Show Preview
After all the talk, conjecture and a 12-month delay, the Tokyo Olympics are finally here. We’ve had the Opening Ceremony and now it’s down to business for the athletes. Join us for rolling updates during Day 1 of competition.
Whether or not you believe the Olympics should have gone ahead with Japan and the world still facing a COVID crisis, we can all agree that the athletes deserve our support for all the sacrifices they’ve made to get to this point.
It’s going to be very strange with no spectators in the stands particularly this morning when host nation Japan takes on the Kookaburras in men’s hockey at 10:30am AEST.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on that as well as the women’s softball with Australia taking on Canada from 11:00am AEST.
Our softballers arrived in Tokyo early with the competition already underway. Australia had a disappointing 8-1 loss to Japan before bouncing back with a 1-0 win over Italy on Thursday.
Other events to keep an eye on are the Men’s road race in cycling, the first round of tennis for singles and doubles, water polo and the heats getting underway in the swimming later tonight.
Rowing |
||
---|---|---|
Time | Event | Venue |
9:30am-1:30pm | Women’s single sculls repechages Men’s single sculls repechages Women’s double sculls repechages Men’s double sculls repechages Women’s pair heats Men’s pair heats | Sea Forest Waterway |
Shooting |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
9:30am | Women’s 10m air rifle qualification | Asaka Shooting Range |
11:45am | Women’s 10m air rifle final | |
2pm | Men’s 10m air pistol qualification | |
4:30pm | Men’s 10m air pistol final | |
Badminton |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10am-3:30pm | Men’s and women’s singles group stage Men’s and women’s doubles group stage Mixed doubles group stage |
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza |
7pm-11pm | Men’s and women’s singles group stage Men’s and women’s doubles group stage Mixed doubles group stage |
|
Beach Volleyball |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10am-1:50pm | Men’s and women’s group stage (4 matches) | Shiokaze Park |
4pm-6:50pm | Men’s and women’s group stage (3 matches) | |
9pm-11:50pm | Men’s and women’s group stage (3 matches) | |
Fencing |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10am-5:20pm | Table of 64, table of 32, table of 16 and quarterfinals for: Women’s individual épée Men’s individual sabre |
Makuhari Messe Hall B |
7pm-10:40pm | Semi-finals and medal bouts for: Women’s individual épée Men’s individual sabre |
|
Handball – Group Stage |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10am | Men: Norway vs Brazil | Yoyogi National Stadium |
12pm | Men: France vs Argentina | |
3:15pm | Men: Sweden vs Bahrain | |
5:15pm | Men: Germany vs Spain | |
8:30pm | Men: Portugal vs Egypt | |
10:30pm | Men: Denmark vs Japan | |
Table Tennis |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10am-1:45pm | Men’s and women’s singles preliminary round Mixed doubles round of 16 |
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
3:15pm-6:15pm | Men’s and women’s singles first round | |
8:30pm-11:30pm | Men’s and women’s singles first round | |
Volleyball – Group Stage |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10am | Men: Italy vs Canada | Ariake Arena |
12:05pm | Men: Brazil vs Tunisia | |
3:20pm | Men: Russia vs Argentina | |
5:25pm | Men: Japan vs Venezuela | |
8:40pm | Men: Poland vs Iran | |
10:45pm | Men: USA vs France | |
Weightlifting |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10:50am | Women’s 49kg group B | Tokyo International Forum |
2:50pm | Women’s 49kg group A | |
Archery |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10:30am-1:05pm | Mixed team 1/8 eliminations | Yumenoshima Park Archery Field |
3:15pm-6:25pm | Mixed team quarterfinals Mixed team semi-finals Mixed team bronze medal match Mixed team gold medal match |
|
Field Hockey – Group Stage |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
10:30am | Men: Japan vs Australia | Oi Hockey Stadium |
11am | Men: New Zealand vs India | |
12:45pm | Men: Netherlands vs Belgium | |
1:15pm | Men: Argentina vs Spain | |
7:30pm | Men: Great Britain vs South Africa | |
8pm | Men: Canada vs Germany | |
9:45pm | Women: Netherlands vs India | |
10:15pm | Women: Ireland vs South Africa | |
Gymnastics – Artistic |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
11am-1:30pm | Men’s qualification | Ariake Gymnastics Centre |
3:30pm-6pm | Men’s qualification | |
8:30pm-11pm | Men’s qualification | |
Softball – Group Stage |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
11am | Australia vs Canada | Yokohama Baseball Stadium |
3:30pm | USA vs Mexico | |
9pm | Japan vs Italy | |
Taekwondo |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
11am-6pm | Qualification contests, round of 16, quarterfinals and semi-finals for: Women’s -49kg Men’s -58kg |
Makuhari Messe Hall A |
8pm-11:40pm | Repechages, bronze and gold medal contests for: Women’s -49kg Men’s -58kg |
|
3×3 Basketball |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
11:15am | Women: Russia vs Japan | Aomi Urban Sports Park |
11:40am | Women: China vs Romania | |
12:35pm | Men: Poland vs Latvia | |
1pm | Men: China vs Serbia | |
3pm | Women: Russia vs China | |
3:25pm | Women: Romania vs Japan | |
4pm | Men: Russia vs China | |
4:25pm | Men: Serbia vs Netherlands | |
6:30pm | Women: Italy vs Mongolia | |
6:55pm | Women: USA vs France | |
7:40pm | Men: Latvia vs Belgium | |
8:05pm | Men: Japan vs Poland | |
10pm | Women: Mongolia vs USA | |
10:25pm | Women: France vs Italy | |
11pm | Men: Netherlands vs Russia | |
11:25pm | Men: Belgium vs Japan | |
Boxing |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
12pm-3:30pm | Preliminaries for: Women’s featherweight Women’s welterweight Men’s featherweight Men’s welterweight Men’s heavyweight |
Kokugikan Arena |
6pm-8:45pm | Preliminaries for: Women’s featherweight Men’s featherweight Men’s welterweight Men’s super heavyweight |
|
Cycling – Road |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
12pm-7:15pm | Men’s road race | Fuji International Speedway |
Judo |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
12pm-3:30pm | Elimination rounds and quarterfinals for: Women’s -48kg Men’s -60kg |
Nippon Budokan |
6pm-8:50pm | Repechages, semi-finals, bronze and gold medal bouts for: Women’s -48kg Men’s -60kg |
|
Tennis |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
12pm-9pm | Men’s and women’s singles and doubles first round | Ariake Tennis Park |
Water Polo – Group Stage |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
3pm | Women: Japan vs USA | Tatsumi Water Polo Centre |
4:30pm | Women: Canada vs Australia | |
7:20pm | Women: South Africa vs Spain | |
8:50pm | Women: China vs Russia | |
Football |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
5:30pm | Women: Chile vs Canada | Sapporo Dome |
6pm | Women: China vs Zambia | Miyagi Stadium |
6:30pm | Women: Sweden vs Australia | Saitama Stadium |
8:30pm | Women: Japan vs Great Britain | Sapporo Dome |
9pm | Women: Netherlands vs Brazil | Miyagi Stadium |
9:30pm | Women: New Zealand vs USA | Saitama Stadium |
Equestrian – Dressage |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
6pm-11pm | Team and individual day 1 | Equestrian Park |
Swimming |
||
Time | Event | Venue |
8pm-10:30pm | Men’s 400m individual medley heats Women’s 100m butterfly heats Men’s 400m freestyle heats Women’s 400m individual medley heats Men’s 100m breaststroke heats Women’s 4x100m freestyle heats |
Toyko Aquatics Centre |
Hide Preview