Editing Seine (section)

== At the Olympics ==
===1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics ===
At the [[1900 Summer Olympics]], the river hosted the [[Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics|rowing]], [[Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics|swimming]], and [[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|water polo]] events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528012428/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008 |pages= 17–18 |lang=fr |title=Official Report of the 1900 Olympic Games |date=1901 |via=LA84 Foundation }}</ref> [[1924 Summer Olympics|Twenty-four years later]], it hosted the [[Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics|rowing]] events again at Bassin d'Argenteuil, along the Seine north of Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085129/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2008 |pages=165–6 |title=Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games and Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Winter Games |date=1925 |via=LA84 Foundation }}</ref>

=== 2024 Summer Olympics ===
{{See also|Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics#Water pollution of the Seine and uncertain role in the wider Games}}
More than a century later, during the [[2024 Summer Olympics]], the Seine hosted a boat parade with boats for each national delegation during the [[Olympic games opening ceremony|opening ceremony]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening Ceremony |url=https://www.paris2024.org/en/ceremony/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Paris 2024 |language=en}}</ref>  

The river was also the site of the men's and women's event for [[Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre|marathon swimming]], as well as the swimming portion of the [[Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics|triathlon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic Marathon Swimming Schedule & Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/marathon-swimming |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Olympics Paris 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Although swimming in the Seine had been banned since 1923, a €1.4 billion cleanup effort by the French government sought to reduce bacterial levels in the river to those safe for swimming.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-23/how-paris-cleaned-up-the-seine-ahead-of-2024-olympics-and-where-to-swim |first1=Feargus |last1=O'Sullivan | title=Paris Spent €1.4 Billion to Clean up the Seine. Has It Worked? | newspaper=Bloomberg | date=23 July 2024 }}</ref> During the Olympics, daily tests of the water quality were taken to determine if it was safe for swimming; this caused the triathlon to be delayed by a day, before being allowed to proceed on July 31.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-triathlon-paris-seine-water-quality-358b29063ac00253c072290281043eaa |first1=Kate |last1=Brumback |first2=Pat |last2=Graham | title=Olympic triathletes swim in Seine River after days of concerns about water quality | website=[[Associated Press News]] | date=31 July 2024 }}</ref> A few of the triathletes who swam in the river became sick afterwards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympic triathletes fall ill after River Seine swims. What we know so far - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10683691/paris-seine-triathletes-illness-olympics/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> though it was not clear if the Seine water was the cause.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kate |first=Brumback |last2=Newberry |first2=Paul |date=August 7, 2024 |title=Olympic triathlete who fell ill after swim in Seine says virus made her sick, not E. coli |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/olympic-triathletes-seine-illness-1.7287276#:~:text=A%20Belgian%20triathlete%20who%20fell,the%20water%20was%20to%20blame |access-date=September 18, 2024 |work=[[Cbc.ca]] |publication-place=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>