New Delhi: The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is almost upon us. The 18-day-long sporting extravaganza will officially begin on July 26 with a one-of-a-kind opening ceremony in Paris that will kick-start the action. The exhilarating sporting action will start every day at 12 pm ST and go on till late into the night.
Tracking all the events and identifying the key ones could prove to be a thorn in the flesh of the Indian fans. But don’t worry, News9 is there to help the fans keep track of all the key events and their timings.
Here’s the full table that mentions the important dates, and timings for all of India’s medal prospects and some big-ticket international events that will help you plan your daily schedule.
For clarity in timings according to the Indian Standard Time: Events at 12 AM happen late that same night according to IST and the date remains the same. In other words, an event starting at 12.30 am IST on July 28 happens late on July 28.
All timings in IST
Date
Day
India’s medal possibilities
Others
Big-ticket international events
July 25
Thursday
N.A.
Archery: Singles qualifying, Women’s (1 pm), men’s (5:45 pm)
N.A.
July 26
Friday
N.A.
Opening ceremony (11.30 pm)
N.A.
July 27
Saturday
Shooting: 10m air rifle, mixed team (2 pm onwards)
Hockey: India vs New Zealand (9 pm)
Badminton: All categories group stage (12:50 pm onwards)
Boxing: Preeti Pawar round-of-32 (7 pm onwards)
Rowing: men’s sculls heats (12.30 pm onwards)
Equestrian: dressage (1 pm onwards)
Table Tennis: singles round-of-64 (6.30 pm onwards)
Tennis: men’s singles first round (3.30 pm onwards)
Rugby Sevens: bronze (10:30 PM), gold (11:15 PM)
Swimming: Women’s 400m freestyle final (12:22 am),
Women’s and men’s 4x100m freestyle relay finals (1:14 am)
July 28
Sunday
Shooting: 10m air pistol, men and women – (1 pm and (3.30 pm)
Archery: Women’s team (prelims to final, 1 pm onwards)
Boxing: Nikhat Zareen (3:50 pm onwards) and Nishant Dev first round (2:46 pm onwards)
Badminton: All categories group stage (12:00 pm onwards)
Rowing: men’s sculls repechage (1:06 pm)
Table Tennis: singles round-of-64 (3:30 PM on)
Tennis: men’s singles and doubles (3.30 PM on)
Swimming: men’s 100m backstroke and women’s 200m freestyle (1:07 AM)
Swimming: men’s 400m individual medley, Marchand (12:00 am)
July 29
Monday
Shooting: 10m air rifle women and men – (1 pm) and (3 pm)
Archery: Men’s team (prelims to final, starts 1 pm)
Hockey: India vs Argentina (4.15 pm)
Shooting: mixed team pistol qualification (12:45 pm)
Shooting: men’s trap qualification (12:30 pm)
Badminton: All categories group stage (1 pm onwards)
Table Tennis: singles prelim rounds (3:30 pm onwards)
Rowing: men’s sculls (1 pm onwards)
Swimming: men’s 200m freestyle final (12:10 am), women’s 200m freestyle final (1: 11 am)
July 30
Tuesday
Shooting: 10m air pistol mixed team bronze (1 pm), gold (1.30 PM)
Shooting: Trap men’s final (7 pm)
Hockey: India vs Ireland (4.45 pm)
Badminton: All categories group stage (12:00 pm onwards)
Boxing: Amit Panghal (2.30 pm onwards), Preeti Pawar (3:50 pm onwards), Jaismine (4:38 pm onwards)
Shooting: Trap women’s qualification
Archery: men’s and women’s round-of-64 (3:30 pm onawwards)
Rowing: men’s sculls quarters (1:40 pm onwards)
Equestrian: dressage GP (2:30 pm)
Table Tennis: men’s and women’s round-of-32 (1:30 pm onwards)
Tennis: men’s singles and doubles (3:30 pm onwards)
Swimming: men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final (1:31 am onwards)
July 31
Wednesday
Shooting: Trap women final (7 pm)
Badminton: women’s and men’s singles group stage (12:00 PM on)
Shooting: 50m 3 positions men qualification
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain (3:34 pm onwards), Nishant Dev (7:48 pm onwards)
Table Tennis: men’s and women’s round-of-32 and 16 (1:30 pm onwards)
Equestrian: dressage grand prix (1:30 pm)
Tennis: men’s singles 3rd round and doubles semis (3:30 pm onwards)
Swimming: women’s 1500m freestyle final, (12:37 am),
men’s 200m breaststroke final, (1:45 am),
men’s 100m freestyle final, (1:52 am)
August 1
Thursday
Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions men final, Swapnil Kusale and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (1:00 pm)
Hockey: India vs Belgium (1:30 pm)
Athletics: 20km race walk, men’s (11:00 pm) and women (12:50 pm)
Badminton: Women’s doubles quarters (12:00 pm onwards), men’s doubles quarters (4.30 pm onwards), men’s singles round-of-16 (1:10 pm onwards), women’s singles round-of-16 (10:00 pm onwards)
Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions women qualification, Sift and Anjum (3:30 pm onwards)
Boxing: Nikhat Zareen round-of-16 (2:30 PM on), Preeti Pawar (4:06 PM on)
Table tennis: quarterfinals, women (1:30 PM on), men (3:30 pm on)
Tennis: men’s singles quarters (3:30 PM on)
Golf: men’s round 1 (12.30 PM)
Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy
Gymnastics: women’s all-round final, Simone Biles (9:45 pm)
Swimming: women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final (1:19 am)
August 2
Friday
Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions women final, Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil (1:00 pm)
Badminton: women’s double semis (12:00 pm on), men’s doubles semis (2:20 pm on), men’s singles quarters (9:10 pm on)
Judo: +78 Kos through to final (1:30 pm)
Boxing: Jaismine round-of-16 (7 PM on), Amit Panghal quarters (8:04 pm on)
Shooting: 25m pistol women qualification (12:30 pm) and skeet women qualification (12:30 pm)
Golf: men’s round 2 (12.30 pm)
Athletics: men’s shot put qualification (11:40 pm)
Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy
Swimming: Men’s 200m individual medley final, (12:13 am)
August 3
Saturday
Shooting: 25m pistol women final, Manu and Esha Singh (1 pm) and skeet men final (7 pm)
Badminton: women’s singles quarters (1:00 pm on), women’s doubles bronze (6:30 pm) and gold (7:40 pm)
Boxing: Nishant Dev quarters (7:32 pm onwards), Nikhat Zareen quarters (8:04 pm onwards)
Athletics: men’s shot put final (11:05 pm onwards)
Shooting: skeet women qualifiers
Golf: men’s round 3 (12:30 pm onwards)
Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy
Tennis: women’s singles gold medal match
Athletics: 4x400m relay mixed final (12:25 am), women’s 100m, Shericka Jackson vs Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce vs Sha’Carri Richardson (12:50 am), men’s decathlon (1:15 am)
Swimming: women’s 800m freestyle final, Ledecky vs Titmus (12:38 am)
August 4
Sunday
Badminton: Men’s doubles, bronze (6:30 pm), gold (7:40 pm)
Hockey: quarterfinals (1.30 pm onwards)
Archery: men’s singles pre-quarters to final (1 pm onwards)
Golf: men’s final round (12:30 pm onwards)
Shooting: Skeet women’s final (7 PM) and men’s 25m pistol qualifying (1 pm)
Boxing: Jaismine quarters (2:30 pm), Lovlina Borgohain quarters (3:02 PM onwards), Preeti Pawar semis (3:34 pm onwards), Amit Panghal semis (3:50 pm onwards)
Athletics: long jump qualification (2.30 pm onwards)
Equestrian: dressage grand prix
Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy
Athletics: men’s 100m final, Fred Kerley vs Noah Lyles vs Letsile Tebogo vs Lamont Marcell Jacobs (1:20 am)
Swimming: 4x100m medley relay final, men’s (10:36 pm, women’s (10:56 pm)
August 5
Monday
Badminton: women’s singles, PV Sindhu, bronze (1:15 pm), gold (2:25 pm) and men’s singles, HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen bronze (6 PM), gold (7:10 pm)
Shooting: 25m men’s pistol final, Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu (1:00 pm)
Shooting: mixed skeet qualification (12:30 pm), final (6:30 pm)
Athletics: women’s 400m round 1 (3:25 pm), men’s steeplechase round 1 (10:34 pm), women’s 5000m final (12:40 pm)
Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya, pre-quarters to semis (6.30 pm onwards)
Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy
Table Tennis: men’s and women’s team round-of-16
Athletics: men’s pole vault, Mondo Duplantis (10:30 pm)
August 6
Tuesday
Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya repechage (2:30 pm) and medal events (12:20 am onwards)
Athletics: Men’s javelin qualification (1:50 pm and 3:20 pm), men’s long jump final (11:50 pm)
Hockey: men’s semis (5:30 pm and 10:30 pm)
Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat, pre-quarters to semis (3:00 pm onwards)
Boxing: Nikhat Zareen semifinal (1.32 am), Nishant Dev semifinal (1:00 am)
Sailing: men’s and women’s dinghy medal races
Athletics: women’s 200m final, Shericka Jackson (1:10 am
August 7
Wednesday
Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu (11 pm)
Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat repechage (2.30 pm), medal events (12:20 pm onwards)
Boxing: Jasmine semifinal (1:00 pm onwards)
Wrestling: Antim Panghal pre-quarters to semis (2:30 PM onwards)
Table Tennis: men’s and women’s teams quarters (1:30 pm onwards), men’s semis (11:00 pm onwards)
Golf: Women’s round 1 (12:30 pm)
Athletics: Men’s 400m final
August 8
Thursday
Athletics: Men’s javelin final, Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena (11:55 pm)
Hockey: Bronze (5:30 pm), Gold (10:30 pm)
Wrestling: Antim Panghal repechage (2.30 pm), medal events (12:20 am onwards)
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain semis (1:32 AM), Antim Panghal final (2:04 AM), Preeti Pawar final (2:21 AM)
Wrestling: Aman Sehrawat and Anshu pre-quarters to semis (3:00 PM onwards)
Golf: women’s round 2 (12:30 PM)
Athletics: Men’s 200m final, Lyles vs Tebogo (12:00 AM), Women’s 400m hurdles, McLaughlin vs Bol (12:55 am), Men’s 110m hurdles (1:15 am)
August 9
Friday
Boxing: Nikhat Zareen final (1:17 am), Nishant Dev final (1:00 am)
Wrestling: Aman Sehrawat repechage (2.30 pm), medal events (11:00 pm onwards) and Anshu Malik repechage (2:30 pm), medal events (12:20 am onwards)
Athletics: 4x400m relay round 1, women’s (2:10 pm) and men’s (2:35 pm), women’s hurdles semis (3:35 pm), men’s triple jump final (11:40 pm)
Golf: women’s round 3 (12:30 pm)
Big international medal events
Football: Men’s gold (7:30 pm)
Athletics: 4x100m final, Women’s (11:00 pm) and men’s (11:15 pm); men’s 400m hurdles, Warholm vs Benjamin vs dos Santos (1:15 pm)
Hockey: Women’s gold (11:30 pm)
August 10
Saturday
Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain final (2:04 am)
Golf: women’s final round, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar (12:30 pm)
Wrestling: Reetika pre-quarters to semis (3 pm onwards)
Athletics: women’s javelin final, Annu Rani (11:10 pm)
Big international medal events
Athletics: Men’s marathon, Eilud Kipchoge vs Kenenisa Bekele (11:30 am), Men’s high jump final, Mutaz Essa Barshim vs Gianmarco Tamberi, 4x400m final men’s (12:42 am), women’s (12:52 am)
Volleyball: men’s gold (4:30 am)
Football: women’s gold (8:30 am)
Basketball: men’s gold (1:00 am)
August 11
Sunday
Wrestling: Reetika repechage (2.30 pm), medal events (4:50 pm onwards)
N.A.
Volleyball: women’s gold (4:30 pm)
Basketball: women’s gold (7:00 pm)
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