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How to plan your Olympics schedule: Key dates, medal events, star athletes

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics will take place July 26 in the heart of Paris along the Seine River. David Ramos/Getty Images

The Paris Olympics is finally here. With 18 packed days of sporting action (starting at ~12 PM IST and going on through the day and late into the night), it can get a bit overwhelming for sports fans to keep track of who's doing what, and when. Don't worry, ESPN India has you covered.

Here are the important dates (and timings) for all of India's key athletes (and some big ticket international events) so that you can plan your schedule around it (ideally, via ESPN India's coverage).

Note 1 - All the timings are in IST.

Note 2 - For certain events like badminton and boxing, we have mentioned session starting times. Once schedules of the participating Indian athletes are confirmed, the same will be updated on our daily live schedules. Those events have been marked "on" and those continue through the evening and into the late night.

Note 3 - Events marked past 12 AM happen late that same night. i.e. an event marked 12.22 AM on July 27 happens late on July 27 night.

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July 25, Thursday

India medal possibilities

N.A.

Others

Archery: singles qualifying, women's (1 PM) and men's (5:45 PM)

Big international medal events

N.A.

July 26, Friday

Opening ceremony (11.30 PM)

July 27, Saturday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 10m air rifle, mixed team -- Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Singh Cheema/Ramita (2PM on)

Others

Hockey: India vs New Zealand (9 PM)

Badminton: All categories group stage (12:50 PM on)

Boxing: Preeti Pawar round-of-32 (7 PM on)

Rowing: men's sculls heats (12.30 PM)

Equestrian: dressage (1 PM)

Table Tennis: singles round-of-64 (6.30 PM on)

Tennis: men's singles first round (3.30 PM on)

Big international medal events

Rugby Sevens: bronze (10:30 PM), gold (11:15 PM)

Swimming: women's 400m freestyle final, Katie Ledecky vs Ariarne Titmus vs Summer McIntosh (12:22 AM), women's and men's 4x100m freestyle relay finals (1:14 AM)

July 28, Sunday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 10m air pistol, men and women - Sarabjot Singh, Arjun Singh Cheema (1 PM) and Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan (3.30 PM)

Archery: Women's team (prelims to final, 1 PM on)

Others

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen (3:50 PM on) and Nishant Dev first round (2:46 PM on)

Badminton: All categories group stage (12:00 PM on)

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)

Big international medal events

Swimming: men's 400m individual medley, Marchand (12:00 AM)

Skateboarding: women's street, Rayssa Leal (8:30 PM)

July 29, Monday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 10m air rifle women and men - Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita (1 PM) and Sandeep Singh, Arjun Babuta (3 PM)

Archery: Men's team (prelims to final, starts 1 PM)

Others

Hockey: India vs Argentina (4.15 PM)

Shooting: mixed team pistol qualification (12:45 PM) - Manu, Sarabjot and Cheema, Rhythm

Shooting: men's trap qualification (12:30 PM)

Badminton: All categories group stage (1.:0 PM on)

Table Tennis: singles prelim rounds (3:30 PM on)

Rowing: men's sculls (1 PM on)

Big international medal events

Swimming: men's 200m freestyle final (12:10 AM), women's 200m freestyle final, Titmus (1:11 AM)

July 30, Tuesday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 10m air pistol mixed team bronze (1 PM), gold (1.30 PM)

Shooting: Trap men's final (7 PM)

Others

Hockey: India vs Ireland (4.45 PM)

Badminton: All categories group stage (12:00 PM on)

Boxing: Amit Panghal (2.30 PM on), Preeti Pawar (3:50 PM on), Jaismine (4:38 PM)

Shooting: Trap women's qualification

Archery: men's and women's round-of-64 (3:30 PM on)

Rowing: men's sculls quarters (1:40 PM)

Equestrian: dressage GP (2:30 PM)

Table Tennis: men's and women's round-of-32 (1:30 PM on)

Tennis: men's singles and doubles (3:30 PM on)

Big international medal events

Swimming: men's 4x200m freestyle relay final (1:31 AM on)

July 31, Wednesday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: Trap women final (7 PM)

Others

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 on), Nishant Dev (7:48 PM on)

Table Tennis: men's and women's round-of-32 and 16 (1:30 PM on)

Equestrian: dressage grand prix (1:30 PM)

Tennis: men's singles 3rd round and doubles semis (3:30 PM on)

Big international medal events

Swimming: women's 1500m freestyle final, Ledecky (12:37 AM), men's 200m breaststroke final, Adam Peaty vs Qin Haiyang (1:45 AM), men's 100m freestyle final, Pan Zhanle (1:52 AM)

August 1, Thursday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions men final, Swapnil Kusale and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (1:00 PM)

Others

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 on), men's doubles quarters (4.30 PM on), men's singles round-of-16 (1:10 PM on), women's singles round-of-16 (10:00 PM)

Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions women qualification, Sift and Anjum (3:30 PM)

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

Big international medal events

Gymnastics: women's all-round final, Simone Biles (9:45 PM)

Swimming: women's 4x200m freestyle relay final (1:19 AM)

August 2, Friday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 50m rifle 3 positions women final, Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil (1:00 PM)

Others

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

Big international medal events

Swimming: Men's 200m individual medley final, Marchand (12:13 AM)

August 3, Saturday

India medal possibilities

Shooting: 25m pistol women final, Manu and Esha Singh (1 PM) and skeet men final (7 PM)

Others

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 on), Nikhat Zareen quarters (8:04 on)

Athletics: men's shot put final (11:05 PM)

Shooting: skeet women qualifiers

Golf: men's round 3 (12:30 PM on)

Sailing: men's and women's dinghy

Big international medal events

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

India medal possibilities

Badminton: men's doubles, Satwik-Chirag, bronze (6:30 PM), gold (7:40 PM)

Others

Hockey: quarterfinals (1.30 PM on)

Archery: men's singles pre-quarters to final (1 PM on)

Golf: men's final round (12:30 PM)

Shooting: Skeet women's final (7 PM) and men's 25m pistol quali (1 PM)

Boxing: Jaismine quarters (2:30 PM), Lovlina Borgohain quarters (3:02 PM on), Preeti Pawar semis (3:34 PM on), Amit Panghal semis (3:50 PM on)

Athletics: long jump qualification (2.30 PM)

Equestrian: dressage grand prix

Sailing: men's and women's dinghy

Big international medal events

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

India medal possibilities

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)

Others

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 AM)

Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya, pre-quarters to semis (6.30 PM on)

Sailing: men's and women's dinghy

Table Tennis: men's and women's team round-of-16

Big international medal events

Athletics: men's pole vault, Mondo Duplantis (10:30 PM)

August 6, Tuesday

India medal possibilities

Wrestling: Nisha Dahiya repechage (2:30 PM) and medal events (12:20 AM on)

Others

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 on)

Boxing: Nikhat Zareen semifinal (1.32 AM), Nishant Dev semifinal (1:00 AM)

Sailing: men's and women's dinghy medal races

Big international medal events

Athletics: women's 200m final, Shericka Jackson (1:10 AM)

August 7, Wednesday

India medal possibilities

Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu (11 PM)

Wrestling: Vinesh Phogat repechage (2.30 PM), medal events (12:20 AM on)

Others

Boxing: Jaismine semifinal (1:00 AM on)

Wrestling: Antim Panghal pre-quarters to semis (2:30 PM on)

Table Tennis: men's and women's teams quarters (1:30 PM on), men's semis (11:00 PM on)

Golf: women's round 1 (12:30 PM)

Big international medal events

Athletics: men's 400m final

August 8, Thursday

India medal possibilities

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 on)

Others

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 on)

Golf: women's round 2 (12:30 PM)

Big international medal events

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

India medal possibilities

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 on) and Anshu Malik repechage (2:30 PM), medal events (12:20 AM on)

Others

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

India medal possibilities

Boxing: Lovlina Borgohain final (2:04 AM)

Golf: women's final round, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar (12:30 PM)

Others

Wrestling: Reetika pre-quarters to semis (3 PM on)

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 PM)

Football: women's gold (8:30 PM)

Basketball: men's gold (1:00 AM)

August 11, Sunday

India medal possibilities

Wrestling: Reetika repechage (2.30 PM), medal events (4:50 PM on)

Others

N.A.

Big international medal events

Volleyball: women's gold (4:30 PM)

Basketball: women's gold (7:00 PM)