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.
Getty 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
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 Getty 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
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
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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
