Full breakdown of Tokyo Olympics schedule day by day.
Browse the 2021 Tokyo Olympics schedule with ease with our day by day breakdown of all events.
All events are listed in Australian Western Standard Time (AWST).
Choose your day below to view all the events and times.
Dates and times of events are per olympics.com at the time of publication.
Tokyo Olympics Days
- Preliminary Day 1 – Wednesday, July 21
- Preliminary Day 2 – Thursday, July 22
- Opening Day – Day – Friday, July 23
- Day 1 – Saturday, July 24
- Day 2 – Sunday, July 25
- Day 3 – Monday, July 26
- Day 4 – Tuesday, July 27
- Day 5 – Wednesday, July 28
- Day 6 – Thursday, July 29
- Day 7 – Friday, July 30
- Day 8 – Saturday, July 31
- Day 9 – Sunday, August 1
- Day 10 – Monday, August 2
- Day 11 – Tuesday, August 3
- Day 12 – Wednesday, August 4
- Day 13 – Thursday, August 5
- Day 14 – Friday, August 6
- Day 15 – Saturday, August 7
- Closing Day – Day 16 – Sunday, August 8
Preliminary Day 1 – Wednesday, July 21
Softball
Time | Event |
8am | Women’s group stage AUS v JPN |
11am | Women’s group stage ITA v USA |
2pm | Women’s group stage MEX v CAN |
Football
Time | Event |
3:30pm-8:30pm | Women’s group stage GBR v CHI, JPN v CAN |
4pm-9pm | Women’s group stage CHN v BRA, ZAM v NED |
4:30pm-9:30pm | Women’s group stage SWE v USA, AUS v NZL |
Preliminary Day 2 – Thursday, July 22
Softball
Time | Event |
8am | Women’s group stage USA v CAN |
11am | Women’s group stage MEX v JPN |
2pm | Women’s group stage ITA v AUS |
Football
Start Time | Event |
15:30 | Men’s Group C#5 EGY Vs ESP |
16:00 | Men’s Group A#2 MEX Vs FRA |
16:00 | Men’s Group B#3 NZL Vs KOR |
16:30 | Men’s Group D#8 CIV Vs KSA |
18:30 | Men’s Group C#6 ARG Vs AUS |
19:00 | Men’s Group A#1 JPN Vs RSA |
19:00 | Men’s Group B#4 HON Vs ROU |
19:30 | Men’s Group D#7 BRA Vs GER |
Opening Day – Friday, July 23
Opening Ceremony
The Tokyo Olympic games will be officially opened on Friday, July 23. The opening ceremony will go for 3 hours and start at 7pm (AWST), and run until around 10pm (AWST).
Archery
Start Time | Event |
8:00 | Women’s Individual Ranking Round |
12:00 | Men’s Individual Ranking Round |
Equestrian
Start Time | Event |
8:30 | Dressage 1st Horse Inspection |
Rowing
Start Time | Event |
Session 1 7:30 – 11:10 | |
7:30 | Men’s Single Sculls Heat 1 #1 |
7:40 | Men’s Single Sculls Heat 2 #2 |
7:50 | Men’s Single Sculls Heat 3 #3 |
8:00 | Men’s Single Sculls Heat 4 #4 |
8:10 | Men’s Single Sculls Heat 5 #5 |
8:20 | Men’s Single Sculls Heat 6 #6 |
8:30 | Women’s Single Sculls Heat 1 #7 |
8:40 | Women’s Single Sculls Heat 2 #8 |
8:50 | Women’s Single Sculls Heat 3 #9 |
9:00 | Women’s Single Sculls Heat 4 #10 |
9:10 | Women’s Single Sculls Heat 5 #11 |
9:20 | Women’s Single Sculls Heat 6 #12 |
9:30 | Men’s Double Sculls Heat 1 #13 |
9:40 | Men’s Double Sculls Heat 2 #14 |
9:50 | Men’s Double Sculls Heat 3 #15 |
10:00 | Women’s Double Sculls Heat 1 #16 |
10:10 | Women’s Double Sculls Heat 2 #17 |
10:20 | Women’s Double Sculls Heat 3 #18 |
10:30 | Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 1 #19 |
10:40 | Men’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 2 #20 |
10:50 | Women’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 1 #21 |
11:00 | Women’s Quadruple Sculls Heat 2 #22 |
Shooting
Start Time | Event |
7:30 | 10m Air Rifle Women’s Pre-Event Training |
9:00 | 10m Air Pistol Men’s Pre-Event Training |