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| Dates: July 23 – August 8 Place: Tokyo, Japan |
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will host 33 sports and 339 medal events held at 42 locations across Japan.
The action begins on Wednesday, July 21 at the group events in the women’s soccer and softball competitions.
The 33rd Summer Games opening ceremony will be held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, July 23, and the first medals will be won the next day.
The competition will run until Sunday, August 8, and the closing ceremony will be held later that day.
When are the 100-meter finals?
The women’s 100m final, hopefully accompanied by the British Dina Asher-Smith, will be held on Saturday 31 July at 13:50 BST, while the men’s 100m will be held the same day the next day.
Asher-Smith hopes to make it a golden double by winning the 200-meter final on Tuesday, August 3 at 13.50 BST.
How many gold medals will be won?
- There are 339 medal events – 34 gold will be won in the last day, which is the most games of all time during the games
- The first gold will be won in the women’s 10-meter air rifle race on Saturday, July 24th
- The final gold medal will be awarded to the winners of the men’s water polo final on Sunday, August 8th
- “Super Saturday” on July 31 includes 21 medal events, while “Golden Sunday,” the next day, is 25
- Cyclists Jason and Laura Kenny could become Britain’s most successful Olympics ever. Jason has six gold medals and needs one more to overtake Sir Chris Hoy, while his wife Laura has four golds and he could finish with seven
| Name | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Sir Chris Hoy | Cycling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Jason Kenny | Cycling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sir Bradley Wiggins | Cycling | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Sir Steve Redgrave | Rowing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Laura Kenny is one of five athletes with four golds |
What are the new sports?
Baseball and softball last appeared at the 2008 Olympics, but the other four sports are all making their debuts.
There are also two new disciplines in existing sports – 3×3 basketball and BMX freestyle – as well as new mixed teams 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 made. Some sports have rest days that are not listed below.
| Opening ceremony | On Friday, July 23rd | Tokyo Stadium |
| Archery | July 23 – 31 | Yumenoshima Park archery range |
| Artistic gymnastics | July 24 – August 3 | Arlake Gymnastics Center |
| Artistic swimming | 2.-7. August | Tokyo Water Park |
| Athletics | July 30 – August 8 | Tokyo Stadium (Athletics), Sapporo Odori Park (marathons and races) |
| Badminton | July 24 – August 2 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza |
| Baseball / softball | July 21 – August 7 | Fukushima and Yokohama |
| Basketball | July 25 – August 8 | Aomi Urban Sports Park (3×3) and Saitama Super Arena |
| Beach volleyball | July 24 – August 7 | Shiokaze Park |
| Boxing | July 24 – August 8 | Kokugikan Arena |
| Canoe sledding | 25.-30. July | Kasai Canoe Slalom Center |
| Canoe sprint | 2.-7. August | Sea forest waterway |
| Cycling BMX | July 29 – August 1 | Arlake Urban Sports Park |
| Bicycle path | July 24, 25, and 28 | Musashinonomori Park and Fuji International Speedway |
| Cycling route | 2.-8. August | Izu Velodrome, Shizuoka |
| Diving | July 25 – August 7 | Tokyo Water Park |
| Rider | July 24 – August 7 | Riding park (school riding, organizing and jumping events), Merimetsä cross-country skiing (event) |
| Fencing | July 24 – August 1 | Makuhari Exhibition Hall |
| Football | July 21 – August 7 | Tokyo Stadium, Sapporo Dome, Miyagi Stadium, Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Saitama Stadium and Yokohama International Stadium |
| Golf | Men from July 29 to August 1 and women from August 4 to 7 | Kasumigaseki Country Club |
| Team handball | July 24 – August 8 | Yoyogi National Stadium |
| Hockey | July 24 – August 6 | Oh Hockey Stadium |
| Judo | July 24 – 31 | 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) and Tokyo Stadium |
| Rhythmic gymnastics | 6.-8. August | Arlake Gymnastics Center |
| Rowing | July 23-30 | Sea forest waterway |
| Rugby Seven | July 26 – 31 | Tokyo Stadium |
| Sailing | July 25 – August 4 | Enoshima Marina |
| Shooting | July 24 – August 2 | Asakan shooting range |
| Skateboarding | Street July 24-25 and park August 4-5 | Arlake Urban Sports Park |
| Sport climbing | 3.-6. August | Aomi Urban Sports Park |
| Surfing | July 25 – August 1 | Tsurigasaki Surf Beach, Chiba |
| Swimming | July 24 – August 1 | Tokyo Water Park |
| Table tennis | July 24 – August 6 – | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
| Taekwondo | July 24-27 | Makuhari Exhibition Hall |
| Tennis | July 24 – August 1 | Arlake Tennis Park |
| Trampoline gymnastics | 30.-31. July | Arlake Gymnastics Center |
| Triathlon | Individual 26-27 and mixed relay July 31st | Odaiba Marine Park |
| Volleyball | July 24 – August 8 | Arlake Arena |
| Water polo | July 24 – August 8 | Tatsum Water Polo Center |
| Weightlifting | July 24 – August 4 | Tokyo International Forum |
| Wrestling | 1.-7. August | Makuhari Exhibition Hall |
| Closing ceremony | August 8 | Tokyo Olympic Stadium |
How can I watch a live broadcast from the BBC?
Tokyo is eight hours ahead of the UK, and most of the activity takes place around midnight at 3pm BST, with some events such as marathons, races and triathlons starting earlier.
You can watch all the great moments live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and the BBC Sport website and app.
BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra also bring you live comments every day, and the BBC Sport website and app has live text, video clips and highlights.
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