bed frames are 100% recyclable, they likely aren’t going to immediately attract horny Olympians.

But the 16,000 modular mattresses made by Japanese company Airweave are safe for sex regardless of size and material.

Airweave US’ Chief Operating Officer Brett Thornton has said that the cardboard frames are actually “designed far sturdier than typical wooden bed frames,” meaning athletes are safe to take advantage of the condom supply.

Besides, athletes don’t need beds to get kinky.

Over the years, there have been plenty of stories about Olympians’ wild sexcapades in the media — and they take place anywhere and everywhere.

One athlete had sex on a balcony at the 2004 Games in Athens, while others have seen people “getting down and dirty” out in the open on the grass or between buildings — and there’s even been a reported orgy in a hot tub.

Safe to say, horny Olympians who want to take full advantage of their provided condoms will have no logistical issues doing so.