Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held between 1 and 11 August 2024, featuring a total of 48 medal events across three distinct sets: track and field, road running, and racewalking.

[4] This traditional marathon course also set a particularly tough profile with an overall elevation gain or loss of 438 m. The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical.

For the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking, the qualification period ran from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024.

[8] In the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024, was deemed eligible for immediate selection to his or her respective national team at the Games.

Beyond the deadline, the remaining twenty percent of the total quota was determined by the same dual pathway qualification criteria outlined above without displacing any qualified athletes on the set date.