Olympics athletics schedule: Every event, date and start time at Paris 2024

27 Jul 2024 • 2:35 PM MYT
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The 2024 Olympic Games has begun in Paris as 205 teams battle for 329 gold medals across 40 sports.

Athletics is always the biggest draw of the Olympics and will again be the most watched sport, with stars of the track and field often becoming the faces of the Games.

The blue-riband event is the 100m finals and both races are shaping up to be fascinating this time around. American world champion Noah Lyles goes up against Jamaica’s newest star, Kishane Thompson, while in the women’s race it’s USA v Jamaica again as Lyles’ teammate Sha’Carri Richardson faces competition from Shericka Jackson and the great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, still running fast at 37.

There will be plenty of British interest throughout, with Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita set to go in both the 100m and 200m sprints. Keely Hodgkinson is the favourite to win gold in the 800m and will be joined by teenaged sensation Phoebe Gillin the event. Molly Caudery is a medal hope in the pole vault while Katarina Johnson-Thompson looks to become Olympic champion in the heptathlon.

On the men’s side, Matthew Hudson-Smith has a great chance of gold in the 400m, Josh Kerr will renew his rivalry with Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1500m, and Phil Sesemann heads a strong contingent of marathon runners.

Here is the full athletics schedule for the 2024 Paris Olympics – and click here for a day-by-day guide to the Games.

Thursday, August 1

06:30 Men’s 20km race walk

08:20 Women’s 20km race walk

Friday, August 2

09:05 Men’s decathlon 100m

09:10 Men’s hammer throw qualification - Group A

09:15 Women’s high jump qualification

09:35 Women’s 100m preliminary round

09:55 Men’s decathlon long jump

10:05 Men’s 1,500m round one

10:35 Men’s hammer throw qualification - Group B

10:50 Women’s 100m round one

11:15 Men’s decathlon shot put

17:00 Men’s decathlon high jump

17:10 Women’s 5,000m round one

17:15 Women’s triple jump qualification

17:55 Women’s discus throw qualification - Group A

18:10 4x400m relay mixed round one

18:45 Women’s 800m round one

19:10 Men’s shot put qualification

19:20 Women’s discus throw qualification - Group B

19:50 Men’s decathlon 400m

20:20 Men’s 10,000m final

Saturday, August 3

09:05 Men’s decathlon 110m hurdles

09:10 Men’s pole vault qualification

09:35 Men’s 100m preliminary round

09:55 Men’s discus throw - Group A

10:10 Women’s 800m repechage round

10:45 Men’s 100m round one

11:00 Men’s discus throw - Group B

12:40 Men’s decathlon pole vault

18:10 Men’s decathlon javelin throw - Group A

18:15 Men’s 1,500m repechage round

18:35 Men’s shot put final

18:50 Women’s 100m semi-final

19:10 Men’s decathlon javelin throw - Group B

19:20 Women’s triple jump final

19:55 4x400m relay mixed final

20:20 Women’s 100m final

20:45 Men’s decathlon 1,500m

Sunday, August 4

09:05 Women’s 3,000m steeplechase round one

09:20 Women’s hammer throw qualification - Group A

09:55 Women’s 200m round one

10:00 Men’s long jump qualification

10:45 Women’s hammer throw qualification - Group B

10:50 Men’s 110m hurdles round one

11:35 Women’s 400m hurdles round one

18:05 Men’s 400m round one

18:50 Women’s high jump final

19:00 Men’s 100m semi-final

19:30 Men’s hammer throw final

19:35 Women’s 800m semi-final

20:10 Men’s 1,500m semi-final

20:50 Men’s 100m final

Monday, August 5

09:05 Men’s 400m hurdles round one

09:10 Men’s discus throw qualification - Group A

09:40 Women’s pole vault qualification

09:50 Women’s 400m hurdles repechage round

10:20 Men’s 400m repechage round

10:35 Men’s discus throw qualification - Group B

10:55 Women’s 400m round one

11:50 Women’s 200m repechage round

18:00 Men’s pole vault final

18:04 Men’s 3,000m steeplechase round one

18:55 Men’s 200m round one

19:30 Women’s discus throw final

19:45 Women’s 200m semi-final

20:10 Women’s 5,000m final

20:45 Women’s 800m final

Tuesday, August 6

09:05 Women’s 1,500m round one

09:20 Men’s javelin throw qualification - Group A

09:50 Men’s 110m hurdles repechage round

10:15 Women’s long jump qualification

10:20 Women’s 400m repechage round

10:50 Men’s javelin throw qualification - Group B

11:00 Men’s 400m hurdles repechage round

11:30 Men’s 200m repechage round

18:35 Men’s 400m semi-final

18:55 Women’s hammer throw final

19:07 Women’s 400m hurdles semi-final

19:15 Men’s long jump final

19:50 Men’s 1,500m final

20:10 Women’s 3,000m steeplechase final

20:40 Women’s 200m final

Wednesday, August 7

06:30 Marathon race walk relay mixed

09:05 Men’s high jump qualification

09:15 Women’s 100m hurdles round one

09:25 Women’s javelin throw qualification - Group A

10:10 Men’s 5,000m round one

10:50 Women’s javelin throw qualification - Group B

10:55 Men’s 800m round one

11:45 Women’s 1,500m repechage round

18:00 Women’s pole vault final

18:05 Men’s 110m hurdles semi-final

18:15 Men’s triple jump qualification

18:35 Men’s 400m hurdles semi-final

19:02 Men’s 200m semi-final

19:25 Men’s discus throw final

19:45 Women’s 400m semi-final

20:20 Men’s 400m final

20:40 Men’s 3,000m steeplechase final

Thursday, August 8

09:05 Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles

09:25 Women’s shot put qualification

09:35 Women’s 100m hurdles repechage round

10:05 Women’s heptathlon high jump

10:10 Women’s 4x100m relay round one

10:35 Men’s 4x100m relay round one

11:00 Men’s 800m repechage round

18:35 Women’s heptathlon shot put

18:35 Women’s 1,500m semi-final

19:00 Women’s long jump final

19:25 Men’s javelin throw final

19:30 Men’s 200m final

19:55 Women’s heptathlon 200m

20:25 Women’s 400m hurdles final

20:45 Men’s 110m hurdles final

Friday, August 9

09:05 Women’s heptathlon long jump

09:40 Women’s 4x400m relay round one

10:05 Men’s 4x400m relay round one

10:20 Women’s heptathlon javelin throw - Group A

10:30 Men’s 800m semi-final

11:05 Women’s 100m hurdles semi-final

11:30 Women’s heptathlon javelin throw - Group B

18:30 Women’s 4x100m relay final

18:40 Women’s shot put final

18:45 Men’s 4x100m relay final

19:00 Women’s 400m final

19:10 Men’s triple jump final

19:15 Women’s heptathlon 800m

19:55 Women’s 10,000m final

20:45 Men’s 400m hurdles final

Saturday, August 10

07:00 Men’s marathon

18:10 Men’s high jump final

18:25 Men’s 800m final

18:40 Women’s javelin throw final

18:45 Women’s 100m hurdles final

19:00 Men’s 5,000m final

19:25 Women’s 1,500m final

20:12 Men’s 4x400m relay final

20:22 Women’s 4x400m relay final

Sunday, August 11

07:00 Women’s marathon