Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen stole the headlines in the morning as they secured a bronze medal in dramatic fashion in the women's synchronised 3m springboard event.
Then, Anna Henderson, making her debut at an Olympic Games, took part in the women's cycling time trial and shone - finishing in second place, one and half minutes behind the eventual winner Grace Brown of Australia.
Despite medals not being won in the hockey and gymnastics events, they both laid excellent foundations to compete for gold as the hockey team beat Spain 4-0 in their opening group match while the gymnasts laid down a marker with a fine display to effectively qualify for Monday's final.
It wasn't all perfect though as the wet weather conditions, that marred most of Friday's opening ceremony as teams sailed down the River Seine, meant a host of events had to be rescheduled including tennis events which had UK athletes competing in.
Here is a rundown of the key events that took place on the opening day of Paris 2024.
First medal of the Games
Team GB's first event of this 2024 Olympic Games in Paris came in the final of the women's synchronised 3m springboard with Harper and Mew Jensen in action.
On an eventful morning in the Aquatics Centre, luck was certainly on Great Britain's side as an Australian slip ensured a place on the podium and a bronze medal.
Chinese duo Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani stormed to the gold medal in convincing fashion as they finished 23 points ahead of the pair from the USA, Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, who claimed a silver medal.
The result was heading for a bronze medal for Australia heading into the final round but it didn't finish that way. Being represented by Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith, the latter slipped on the corner of the board and flew off at an angle, subsequently crashing into the water.
Mew Jensen admitted after clinching a bronze medal that “we knew that Australia needed to mess up so for that to actually happen, we were very shocked" and despite a poorly-executed dive in the third round, the pair managed to get out with a medal: the perfect platform for Team GB to build upon for the rest of the Olympic Games.
Commanding hockey victory adds to fine start
Though no medal was able to be secured yet in the men's hockey, Team GB put in a flawless performance to beat Spain 4-0 at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium.
Nick Park got the opener in the first quarter before Gareth Furlong got his first of two goals to double the advantage from a penalty corner.
Paul Revington's side weren't willing to sit on their two-goal cushion though and Furlong got his second, again from a penalty corner, in the final quarter before Rupert Shipperley capped off an excellent result with a fourth.
Despite the Spanish having chances of their own, Team GB's hockey team have signalled an early message of intent in their aim of getting their hands on a gold medal for the first time since the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
The other match in Pool A saw the current Olympic champions, Belgium, run out as 2-0 winners over Ireland.
Defeat in the badminton doubles
It hasn't been all positive for Team GB on the opener day though as Ben Lane and Sean Vendy lost in the badminton men's doubles.
Taking on Malaysian duo Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, it seemed as if Lane and Vendy could put behind them the woes of Tokoyo 2020 where they failed to win a game as they sailed into a 5-0 lead before going on to win 21-19.
Their opponents fought back though and brought it level with a 21-16 truimph. Now, the Malaysians began to dominate and the British pair began to struggle as the former secured a 21-11 win.
It doesn't get any easier for Lane and Vendy who, when taking on Chinese duo Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, will likely have to win to stand any chance of progression.
Young gymnastics edge closer to history
A team consisting of Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, Jake Jarman, Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse ensured they would be in Monday's team artistic gymnastics final with a superb showing at the Bercy Arena.
Fraser shone on the horizontal and parallel bars, Hepworth on vault and rings as well as Whitehouse who excelled on his signature apparatus. Also, Jarman showed his credentials in six apparatus' and Whitlock, who is retiring after competing in Paris, lived up to the expectation of getting another gold medal on the pommel horse.
Despite a positive start, the five gymnasts will have to wait until Sunday once all of the qualifying rounds are completed to definitely find out if they have done enough to be in Monday's showpiece.
Cycling provokes more medal success
The medals kept on coming at the Olympic Games and the next one was a silver; coming in the women's cycling road time trial courtesy of Henderson.
The 25-year-old finished with a time of 41 minutes and 9.83 seconds and it is even more impressive when taking into account the tricky, rainy conditions in Paris.
Brown secured the gold medal and finished more than a minute and a half quicker than Henderson while the current world champion, Chloe Dygert, finished in third place.
Josh Tarling, the current British time trial champion, didn't have the same success though in the men’s time trial as he suffered a punctured tyre and required a change of bike but still managed to finish in fourth place.
Remco Evenepoe secured the gold medal with an impressive time of 36:12.16 and Filippo Ganna and Wout van Aert finished in second and third place respectively.
Peaty progresses to final
Adam Peaty booked his place in Sunday's final for the 100m breaststroke by finishing in first place in the semi-final.
Looking to claim his third consecutive gold medal in this event, he could become only the second man to win the same individual event at a third Olympic Games in a row.
Also competing in Peaty's race was British swimmer James Wilby who finished in fifth but that wasn't enough to qualify for the final on Sunday.
In a tight race throughout, American Nick Fink was close behind in second place, Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy claimed third and Germany's Lucas Matzerath finished in fourth. All of them, alongside the winner Peaty, will be back in action on Sunday evening for the final.
