No matter the year, the most stylish Olympic uniforms have the power to leave a lasting memory. On the one hand, they must evoke a sense of national pride, but they also need to be functional for the demands of the many sports being played.

So, it falls to the designers, some of the biggest manufacturers in the world, to ideate and bring these snazzy uniforms to life. Nike’s effort for the Kenyan and Ethiopian track and field uniforms at the Tokyo Games made them iconic, and they have since become collectables amongst runners. At the winter games in 2010, Burton created anti-uniforms for the US Team, featuring a printed quilt jacket and printed denim on highly technical snow apparel. Paving the way for the explosion of printed denim goods we’re seeing now.

With Paris 2024 set to be the most well-dressed Games yet, helped in no small part by the huge investment by fashion labels to the Games, we’re taking a look at the most stylish uniforms released so far. Some countries will have earned their first medal before the games even begin.

Below, the most stylish Olympic sport uniforms that will be on show at Paris 2024.

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Image credit: EA7 Armani

16. Italy 

Designer: Giorgio Armani 

Specifically, EA7 Emporio Armani, these minimal uniforms for Team Italy, even in their casualness, manage to give off a little bit of that trademark Italian elegance. We like the three-colour detailing on the collar of the polo. 

Image credit: Ben Sherman

15. England

Designer: Ben Sherman 

Not the strongest Olympics uniforms we’ve seen from England. But, it is hard to make navy, white, and red look wild year after year—more on that later though—this is a classic, English kit for the opening and closing ceremonies, and will have their team looking sharp nevertheless.

Image credits: Ralph Lauren 

14. United States

Designer: Ralph Lauren 

Ralph Lauren has been making the Olympic ceremony outfits for Team USA for 16 years now. As expected, the uniform is a prep-infused mix of denim and tailoring. But the closing uniform revs things up a bit, featuring a white moto jacket that has patches emblazoned all over, worn with white jeans.

Image credits: Cariuma 

13. Portugal

Designer: Cariuma

The skateboarding kits for the Portuguese team are promising to be some of the best looking kits out there. Sustainably made, and inspired by retro football kits, these are some of the best we’ve seen.

Image credits: Puma 

12. Jamaica

Designer: Puma

Jamaica is no stranger to a stylish kit. The national football team enlisted the services of London-based designer Grace Wales Bonner for the Women’s World Cup last year. Now, the team is back in Puma, which they’ve done since 2001. The vibrant colours promise to look pretty good on their athletes, some of the fastest in the world.

Image credits: Alpine Pro 

11. Czech Republic

Designer: Alpine Pro

There are 28 countries in the world that use red, white, and blue as their official colours. So, come the Olympics, it’s how you stand out with that colour scheme that matters most. The Czech Republic have done a great job with their uniforms, led by a mottled coloured trench coat, that would be right at home in a Dries Van Noten collection. We love it.

Image credits: Concrete

10. Egypt

Designer: Concrete

Egypt’s famous cotton comes into play for the country’s uniforms for Paris 2024, and they look very good. The epitome of a summer suit, the lightweight suits are finished off with a textured look, and the athletes will wear breezy Egyptian cotton tees underneath. The side piping, matching the Egyptian flag’s colours, is a perfect final touch.

Image credits: Nike

9. Japan

Designer: Nike

While Asics have the responsibility of most of the athletic kits for Team Japan in Paris, the country’s Skateboarding team will be kitted out in a set of very, very nice Nike-designed uniforms. Created in collaboration with skater and architect Alexis Sablone, the kits blend an eye-catching futurism with a clean, workwear-inspired edge. These will be future classics, no doubt.

Image credits: Asics

8. Australia

Designer: Asics

Australia will be competing in one of our best ranges of athletic uniforms to date at the Games. Every single green and gold piece incorporates some form of Indigenous print, some designed by Olympic boxer Paul Fleming. This collection is the largest ever integration of Indigenous artwork on athlete uniforms in Australian Olympic history.

Image credits: Musinsa Standard

7. South Korea

Designer: Musinsa Standard

Keep a close eye on the South Koreans during the opening and closing ceremonies, as their uniforms are some of the most stylish going. Decked out in a luscious shade of sky-blue, the belted suit was designed to, according to the designer, have a “calming feel,” and “represent the east and a youthful and enterprising spirit.”

Image credits: Joma

6. Spain

Designer: Joma

It’s a pretty good time to be a Spanish fan of sport. Carlos Alcaraz is cementing his domination on the tennis court, the Spanish national football team just took out the Euros, and now many of the stars will back it up in these suave kits. Clean opening and closing ceremony uniforms make way for a great, abstract-print athletic uniform.

Image credits: Labrum

5. Sierra Leone

Designer: Adidas x Labrum

London-based brand Labrum is most recently known for working with North London club Arsenal on its latest jersey. But before that, the brand worked with Adidas on the kits for African nation Sierra Leone, and they are a work of art. The vibrant blue and white design features a reimagined cowrie shell, which pays homage to an important emblem of strength and resilience in the nation.

Image credits: Stella Jean

4. Haiti

Designer: Stella Jean

Made for a team of just 15 athletes, these Haitian uniforms for the games are a celebration of the country that has seen so much turmoil in recent years. The Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean is using the work of a Haitian painter Philippe Dodard in the design, seen on the skirt for the women and the pants for the men. The men’s kit also includes a version of the Guayabera, a style Ryan Reynolds was spotted wearing recently.

Image credits: Lululemon

3. Canada

Designer: Lululemon

Lululemon has delivered a gorgeous series of uniforms for the Canadians for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. For the company best known for a more minimal aesthetic, the patterns used on these kits, especially the jacquard bomber jacket, look very good across the collection. Given the nation only has red and white to work with, Lululemon has done very well here.

Image credits: Stéphane Ashpool x Le Coq Sportif

2. France

Designer: Stéphane Ashpool x Le Coq Sportif

Stéphane Ashpool, best known as the mind behind streetwear label Pigalle, really gave the French team the right chops when he got to designing. Grounded in plenty of red, white, and blue, the vintage-inspired gradient pattern seen on some of the uniforms is divine.

Image credits: Michel & Amazonka

1. Mongolia

Designer: Michel & Amazonka

Let’s be honest, who cooked harder than the two sisters behind Mongolian label Michel & Amazonka? Uniforms that looked like they’ve been plucked from a distant, space-age universe, there’s no one that will be looking better than Team Mongolia in these. Here’s hoping the golden threadwork translates into medals of a similar lustre.

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