What is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics schedule?

TOKYO 2020 Olympics finally starts on July 23, 2021 – a year later than expected. The Games, which were postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will see the Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 23. What is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics schedule? Finally the Olympic Games 2020 has begun – with Team GB’s women’s […]

TOKYO 2020 Olympics finally starts on July 23, 2021 – a year later than expected.

The Games, which were postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will see the Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 23.

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Japan’s National Stadium is hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games[/caption]

What is the Tokyo 2020 Olympics schedule?

Finally the Olympic Games 2020 has begun – with Team GB’s women’s football team the first to compete.

Britain has high hopes of gold, silver and bronze in Japan..

Here’s the schedule for 2021. All times are BST.

Friday, July 23, 2021

Opening Ceremony

• From 11.20am – Opening Ceremony

Archery

• From 1am – Women’s Individual Ranking Round
• From 5am – Men’s Individual Ranking Round

Equestrian

• 1.30am – Dressage 1st Horse Inspection

Rowing

• From 12.30am – Men’s Single Sculls Heats
• From 1.30am – Women’s Single Sculls Heats
• From 2.30am – Men’s Double Sculls Heats
• From 3am – Women’s Double Sculls Heats
• From 3.30am – Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heats
• From 3.50am – Women’s Quadruple Sculls Heats

Shooting

• 12.30am – 10m Air Rifle Women’s Pre-Event Training
• 2am – 10m Air Pistol Men’s Pre-Event Training

Saturday, July 24, 2021

3×3 Basketball

• From 12.15am – Men’s and Women’s pool rounds

Archery

• 1.30am – Mixed Team Elimination
• 6.15am – Mixed Team Quarterfinal
• 7.31am – Mixed Team Semifinal
• 8.25am – Bronze Medal Match
• 8.45am – Gold Medal Match

Artistic Gymnastics

• 2am – Men’s Qualification

Badminton

• 1am Session One – Group Play Stage: Mixed Doubles; Women’s Doubles; Women’s Singles; Men’s Singles
• 10am Session One – Group Play Stage: Mixed Doubles; Women’s Doubles; Women’s Singles; Men’s Singles

Baseball/Softball

• 2am – Australia v Canada
• 6.30am – USA v Mexico
• 12pm – Japan v Italy

Beach Volleyball

• 1am Session One – Men’s and Women’s Preliminary
• 7am Session Two – Men’s and Women’s Preliminary
• 12pm Session Three – Men’s and Women’s Preliminary

Boxing

• 3am Session One – Women’s Feather, Women’s Welter, Men’s Feather, Men’s Welter, Men’s Heavy Preliminaries
• 9am Session Two – Women’s Feather, Men’s Feather, Men’s Welter, Men’s Super Heavy Preliminaries

Cycling

• 3am – Men’s Road Race

Equestrian

• 9am – Dressage Grand Prix Team and Individual Qualifier Day 1

Fencing

• From 1am – Women’s Epee Individual, Men’s Sabre Individual
• 11.50am – Women’s Epee Individual Bronze Medal Bout
• 12.20pm – Men’s Sabre Individual Bronze Medal Bout
• 12.45pm – Women’s Epee Individual Gold Medal Bout
• 1.15pm – Men’s Sabre Individual Gold Medal Bout

Women’s Football

• 8.30am – Chile v Canada
• 9am – China v zambia
• 9.30am – Sweden v Australia
• 11.30am – Japan v Team GB
• 12pm – Netherlands v Brazil
• 12.30pm – New Zealand v USA

Handball

• 1am – Men’s Preliminary Round

Hockey

• 1.30am – Men’s Japan v Australia
• 2am – Men’s New Zealand v India
• 3.45am – Men’s Netherlands v Belgium
• 4.15am – Men’s Argentina v Spain
• 10.30am – Men’s Team GB v South Africa
• 11am – Men’s Canada v Germany
• 12.45pm – Women’s Netherlands v India
• 1.15pm – Women’s Ireland v South Africa

Judo

• From 3am – Men’s Elimination 60kg; Women’s Elimination 48kg
• From 9am – Women’s 48kg Gold Medal Contest; Men’s 60kg Gold Medal Contest

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Team GB’s women’s rowing pair Helen Glover and Polly Swann enjoy a training session ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games[/caption]

Rowing

• From 12.30am – Women’s Single Sculls Repechage
• From 1am – Women’s Single Sculls Repechage
• 1.30am – Women’s Double Sculls Repechage
• 1.40am – Men’s Double Sculls Repechage
• From 1.50am – Women’s Pair Heats
• From 2.20am – Men’s Pair Heats
• From 2.50am – Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls
• From 3.20am – Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls
• From 3.50am – Women’s Four Heats
• From 4.10am – Men’s Four Heats

Shooting

• 2.45am – 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final
• 7.30am – 10m Air Pistol Men’s Final

Swimming

• From 11.02am – Men’s 400m Individual Medley Heats
• From 11.28am – Women’s 100m Butterfly Heats
• From 11.48am – Men’s 400m Freestyle Heats
• From 12.30pm – Women’s 400m Individual Medley Heats
• From 12.55pm – Men’s 100m Breaststroke Heats
• From 1.15pm – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay -Heats

 Table Tennis

• From 1am – Women’s Singles; Men’s Singles; Mixed Doubles

Taekwondo

• From 2am – Women’s 49kg; Men’s 58kg
• From 12.30pm – Women’s 49kg Bronze Medal Contest
• From 12.45pm – Men’s 58kg Bronze Medal Contest
• 1.30pm – Women’s 49kg Gold Medal Contest
• 1.45pm – Men’s 58kg Gold Medal Contest

Tennis

• From 3am – First round of Women’s Singles, Men’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles

Volleyball

• From 1am – Men’s preliminaries

Water Polo

• From 6am – Women’s preliminaries

Weightlifting

• 1.50am – Women’s 49kg
• 5.50am – Women’s 49kg gold medal contest

Sunday, July 25, 2021

3×3 Basketball

• 2.15am – Men’s and Women’s pool rounds

Archery

• From 1.30am – Women’s Team
• 8.15am – Women’s Team Bronze Medal Match
• 8.40am – Women’s Team Gold Medal Match

Artistic Gymnastics

• From 2am – Women’s qualification

Badminton

• 2am Session Three – Group Play Stage: Mixed Doubles; Women’s Doubles; Women’s Singles; Men’s Singles; Men’s Doubles
• 10am Session Four – Group Play Stage: Mixed Doubles; Women’s Doubles; Women’s Singles; Men’s Singles; Men’s Doubles

Baseball/Softball

• 2am – Australia v USA
• 6.30am – Canada v Japan
• 12pm – Italy v Mexico

Basketball

• From 2am – Men’s Preliminary rounds

Beach Volleyball

• 1am Session Four – Men’s and Women’s Preliminary
• 7am Session Five – Men’s and Women’s Preliminary
• 12pm Session Six – Men’s and Women’s Preliminary

Boxing

• 3am Session Three – Women’s Fly, Men’s Light, Men’s Light Heavy Preliminaries
• 9am Session Four – Women’s Fly, Men’s Light, Men’s Light Heavy Preliminaries

Canoe Slalom

• From 5am – Men’s Canoe Heats 1st and Women’s Kayak Heats

Cycling Road

• 5am – Women’s Road Race

Diving

• 7am – Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final

Equestrian 

• 9am – Grand Prix – Dressage Team and Individual Qualifier Day 2

Fencing

• From 1am – Women’s Foil Individual, Men’s Epee Individual
• 11.50am – Women’s Foil Individual Bronze Medal Bout
• 12.20pm – Men’s Epee Individual Bronze Medal Bout
• 12.45pm – Women’s Foil Individual Gold Medal Bout
• 1.15pm – Men’s Epee Individual Gold Medal Bout

Men’s Football

• From 8.30am – Group matches

Handball

• 1am – Women’s Preliminary Round

Hockey

• 1.30am – Women’s Team GB v Germany
• 2am – Women’s Australia v Spain
• 3.45am – Women’s Japan v China
• 4.15am – Women’s New Zealand v Argentina
• 10.30am – Men’s India v Australia
• 11am – Men’s Japan v Argentina
• 12.45pm – Men’s Spain v New Zealand
• 1.15pm – Men’s South Africa v Netherlands

Judo

• From 3am – Men’s Elimination 66kg; Women’s Elimination 52kg
• From 9am – Women’s 52kg Gold Medal Contest; Men’s 66kg Gold Medal Contest

Rowing

• 1am – Men’s Single Sculls semi-final
• 1.20am – Women’s Single Sculls semi-final
• 1.40am – Men’s Pair Repechage
• 1.50am – Women’s Pair Repechage
• 2am – Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls Repechage
• 2.20am – Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls Repechage
• 2.40am – Men’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage
• 2.50am – Women’s Quadruple Sculls Repechage
• From 3am – Men’s Eight Heats
• From 3.20am – Women’s Eight Heats

Sailing

• From 4.05am – Men’s Windsurfer; Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial; Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser; Women’s Windsurfer

Shooting

• 3.15am – 10m Air Pistol Women’s Final
• 7.30am – 10m Air Rifle Men’s Final

Skateboarding

• From 12.30am – Men’s Street Preliminaries
• 4.25am – Men’s Street Final

Swimming

• 2.30am – Men’s 400m Individual Medley Final
• 2.40am – Women’s 100m Butterfly Semi-finals
• 2.52am – Men’s 400m Freestyle Final
• 3.12am – Women’s 400m Individual Medley Final
• 3.33am – Men’s 100m Breaststroke Semi-finals
• 3.45am – Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final
• From 11.02am – Women’s 100m Backstroke Heats
• From 11.17am – Men’s 200m Freestyle Heats
• From 11.34am – Women’s 100m Breaststroke Heats
• From 11.51am – Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats
• From 12.06pm – Women’s 400m Freestyle Heats
• From 12.30pm – Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Heats

 Table Tennis

• From 1am – Women’s Singles; Men’s Singles; Mixed Doubles

Taekwondo

• From 2am – Women’s 57kg; Men’s 68kg
• From 12.30pm – Women -57kg Bronze Medal Contests
• From 12.45pm – Men’s 68kg Bronze Medal Contest
• 1.30pm – Women’s 57kg Gold Medal Contest
• 1.45pm – Men’s 68kg Gold Medal Contest

Tennis

• TBC: Women’s Singles, Men’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles

Volleyball

• From 1am – Women’s preliminaries

Water Polo

• From 2am – Men’s preliminaries

Weightlifting

• 7.50am – Men’s 61kg gold medal contest
• 11.50am – Men’s 67kg gold medal contest