Olympic flag upside down: Social media laughs at Paris opening ceremony gaffe

Among the festivities at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony — which included a metal horse galloping down the Seine river and a metal rock band performing on the side of a building in Paris — few might have noticed when one of the event's longest standing traditions went wrong.

After being brought down the same path on the Seine as the athletes (which took close to 30 minutes), the Olympic flag was raised upside down as it was hoisted up the pole in front of all of the delegations at the end of the parade route in front of the Eiffel Tower.

The "you had one job" moment unfortunately took place on the world's biggest stage, and viewers had a field day with the mistake online. Here are some of the best reactions to the opening ceremony blunder.

Social media reacts to upside-down Olympic flag