Tokyo Olympics schedule: Sport-by-sport dates and venues

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Tokyo 2020 on the BBC

Dates: 23 July-8 August Venue: Tokyo, Japan

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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will feature 33 sports and 339 medal events held at 42 venues across Japan.

The action starts on Wednesday, 21 July with group matches in the women's football and softball competitions.

The opening ceremony for the 33rd summer Games takes place at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 23 July and the first medals will be won the next day.

The competition continues until Sunday, 8 August, with the closing ceremony taking place later that day.

Team GB named a record-breaking squad of 376 - their largest ever for an overseas Games - on 8 July and have been set a medal target of between 45 and 70.

The team won 67 at Rio 2016, including 27 golds, and finished second in the medal table.

When are the 100m finals?

The women's 100m final, hopefully featuring Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, takes place at 13:50 BST on Saturday, 31 July, with the men's 100m being held at the same time the following day.

Asher-Smith hopes to make it a golden double by winning the 200m final at 13:50 BST on Tuesday, 3 August.

How many gold medals will be won?

  • There are 339 medal events - with 34 golds being won on the penultimate day, the highest number of any day during the Games

  • The first gold will be won in the women's 10m air rifle competition on Saturday, 24 July

  • The last gold medal will be awarded to the winners of the men's water polo final on Sunday, 8 August

  • 'Super Saturday' on 31 July features 21 medals events while 'Golden Sunday', the following day, has 25

What are the new sports?

  • Baseball/Softball

  • Karate

  • Skateboarding

  • Sport climbing

  • Surfing

Baseball and softball last appeared at the Olympics in 2008 but the other four sports are all making their debuts.

There are also two new disciplines within existing sports - 3x3 basketball and BMX freestyle - and new mixed team events in athletics, archery, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis and triathlon.

Competition schedule and venues

Events are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that are made. Some sports have rest days not listed below.

Sport

Date

Venue

Opening ceremony

Friday, 23 July

Tokyo Stadium

Archery

23-31 July

Yumenoshima Park Archery Field

Artistic gymnastics

24 July to 3 August

Arlake Gymnastics Centre

Artistic swimming

2-7 August

Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Athletics

30 July to 8 August

Tokyo Stadium (track & field), Sapporo Odori Park (marathons & race walks)

Badminton

24 July to 2 August

Musashino Forest Sport Plaza

Baseball/softball

21 July to 7 August

Fukushima & Yokohama

Basketball

25 July to 8 August

Aomi Urban Sports Park (3x3) & Saitama Super Arena

Beach volleyball

24 July to 7 August

Shiokaze Park

Boxing

24 July to 8 August

Kokugikan Arena

Canoe slalom

25-30 July

Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre

Canoe sprint

2-7 August

Sea Forest Waterway

Cycling BMX

29 July to 1 August

Arlake Urban Sports Park

Cycling road

24, 25 & 28 July

Musashinonomori Park & Fuji International Speedway

Cycling track

2-8 August

Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka

Diving

25 July to 7 August

Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Equestrian

24 July to 7 August

Equestrian Park (dressage, eventing & jumping), Sea Forest Cross-Country Course (eventing)

Fencing

24 July to 1 August

Makuhari Messe Hall

Football

21 July to 7 August

Tokyo Stadium, Sapporo Dome, Miyagi Stadium, Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Saitama Stadium and International Stadium Yokohama

Golf

Men's 29 July to 1 August & women's 4-7 August

Kasumigaseki Country Club

Handball

24 July to 8 August

Yoyogi National Stadium

Hockey

24 July to 6 August

Oi Hockey Stadium

Judo

24 to 31 July

Nippon Budokan

Karate

5-7 August

Nippon Budokan

Marathon swimming

4-5 August

Odaiba Marine Park

Modern pentathlon

5-7 August

Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (fencing) & Tokyo Stadium

Rhythmic gymnastics

6-8 August

Arlake Gymnastics Centre

Rowing

23-30 July

Sea Forest Waterway

Rugby Sevens

26-31 July

Tokyo Stadium

Sailing

25 July to 4 August

Enoshima Yacht Harbour

Shooting

24 July to 2 August

Asaka Shooting Range

Skateboarding

Street 24-25 July & park 4-5 August

Arlake Urban Sports Park

Sport climbing

3-6 August

Aomi Urban Sports Park

Surfing

25 July to 1 August

Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Chiba

Swimming

24 July to 1 August

Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Table tennis

24 July to 6 August -

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Taekwondo

24-27 July

Makuhari Messe Hall

Tennis

24 July to 1 August

Arlake Tennis Park

Trampoline gymnastics

30-31 July

Arlake Gymnastics Centre

Triathlon

Individual 26-27 & mixed relay 31 July

Odaiba Marine Park

Volleyball

24 July to 8 August

Arlake Arena

Water polo

24 July to 8 August

Tatsumi Water Polo Centre

Weightlifting

24 July to 4 August

Tokyo International Forum

Wrestling

1-7 August

Makuhari Messe Hall

Closing ceremony

8 August

Tokyo Olympic Stadium

How can I watch live coverage on the BBC?

Tokyo is eight hours ahead of the UK and the majority of the action will take place from around midnight to 15:00 BST, with some events such as the marathons, race walks and triathlons starting earlier.

You can watch all the big moments live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website and app.

BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra will also bring you live commentary every day, and there will be live text, video clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website and app.

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